Spotlight on Edward Yang
Yi Yi
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11m
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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