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Aug 17, 2015 · Outwardly tranquil yet steeped in the political turbulence of the past century of Taiwanese (and larger Chinese) history, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s meditative cinema has received infuriatingly limited distribution in the west, but has enjoyed considerable exposure of late as a result of major retrospectives and the rapturous reception that greeted his wuxia epic The Assassin at the 2015 Cannes Film ...
Name: Hou Hsiao-Hsien Chinese: 侯孝贤 Birthdate: April 8, 1947 Birthplace: Meixian, Guangdong, China Director. The Assassin | Nie Yinniang (2015) 10+10 (2011) - segment "La Belle Epoque" To Each His Cinema | Chacun son cinéma (2007) (segment "The Electric Princess House") Flight of the Red Balloon | Voyage du ballon rouge, Le (2007)
Once praised by Jia as “the genius narrator passing down the memories of a nation through films,” Hou Hsiao-hsien, at age 68, has made his first wuxia film. Its long and arduous production (adhering to a $15 million budget) began shortly after Flight of the Red Balloon was released in 2008, leaving the longest gap in the Taiwanese filmmaker ...
SIDE LIT AND GLIMMERING, the billiard balls in the opening sequences of Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien’s new film Three Times, look more like objets d’art, so aestheticized is the atmosphere…
Nov 1, 2023 · Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien photographed in Hong Kong for an interview with the Post in 2015. With the award-winning director retiring because of worsening dementia, we rank his 10 best films.
Oct 24, 2023 · Hou Hsiao-hsien is now retired from filmmaking due to dementia, an early-onset form of which he's been battling for a few years. Hou Hsiao-hsien is now retired from filmmaking due to dementia, an ...
Oct 13, 2015 · Hou Hsiao-Hsien may not be a household name in America, but the legendary Taiwanese director —responsible for sterling dramas about his native country’s history and culture, including 1993’s ...
