Yi yi (2000) [The Criterion Collection]

Director: Edward Yang
Writer: Edward Yang
Stars: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata

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.



Audio commentary featuring writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns

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