Yi Yi2000
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
A Brighter Summer Day
牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Taiwan / Chinese / 1991 / 3h 57m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №804
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
Directed by Edward Yang • 1991 • TaiwanStarring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-hu Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang, finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager (Chen Chang, in his first role) from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil. Restored in 2009 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Central Motion Picture Corporation, and the Edward Yang Estate. Scan performed at Digimax laboratories in Taipei. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways, and Qatar Museum Authority.
