A Brighter Summer Day1991
Both picked by Paul Dano in the Criterion Closet, both on Top 10 lists by Ari Aster and Connor Jessup, both directed by Edward Yang, both with commentary by Tony Rayns, and both starring Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №339
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
The extraordinary, internationally embraced YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.
