Tsai Ming-Liang (Paperback)

Acclaimed Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang is renowned for creating some of the most nihilistic and erotic films of the 90s. His films include Rebels of the Neon God (1992); Vive l'amour (1994); The River (1997); and his 1998 Cannes golden palme-nominee, The Hole, His films often use water in its multiple capacities -- cleansing, raining, nourishing, flooding -- to sumbolize his character's emotions. Depicting the human body as a mysterious, malleable machine consuming and excreting on its own volition, bodily functions become metaphors for loneliness, desire, decay, and escape. His obsessive and isolated characters give his films a bleak outlook, but they also embody a wry sense of absurdist humor. This is the first book devoted to Ming-liang's work, and is an important addition to contemporary film studies.

General

Imprint:	Dis Voir
Country of origin:	France
Release date:	2016
First published:	November 1999
Authors:	Olivier Joyard • Jean-Pierre Rehm • Daniele Riviere
Dimensions:	275 x 218 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-2-906571-90-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
LSN:	2-906571-90-3
Barcode:	9782906571907

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