films seen
4
average score
1.88*
nationality
status
Alive and kicking
Movies
Slightly more refined and polished than the other Yang films I've seen, but he still cannot make me care about his characters, not their mundane problems. I did appreciate the more distant, restrained approach, but Yang simply lacks the class and eye for detail needed to make a film like this work.
A Brighter Summer Day
by Edward Yang
Gu Ling Jie Shao Nian Sha Ren Shi Jian
1991 / 237m - Taiwan
Crime, Drama, Romance
Another disappointing Yang. It's fun to see Hsiao-hsien Hou act I guess, apart from that Yang's characters, his somewhat plain style of direction and the tepid drama simply don't do it for me. The film just hobbles along, and while never truly horrible or irritating it completely fails to capture my attention.