Bill Kong
Speaking in Images is at once an impressive introduction to who's who in Chinese cinema, a revealing glimpse into Chinese filmmaking history, and the kind of conversation that you don't want to end.
— Bill Kong, producer, Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Springtime in a Small Town
Ban Wang
These interviews are a revelation... engaging, hard-hitting, informative, and entertaining. Michael Berry has trotted the globe, done much homework, and asks fruitful questions. This volume will become a key text for classes in Chinese cinema in American colleges. It will also be an immensely useful guide for film critics, scholars, and historians.
— Ban Wang, author of Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China
from the foreword - Martin Scorsese
Speaking in Images gives you the stories of individual artists, articulating their own perspectives toward their art, their working methods, their inspirations, the problems they've encountered. It also provides a marvelous portrait of not one but three societies—mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Martin Scorsese
Speaking in Images gives you the stories of individual artists, articulating their own perspectives toward their art, their working methods, their inspirations, the problems they've encountered. It also provides a marvelous portrait of not one but three societies -- mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
— from the foreword
David Bordwell
Chinese-language filmmaking has entered a new era. Michael Berry's unique access to filmmakers and his deep knowledge of Chinese culture and film history have yielded probing, insightful portraits of major creative figures. From Beijing to Hong Kong, from Shanghai to Taipei, these directors are creating today's most exciting regional cinema.
— David Bordwell, author of Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment
