Brighter summer day
directed by Edward Yang
Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, it 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.
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Teenage boys > Taiwan > Drama. Teenagers > Taiwan > Drama. Gangs > Taiwan > Drama. Crime > Taiwan > Drama. |
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Physical Description
videodisc
2 videodiscs (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. - Publisher [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features film critic Tony Rayns); Chang Chen (new interview where the actor discusees his breakthrough debut) likely consequence (recording of a play cowritten and directed by Edward Yang in Taipei in 1992). Disc 2: Our time, our story (117 min. 2002 documentary by Hsiao Chu-chen looks at the groundbreaking New Taiwan Cinema movement of the 1980s and '90s, and features interviews with filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien, Sylvia Chang, and Tsai Ming-liang, among others). Insert features an essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire and a 1991 director's statement by Yang. Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features film critic Tony Rayns); Chang Chen (new interview where the actor discusees his breakthrough debut). Disc 2: Commentary (features film critic Tony Rayns); Likely consequence (recording of a play cowritten and directed by Edward Yang in Taipei in 1992). GMD: videodisc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematography, Zhang Huigong, Li Longyu; editor, Chen Bowen; musical director, Zhan Hongda. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Yang Jingyi, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Guozhu, Jin Yanling, Wang Juan, Zhang Han, Ke Yulun, Wang Baisen. |
Language Note: | In Mandarin and Taiwanese, with optional subtitles in English. |