Hou Hsiao-hsien 22: Contexts 12 - Our Time, Our Story (Hsiao Chu-chen, 2002)

A discussion of OUR TIME, OUR STORY, a more traditional documentary than FLOWERS OF TAIPEI but all the better for it. A film with various kinds of contexts (production, distribution, exhibition, reception) that historicises well, finds extraordinary archival footage, interviews many of the leading people involved in Taiwan's New Cinema and really enhances our knowledge of the period, the movement, and the films themselves. The clips in the film really make us appreciate how new restorations have enhanced the visual beauty of these films.