Yi Yi (Criterion Collection)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 11, 2006
- Originally Released: 2000
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jonathan Chang & Wu Nienjen | |
Performer: | Kelly Lee, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin, Ke Suyun, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Shu-shen Hsiao, Shu-Yuan Hsu, Adrian Lin, Michael Tao, Ru-Yun Tang, Hsin-Yi Tseng & Pang Chang Yu | |
Directed by | Edward Yang | |
Edited by | Chen Bowen | |
Music by | Peng Kaili | |
Screenwriting by | Edward Yang | |
Produced by | Kawai Shinya & Tsukeda Naoko | |
Director of Photography: | Yang Weihan |
Major Awards:
Cannes 2000 -
Best Director: Edward Yang
Entertainment Reviews:
...[A] wonderful film....In a film of superb ensemble work, Wu Nianzhen's performance as NJ is a standout...
Sight and Sound
...[A] lovely, absorbing film....The work of a master in full command of the resources of his art...
New York Times
Rating: 4/4 --
Blending the Coen Brothers' karmic rubicon with Robert Altman's ensemble heart, "Yi Yi" scratches the identifiable itch to reach out for what we've loved, set free and had come back, perhaps still not meant to be: jobs, lovers, freedoms, opportunities.
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The Film Yap
...A wise and gentle comedy of manners....YI YI investigates the entire melody of life....It's a delicate film, but a strong one, graced with the ability to see life whole...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 4/4 --
Yi Yi has space for everyone.
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LarsenOnFilm
...[A] three-hour jewel from Taiwan about a family in crisis....A must-see...
USA Today
Rating: 5/5 --
Rather than the typical inciting incident of a film's typical narrative structure, Yang's screenplay builds its story organically, painting a portrait of flawed, tender humans.
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CineVue
Product Description:
Focusing on a typical family--parents, two children, and an elderly grandmother--living in a small apartment in Taipei, YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO) is about the patterns of daily life. It includes a wedding, a funeral, a first date, a last date, a birth, and a death. The film follows each member of the Jian family carefully, giving each one equal time, completely developing each character. NJ (Wu Nienjen), the father of the family, struggles with a dead-end job at a technology firm while reexamining his marriage when he meets his high school sweetheart, Sherry (Ke Suyun), after 30 years. NJ's teenage daughter, Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee), has a selfless demeanor and a naive interest in everything, which diffuses the complexity of her high school life. Her little brother, Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang), is an adorable five-year-old troublemaker who's in love with a pesky girl in his class. And Yang-Yang's mother, Min-Min (Elaine Jin), grieves for her dying mother (Tang Runyun) while coping with her own middle age in a rapidly maturing family.
Edward Yang, director of 1991's A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, presents a careful, direct, meticulously photographed film with YI YI. Brassy shots of Taipei reflected in the windows of a moving car are offset with slow choreographed sequences using the streetlights to narrate little moral tales. Perhaps the most powerful gem in this film is the magical character of Mr. Ota (Issey Ogata), NJ's Japanese business associate, whose optimistic life perspective will inspire and delight YI YI's viewers.
Edward Yang, director of 1991's A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, presents a careful, direct, meticulously photographed film with YI YI. Brassy shots of Taipei reflected in the windows of a moving car are offset with slow choreographed sequences using the streetlights to narrate little moral tales. Perhaps the most powerful gem in this film is the magical character of Mr. Ota (Issey Ogata), NJ's Japanese business associate, whose optimistic life perspective will inspire and delight YI YI's viewers.
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