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Articles by Leo Chanjen Chen
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Cinema, Dream, Existence
in NLR 39, May-June 2006, pp. 73-106
Subjects: Cinema , Taiwan
With City of Sadness and The Puppetmaster, Hou Hsiao-Hsien established the landmarks of Taiwan’s New Cinema—distinguished by aesthetic distance and break with political taboo. Chen traces the origins of Hou’s achievement to a mixture of an apprenticeship in commercial film, a unique synthesis of islander and high-modern culture, and impartial sympathy for those caught up in history’s storm.
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The Frustrated Architect: The Cinema of Edward Yang
in NLR 11, September-October 2001, pp. 115-128
Subjects: Cinema
The Taiwanese New Wave has been described by Fredric Jameson as offering the finest cycle of any national cinema since the French. Leo Chanjen Chen explores the achievement of Edward Yang, one of its two greatest masters.
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Also available in Spanish