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A brighter summer day = Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian/ Yang Dechang dian ying zhi zuo ; Zhan Hongzhi, Yu Weiyan, Yang Dechang ; bian ju, Yang Dechang, Yan Hongya, Yang Shunqing, Lai Mingtang ; dao yan, Yang Dechang = 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.

ISBN

9781681431222

168143122X

Edition

DVD edition.

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert

Medium

4 3/4 in.

stamping

Notes

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). Insert features an essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire and a 1991 director's statement by Yang.

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: 白鴿計劃 = 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). Insert features an essay by critic Godfrey Cheshire and a 1991 director's statement by Yang.

Cinematography, Zhang Huigong, Li Longyu ; editor, Chen Bowen ; musical director, Zhan Hongda.

攝影, 張惠恭, 李龍禹 ; 剪輯, 陳博文 ; 音樂指導, 詹宏達.

In Mandarin and Taiwanese with optional subtitles in English.

Summary

Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, this film 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.

Variant and related titles

Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian

Brighter summer day

Bai ge ji hua (Motion picture)

白鴿計劃 (Motion picture)

Likely consequence.

Our time, our story.

Format

Images / Video & Film

Language

Chinese; Tai (Other)

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