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Yi Yi = a one and a two ... / 1+2 Seisaku Iinkai presents ; an Atom Films production ; a film by Edward Yang ; producers, Kawai Shinya, Tsukeda Naoko ; written and directed by Edward Yang.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: CC1636D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Chinese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 339.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006]Description: 1 videodisc (173 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)Content type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1559409843
- 9781559409841
- One and a two
- Yi Yi (Motion picture)
- Directors of photography, Yang Weihan, Li Longyu ; editor, Chen Bowen ; music, Peng Kaili.
- Cannes Film Festival, 2000: Best Director (Edward Yang)
- NSFC Award, 2001: Best Film.
- LAFCA Award, 2000: Best Foreign Language Film.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Master Taiwanese director Edward Yang spins this intricate and complex yarn about life's everyday crises. The film focuses on N.J. Jian (Wu Nien-Jen, a noted writer/director in his own right); his wife, Min-Min (Elaine Jin); and their two children, teenager Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee) and young Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang). Their middle-class existence seems stable and secure until a series of incidents throws all of their lives out of kilter. The misfortunes start at the wedding of Min-Min's ne'er-do-well brother, Ah-Di (Chen Xisheng), when his jilted ex-girlfriend Yun-Yun (Tseng Hsin-yi) bursts into the proceedings and lambastes the bride. Upset by the ruckus and feeling unwell, Min-Min's mother goes home early only to suffer a stroke and slip into a coma. After the wedding, N.J. runs into his first love, Sherry (Ke Suyun), who is married to a rich American. This chance encounter shakes N.J. to his very foundations, forcing him to reevaluate his life. At the same time, N.J.'s computer company deliberates on whether or not to collaborate with a renowned Japanese games designer, Ota (Issey Ogata), sending N.J. to Japan to negotiate a contract. Confronted by her mother's coma, Min-Min also takes stock of her life and finds it lacking. On the brink of a nervous breakdown, she suddenly joins a religious retreat. In Japan, N.J. warms to his potential business partner Ota, spending long evenings discussing life and love in hip Tokyo jazz clubs. There, N.J. also meets up with Sherry; they relive old memories and flirt with infidelity. At the same, Ting-Ting, who quietly blames herself for her grandmother's coma, learns her first hard lessons about love, while Yang-Yang causes trouble at school and wrestles with the truths of the adult world. This film won the Golden Palm for Best Direction at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and was an official selection for the 2000 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
DVD, NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio), Dolby Digital stereo surround.
In Mandarin with optional English subtitles.
880-03 Wu Nianzhen, Jin Yanling, Issey Ogata.
880-04 Directors of photography, Yang Weihan, Li Longyu ; editor, Chen Bowen ; music, Peng Kaili.
"With the runaway international acclaim for this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema's best-kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJ's tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang imbues every gorgeous frame with a deft, humane clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new cinema"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New, restored high-definition transfer; Audio commentary by writer-director Edward Yang and noted Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns; New video interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement; Original English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns; U.S. theatrical trailer; A new essay by Kent Jones and notes from the director.
Cannes Film Festival, 2000: Best Director (Edward Yang)
NSFC Award, 2001: Best Film.
LAFCA Award, 2000: Best Foreign Language Film.