• Figure 4.18. In A Summer at Grandpa’s (Dong dong de jianqi, 1984), Hou Hsiao-hsien replaces the calligraphic double happiness over a Christian altar with a neon version bracketed by traditional calligraphic couplets.

Summer at Grandpa’s (Dong dong de jianqi, 1984)

From Brushed in Light: Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema by Markus Nornes

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