SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“In exchange for three hours of your time, Yi Yi will give you more life.”
173 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Edward Yang. In Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, and English with English subtitles. DCP.
The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, 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.