Ep #23 - A Brighter Summer Day
We’re joined by special guest Daisuke Beppu who is one of our favorite movie review YouTubers. Daisuke skyped in all the way from Tokyo to discuss his channel and review Edward Yang’s 1991 masterpiece: A Brighter Summer Day.
Daisuke Beppu
This Week
Special Guest: Daisuke Beppu
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Dir. Edward Yang, Taiwan, 3h 57m
Available to stream on the Criterion Channel
Episode Outline
Intro to Daisuke & his YouTube Channel
Prince of Tides Criterion
Hard to find Edward Yang movies:
Mahjong (1996)
A Confucian Confusion (1994)
The Terrorizers (1986)
Dream Criterion Releases
Laserdisc upgrades
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Lee Chang-dong
Hong Sang-soo
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Spoiler Free Discussion
Selling the Running Time
Spoiler Analytical Discussion
Is there something about international films that is impossible for people outside that language and/or culture to fully get? (In the context of ABSD)
Historical Significance
A Brighter Summer Day on the BFI/Sight and Sound “Greatest Films of All Time 2012” list
Next Week
Cure (1997)
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 1h 55m
Available to stream on the Criterion Channel
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 2h 25m
Available to buy on Criterion.com