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Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. [1]
Oct 20, 2015 · Tackling a historical swordplay film may have been a departure for Hou, who’s best known for his beautifully observant portraits of everyday life, but that didn’t stop him from taking on the tradition and making it his own.
Jun 17, 2008 · Two representative films of Taiwan and South Korea, The Puppetmaster by Hou Hsiao‐Hsien 1 and Chihwaseon by Im Kwontaek are compared, not only to understand the working of de‐colonization in the cinematic apparatus but also to understand the impact, effects of colonial history.
- Kim Soyoung
- 2008
A City of Sadness (Chinese : 悲情城市; pinyin : Bēiqíng chéngshì) is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Oct 18, 2015 · The Assassin isn't just a change of form for its director, Hou Hsiao-Hsien; it also puts a twist on the classic story of the roaming swordsman — or swordswoman — in medieval China.
- Neda Ulaby
By James Quandt. SIDE LIT AND GLIMMERING, the billiard balls in the opening sequences of Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien’s new film Three Times, look more like objets d’art, so aestheticized is the atmosphere in which they exist—a hushed, radiant world of robin’s-egg shantung, green baize, and crisp muslin.
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Beginning as a forerunner of the refreshing, distinctive New Taiwan Cinema, Hou Hsiao-hsien has risen to one of the most critically esteemed filmmakers in the world. The Harvard Film Archive presents all of his feature films, from the earliest low-budget comedies to the New Taiwan filmmakers’ virtual manifesto, The Sandwich Man to his most ...
