Blu-ray
A brighter summer day = Gu ling jie shaonian sharen shijian
Call Number
- BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
Two-Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In Mandarin and Taiwanese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Chen Chang, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-Chu, Elaine Jin.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (236 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 16 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang, finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day 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 from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil."--Container.
Notes
Blu-ray, 1.85:1 aspect ratio; uncompressed monaural audio.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new audio commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns ; new interview with actor Chen Chang ; Our time, our story, a 113-minute documentary from 2002 about the New Taiwan Cinema movement, featuring interviews with Yang and filmmakers Hou Hsiao-hsien, Sylvia Chang, and Tsai Ming-liang, among others ; Videotaped 1992 performance of Yang's play Likely consequence ; new English subtitle translation.