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A 6 page paper which considers to what extent the work of new wave directors in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan reflect on transnational Chinese cinema. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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featured heavily nationalistic content that reflected the long history of the mainland. These films were, therefore, of little interest to audiences anywhere else. After Chairman Mao had virtually
sealed off the country during his failed Cultural Revolution experiment, the isolation that resulted mirrored that of the Great Wall of China. But times change, as did the political
leadership in China, which allowed the film industry to grow and reflect world influences. As the old Chinese order begrudgingly relented to the new, the West became a more
significant presence not just in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also in Mainland China as well. Audiences were first introduced to German Expressionist and American populist films back in
the 1930s. But it was the French New Wave movies of the 1950s that made the most profound impression on students of Chinese cinema, once they were finally exposed
to the innovative experimental style of filmmaking after the death of Mao in 1976. This transnational exchange of ideas "played an important role in shaping a radical consciousness and
in encouraging the audience to participate directly in the actual process of social change" (Ning 32). The Chinese New Wave movement officially began in Hong Kong back in 1979, and
was like a "coming of age" for the film industry (Li 709). Suddenly, there was a new generation of young filmmakers who had been born and educated in Hong
Kong and had also been traveling extensively to the West and developing ideas from experiences in television and popular music videos such as those shown on Americas MTV network (Li
709). The films of the Hong Kong New Wave were striking in their depiction of social realism, and the "cutting edge subject matter" that seemed to transcend all geographical
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