"Wicks's engaging study forges a comparative approach to Taiwanese cinema that is enlivened and inspired by the possibility of close reading, historical research, and interviews. Most importantly, it draws attention to seminal films so rarely discussed in

"James Wicks's book offers a most nuanced, sensible, and timely account of the 1960s to 1970s Taiwan films in terms of plot, theme, language, and generic innovations. It zooms in on works by such prominent directors as Li Xing, Bai Jingrui, Song Cunshou,

James Wicks is associate professor of literature and film studies at Point Loma Nazarene University, USA. He is a author of The Annotated Bibliography of Taiwan Film Studies (forthcoming).