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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-age father NJ's tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved cam...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Yi yi (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Yang, Dechang, 1947-2007 (Screenwriter), Jin, Elaine, 1954- (Actor), Ogata, Issē, 1952- (Actor), Wu, Nianzhen, 1952- (Actor), Lee, Kelly (Actress in Yi yi) (Actor), Chang, Jonathan, 1991- (Actor), Yang, Weihan (Cinematographer) (director of photography.), Li, Longyu (director of photography.), Peng, Kaili (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:Chinese
Language Notes:In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, 2000.
Subjects:
Middle class families > Taiwan > Taipei > Drama.
Weddings > Taiwan > Taipei > Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Taiwan > Taipei > Drama.
Taipei (Taiwan) > Drama.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Middle class families.
Weddings.
Taiwan.
Taiwan > Taipei.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Domestic drama (Motion pictures)
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Motion pictures, Taiwanese.
Romance films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
Description
Summary: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-age father NJ's tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (174 minutes): .flv file, sound, color
Awards:Cannes Film Festival, 2000: Best Director (Edward Yang)
NSFC Award, 2001: Best Film
LAFCA Award, 2000: Best Foreign Language Film
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Yang Weihan and Li Longyu ; editor, Chen Bowen ; music, Peng Kaili.