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Daniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like reservoir dogs?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #90 [tied]
World premiere: May 14, 2000 [Cannes Film Festival]
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
Original theatrical trailer
“I’ve never loved anyone else.”
“How can it be so little?”
Yang Yang’s eulogy
Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.”
Our review of Pather Panchali comes out on Oct. 28!
The post Yi Yi (2000) – Episode 48 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.
By Canon Fodder PodcastsDaniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like reservoir dogs?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #90 [tied]
World premiere: May 14, 2000 [Cannes Film Festival]
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
Original theatrical trailer
“I’ve never loved anyone else.”
“How can it be so little?”
Yang Yang’s eulogy
Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.”
Our review of Pather Panchali comes out on Oct. 28!
The post Yi Yi (2000) – Episode 48 appeared first on Dare Daniel & Canon Fodder Podcasts.