| Description |
3 videodiscs (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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digital optical mono Dolby rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 804 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 804.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In Mandarin and Taiwanese, with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Yang Jingyi, Zhang Zhen, Zhang Guozhu, Jin Yanling, Wang Juan, Zhang Han, Ke Yulun, Wang Baisen. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Zhang Huigong, Li Longyu; editor, Chen Bowen; musical director, Zhan Hongda. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, it 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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Taiwan -- Drama.
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Gangs -- Taiwan -- Drama.
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Crime -- Taiwan -- Drama.
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Nineteen sixties -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, Chinese.
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Crime films.
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Romance films.
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Coming-of-age films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Yang, Dechang, 1947-2007, screenwriter, film producer, film director.
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Zhan, Hongzhi, film producer.
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Yu, Weiyan, film producer.
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Hong, Hong, 1964- screenwriter.
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Yang, Shunqing, 1965- screenwriter.
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Lai, Mingtang, screenwriter.
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Yang, Lisa, actor.
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Zhang, Zhen, 1976 October 14- actor.
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Zhang, Guozhu, 1937- actor.
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Jin, Yanling, actor.
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Wang, Juan, 1963 August 6- actor.
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Zhang, Han, 1974- actor.
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Ke, Yulun, 1977- actor.
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Wang, Bosen, actor.
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Zhang, Huigong, director of photography.
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Li, Longyu, director of photography.
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Chen, Bowen, 1953- editor of moving image work.
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Rayns, Tony, commentator.
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Xiao, Juzhen, 1972- film director.
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Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947- interviewee (expression)
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Zhang, Aijia, 1953- interviewee (expression)
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Cai, Mingliang, 1957- interviewee (expression)
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Cheshire, Godfrey, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, film distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Brighter summer day |
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Container of (work): Bai ge ji hua (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Likely consequence
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Our time, our story.
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| ISBN |
9781681431222 |
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168143122X |
| Standard No. |
715515170512 |
| Music No. |
CC2597DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC2597D The Criterion Collection (container) |
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CC2597D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2597D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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CC2597D-3 The Criterion Collection (disc 3) |
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