Yi yi
Yan Yan - Natsu no omoide
Directed by:
Edward YangScreenplay:
Edward YangCinematography:
Wei-han YangComposer:
Tu Duu-ChihCast:
Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Yin-Ling Kam, Ogata Issei, Su-Yun Ko, Ru-Yun Tang, Yi-Wen Chen, Josephine A. Blankstein, Lawrence Ko, Suzanne Hsiao, Edward Yang (more)Plots(1)
The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi, 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. (Criterion)
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Taiwanese film has its strong creators and Edward Yang is obviously one of them. In three hours, he can present people's fates in a way that only few can, and that with good image quality and overall interesting stylization, when you have a feeling that every piece of clothing was precisely chosen to fit perfectly into a given scene, not to mention the actors who are natural in their non-actorness.
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