The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien Culture, Style, Voice, and Motion Christopher Lupke Cambria Sinophone World Series General Editor: Victor H. Mair      Cambria Contemporary Global Performing Arts Series General Editor: John M. Clum Copyright 2016 Cambria Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to: [email protected], or mailed to: Cambria Press University Corporate Centre, 100 Corporate Parkway, Suite 128 Amherst, New York 14226, U.S.A. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lupke, Christopher. Title: The sinophone cinema of Hou Hsiao-Hsien : culture, style, voice and motion / Christopher Lupke. Description: Amherst, NY : Cambria Press, 2016. | Series: Cambria sinophone world series | Series: Cambria contemporary global performing arts series | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Includes filmography. Identifiers: LCCN 2015009394 | ISBN 9781604979138 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947---Criticism and interpretation. Classification: LCC PN1998.3.H687 L86 2015 | DDC 791.4302/32092--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015009394 To Shuxin – Thank you for sticking with me through this. Table of Contents List of Figures................................................................ ix Acknowledgements........................................................ xiii A Note on Romanization................................................. xvii Chapter 1: The Odyssey of Hou Hsiao-hsien............................. 1 Chapter 2: Zhu Tianwen and the Sotto Voce of Gendered Expression....................................................... 47 Chapter 3: Comparing Hou Hsiao-hsien and Ozu Yasujirô............ 77 Chapter 4: The Muted Interstices of Testimony....................... 113 Chapter 5: Time and Teleology in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Films of Quest and Disillusionment.................................. 153 Chapter 6: What is Said and Left Unsaid in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Period Adaptations........................................... 209 Chapter 7: Interviews and Dialogues with Hou Hsiao-hsien......... 231 Chinese Character Glossary.............................................. 293 Filmography................................................................ 317 Additional Filmography................................................... 337 Bibliography................................................................ 339 Index......................................................................... 359 Praise for The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien.................. 373 About the Author.......................................................... 377 List of Figures Figure 1: The Young Puppetmaster Li Tianlu ...........................38 Figure 2: Li Tianlu Narrating the Events of His Life ...................39 Figure 3: Video Image of Ozu Yasujirô’s Late Spring in Good Men, Good Women ..................................................... 40 Figure 4: Dongdong Memorizing a Tang Poem .........................71 Figure 5: Grandpa Monitoring Dongdong Memorizing a Tang Poem .............................................................. 71 Figure 6: Tingting and Hanzi with the Dead Bird ......................72 Figure 7: The Train during A-Hao’s Adventure with his Grandmother ....................................................108 Figure 8: A-Hao Reacting to His Mother’s Grief-Stricken Cry ............................................................... 108 Figure 9: A-Hao as a Teen Street Thug ................................ 109 Figure 10: Shûkichi and Tomi with a Photo of their “Missing” Son ..............................................................109 Figure 11: Lin Wenxiong Negotiating the Release of His Brother ......................................................... 145