Ep 117 | Anthony Kao of Cinema Escapist Recommends Films About Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   This week we welcome back Anthony Kao, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Escapist to Talking Taiwan. I've asked him to recommend films that help familiarize people with Taiwan. He'll be recommending films about Taiwan that best represent certain decades, eras or significant historical events.   Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Anthony's recommendations are of films made after the lifting of martial law in Taiwan 1987 In selecting films to recommend Anthony tried to select a variety of film genres to suit the different tastes of Talking Taiwan listeners The films Anthony recommends represent a diverse array of Taiwan's culture and historical phenomena The five films that Anthony recommends: A City of Sadness (1989), Yi Yi (1999), Cape No. 7 (2008) The historical and political relevance of Anthony's film recommendations The Taiwan history film trilogy by film director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢): A City of Sadness (1989), Good Men, Good Women (好男好女1995), The Puppetmaster (1993) New Taiwanese Cinema Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema   Related Links:   Cinema Escapist: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/   Cinema Escapist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cinemaescapist   Cinema Escapist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cinemaescapist     A City of Sadness (1989): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_City_of_Sadness https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096908/     Good Men, Good Women (好男好女 1995): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Men,_Good_Women https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113256/     The Puppetmaster (1993): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppetmaster_(film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107157/     Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢), Film Director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Hsiao-hsien https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396284/     Yi Yi (1999): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Yi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244316/     Edward Yang (楊德昌), Film Director: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945981/     Three Times (2005): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Times     Cape No. 7 (2008): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_No._7     Seediq Bale (2011): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warriors_of_the_Rainbow:_Seediq_Bale https://www.imdb.com/title/att2007993/     We Te-sheng, Film Director: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Te-sheng https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917669/     On Happiness Road (2017): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Happiness_Road https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7543904/     Hsin Yin Sung, Film Director: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3403663/?ref_=tt_ov_dr       New Taiwanese Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990     Second New Wave of Taiwan Cinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan#New_Taiwanese_Cinema,_1982%E2%80%931990     The 10 Best Taiwanese Movies of 2019: https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2019/12/best-taiwanese-movies-2019/