Comparison and comments about the readings and films

Course: Taiwan Cinema

Comparison and comments about the readings and films

1.1000-word ,commentary must be written in your own words and based on your own findings,no paraphrase of a secondary source

**2.Please write a commentary in which you begin by stating a problematic (thesis) on Taiwan films, then go on to frame Taiwan film/theme(s) you plan to analyze or compare, to examine textual evidence in detail to support your argument, and to conclude with your creative insights.

3.Each entry (approximately 1000 words) should be precise and concise, in providing substantial arguments about how the films go after (appropriate and respond to) the empires – Japanese colonialism, Chinese cinema or Nationalist Party’s film policy, and Hollywood film industry or world market.( These are syllabus requirements and i think the Week1-Week3 mainly around Japanese colonialism i no sure about this)

Reading materal:

1.Rigger 1-39

2. Chiu, “The Vision and Voice in New Taiwan Documentary”;
3. Leo Ching, Introduction to Anti-Japan
4. Ping-hui Liao, “Bride from Hell”

Films name:

1. Viva Tonal: The Dance Age
2. Le Moulin

3 Dousan: A Borrowed Life