The film project "They Write on the Island" attempts to use documentary images as the medium, and the director's film style and language as the guide, to introduce important Chinese writers to the next generation while recording important records of literary masters in the form of film texts readers. Our focus is not limited to preservation, but also to show how writers and their works convey moving power during the historical process of handing over generations, and become literary and cultural assets of generations.
18 films
The Inspired Island: Home In Two Cities
2011
The Inspired Island: The Man behind the Book
2011
The Inspired Island: Towards the Completion of a Poem
2011
The Inspired Island: The Untrammeled Traveler
2011
The Inspired Island: Port of Mists
2011
The Inspired Island: The Coming of Tulku
2011
The Inspired Island: River Without Banks
2014
The Inspired Island: Boundary
2014
The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings
2014
The Inspired Island: Multiflorate Splendour
2015
The Inspired Island: My City
2015
The Inspired Island: 1918
2015
The Inspired Island: A Lifetime In Chinese Literature
2015
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams
2020
The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul
2021
Watching
The Inspired Island: I Remember
2022
The Inspired Island: Still Young
2022
The Inspired Island: The New Formosa Mambo
2023
No trailers or clips available.
A series of documentaries that aim to introduce important Chinese writers to the next generation and to preserve and promote the works of literary masters. The episode "I Remember" is directed by novelist Lin Junying, who has had a deep friendship with the Zhu family for over 40 years. The film focuses the second generation of daughters Zhu Tianwen, Zhu Tianxin, Zhu Tianyi and son-in-law Tang Nuo, who together co-founded the "Sansan Bookstore".
