A Brighter Summer Day -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 175)
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Cat singing "Angles Baby" is the most iconic scene in cinema history.
the restoration of that film by Criterion is one of their crowing achievements
I watched this movie about 2 years ago, and it was weird, but somehow, even if I didn't understand anything, to this day, it is my favorite movie. A couple of days ago, I decided to open a blog, and the very first thing I wanted to write about was this movie, and I'm gonna watch it again while taking notes. I hope it will be alright
Watching this was such a profound experience. I am sad that I might never have such an experience again.
Watch it again then pal
The ending of the movie is one of the greatest I've ever seen
Yes, this could in fact be the greatest film of all time. It is an absolute masterpiece. Yi Yi is also remarkable.
Arguably the best film of all time. But number 2 on my list behind Edward Yangs other masterpiece
Which movie is that?
@@coreyconway Yi Yi
Yi Yi, Brighter Summer Day and A City of Sadness are probably the movie's Taiwan has brought forth
@@zetsub0u115how about most of them
This movie is truly a masterpiece. You can watch the film and understand more about post-war Taiwan. I need to note here that the story in this film happened during the so-called White Terror. Thousands of people were tortured and executed by the Nationalist government, the US allies. The government declared martial law from 1947 to 1987, the second longest martial law in the global modern history. In the film, there are a couple of scenes that the kids walk along the road with the tanks.
Today people view Korea and Taiwan as successful stories. However, their postwar experience was mixed with a brutal, authoritarian government, wars, human dislocation etc.
This film came out after the martial law was lifted. Another great film about this period is A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien, which was just restored into 4k. Can't wait to watch it.
Just finished watching, I also loved Yi Yi by Edward Yang. Brilliant analysis, it’s such a layered and rich film you could discuss it for days.
I agree with everything you said about how rich, complex and emotional every part of them film is. I think about a lot of its scenes since I've watched it. One of the best cinematic parts for me is the slow walk of the head gangster during the national anthem. Its such an amazing long take.
Things with hole in the middle will bring you head ache, you will find out when you're old enough. 😂 The line that made me laugh when Sir walking home with his father after demerit.
A Brighter Summer Day, YiYi and A City of Sadness are the holy trinity of Taiwanese movies, wish the 3rd one would have a 4K restoration already...
wow i literally just watched this the other day and tried to see if you had made a video on it and then you uploaded one now
great timing!
One of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen
Never heard of this film, but it looks and sounds amazing. Thanks for putting it my radar, I'm itching to see it soon
Did you watch it in the end? Tell me about your experience.
I watched this in the theater almost 20 years ago and have been begging Criterion in the forums to bring it to DVD. The wait was worth it. I love this movie
Last year, you did a video if you had a BFI List of the 10 greatest films what would you pick? When you did that I did made my own list. This easily made my list. Although it's long, my son who was thirteen at the time, watched it and loved it. I think it's a film teenagers really can enjoy and more importantly make them think.
Went into a screening of this movie not knowing how it would end. Not only was it the breeziest 4 hours of my life -- I was totally gobsmacked by the finale. So much so, it's been 10+ years since I've seen it, and cannot find the gumption to revisit it. I have, however, admired Yang's other films: Yi Yi, The Terrorizers and Taipei Story (Hou a great actor in addition to being a major filmmaker... who knew?) especially...
Great video! I watched this last year but struggled myself for it to “click”, the expectations were so high considering the Letterboxd rating and struggled on how to process the movie (thinking vs. feeling)
I've been waiting for this episode for sooo long
My favorite Criterion movie
Wow, an absolutely excellent broad examination of my very favorite film. Your elation at this film really shows itself impressively, you talk about this movie with exciting and developed respect. Great, insightful review as always.
thank you very much
It was heart wrenching 😢
Thanks so much for making me aware of this!
yo'ure welcome!
I’m watching this with a friend on Friday night. Excited to check it out!
enjoy!
I watched it straight through and was enthralled. It slowed down in the third act, but the climax at the very end made sense of the crawl towards the end.
I still need to process the ending but I don’t know if movies are made like this anymore.