摘要： My tentative dissertation title is: “The Antecedents of Taiwan New Cinema: The History of Taiwan Film in the 1970s.” While my approach to film analysis is to pay close attention to the cinematic form, excavate the socio-historical context, and use the lens of cultural studies, my motivation for this project stems from a curiosity to explore a blank space on the map of English language scholarship concerning Mandarin language Taiwan Cinema.