Description: Rethinks Taiwan's film history with new insights into its vibrant local-language popular cinema.
Brief description: Chris Berry is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London. His curating work includes the 2011 Cultural Revolution in Cinema season in Vienna (with Katja Wiederspahn) and the Taiwan's Lost Commercial Cinema: Recovered and Restored project (with the co-editors of this book). Film Festival jury service has included Hawai'i, Pusan, Singapore, and the Golden Horse (Taipei). He has authored and edited many books, most recently Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities (2020).
Review Quotes: Here Taiwanese-language cinema finally receives the sustained scholarly attention it deserves, with leading global scholars offering insightful readings of both acknowledged classics and relatively forgotten films placed in the broader context of Taiwan's film industry, culture and society. An essential volume for those interested in Taiwan and Asian popular cinema.-- "Jason McGrath, University of Minnesota"