A brighter summer day / Janus Films ; a film by Edward Yang ; produced by Yu Wei-Yen, Jan Hung-Tze, and Edward Yang ; script and dialogue by Edward Yang, Yan Hong-Ya, Alex Yang, Lai Ming-Tang ; 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.
| Uniform Title: | Criterion collection ;
804. |
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| Language: | Chinese Tai (Other) English |
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Chinese |
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In Mandarin and Taiwanese, with optional subtitles in English. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2016]
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| Series: | Criterion collection ;
804. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 videodiscs (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
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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| Note: | Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "Coming of age in Taipei", by critic Godfrey Cheshire and a 1991 director's statement by Yang. Originally released 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). Disc 3: Bai ge ji hua = 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). |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.Y6 B76 2016 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 9781681431222 168143122X |
| Credits: | Cinematography, Zhang Huigong, Li Longyu; editor, Chen Bowen; musical director, Zhan Hongda. |
| System Details: | DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast: |
Yang Jingyi, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Guozhu, Jin Yanling, Wang Juan, Zhang Han, Ke Yulun, Wang Baisen. |