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- Title
Taiwanese-Language Cinema: State versus Market, National versus Transnational.
- Authors
Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T.
- Abstract
Taiwanese-language cinema of the 1950s and the 1960s had a neglected history until the process of democratization in Taiwan invoked a renewed interest in local traditions and cultural legacies. However it is difficult to research the subject as many films and original materials have been lost forever. This paper aims to tease out a forgotten film history that is yet to be widely covered in English literature by studying the Huaxing Film Studio (1949-63), the first privately-run Taiwanese film production company, as well as a prominent filmmaker, Xin Qi (1924-2010). The two central questions the author tackles are: How did Taiwanese- language filmmakers negotiate the pressure from the state and the market under martial law? What can we learn about the paradigm of national versus transnational from Taiwan's early film industry?
- Subjects
TAIWAN; CHINA; HUAXING Film Studio (Company); XIN Qi; MOTION pictures; HISTORY of Taiwan; MOTION pictures &; politics; TWENTIETH century; MOTION picture history
- Publication
Archiv orientální (ArOr), 2013, Vol 81, Issue 3, p437
- ISSN
0044-8699
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism