Watch Trailer
DISCLAIMER: Not all titles shown are currently available on all streaming providers.

Watch When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993) Online

  • 7/10
  • RUNTIME: 0h 47m
  • COUNTRIES: Japan
  • Subtitles: 普通话,日本語

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.