When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

Name: When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993-09-01
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Akira Emoto

Original title: 映画が時代を写す時－侯孝賢とエドワード・ヤン

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Synopsis

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the commercial films which had preceded it. This piece contrasts Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang, two rivals who were the driving force behind New Taiwanese Cinema. The closing of a cinema invites us to reflect on society and the passage of history.