Boiling the Sea: Hou Hsiao-hsien on Hou Hsiao-hsien

Boiling the Sea is an extended dialogue with legendary film director Hou Hsiao-hsien, offering a rare glimpse into his approach to filmmaking, reflections on the Taiwan film industry, and unique film aesthetics. Culled from dozens of hours of recorded interviews, the book spans the director’s childhood and forty years of filmmaking with in-depth discussions of each of his eighteen feature-length films, including the classics Dust in the Wind, City of Sadness, Flowers of Shanghai, and The Pu...