Learn why programmer Dennis Lim considers Edward Yang one of the most important filmmakers of the late twentieth century in this introduction to the Taiwanese New Wave director’s essential body of work. Across a small but potent filmography, Yang charted the complex history of his time—as Taiwan emerged from military rule in the ’80s and was rocked by the tides of global capitalism in the ’90s—exploring how larger forces were reshaping human lives and relationships.
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A Confucian Confusion
Directed by Edward Yang • 1994 • Taiwan
Starring Chen Shiang-chyi, Wang Wei-ming, Joyce NiEdward Yang’s first cinematic foray into comedy may have been a surprising stylistic departure, but in its richly novelistic vision of urban discontent, it is quintessential Yang. This relationship roundel...
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Mahjong
Directed by Edward Yang • 1996 • Taiwan
Starring Tang Tsung-sheng, Chang Chen, Virginie LedoyenEdward Yang’s follow-up to A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION is another dizzying comedy set in a globalized Taipei, but with a darker, more caustic edge. Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparat...
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Yi Yi
Directed by Edward Yang • 2000 • Taiwan, Japan
Starring Nianzhen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey OgataThe 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, beginnin...
