A Brighter Summer Day is a 1991 Taiwanese epic[1] teen crime drama film directed by Edward Yang. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards but was not nominated. sur le site Slate, Jean-Michel Frodon écrit à propos de la représentation filmique de celle-ci : « L’évocation de la Terreur blanche atteint une puissance abstraite, fantastique, plus proche de Kafka que de la chronique factuelle. After threatening Ma at the latter's home, an enraged and jealous Si'r steals Cat's knife and waits outside the school for Ma. Sly and the surviving Little Park Boys go into hiding. The final scene is set in Si'r's house, now almost devoid of furniture. The film's political background is introduced in intertitles thus: Millions of Mainland Chinese fled to Taiwan with the National Government after its civil war defeat by the Chinese Communists in 1949. Three different versions of the film were edited: the original 237 minute version, a three-hour version and a shorter 127 minute version. To call this film an epic is an understatement, but it is in every aspect of the word. Looking for a slightly scary movie to watch this Halloween? Caught by a guard in the rafters, they steal his flashlight and flee the studio, returning to their school. An arrogant Honey appears outside of the concert hall, antagonizing the rival gang. Xiao Si'r (Chen Chang) has a thing for Ming (Lisa Yang), who likes him too in spite of already having a boyfriend who's a player in this gang underworld. The English title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". The film then proceeds to introduce two gangs of students, the Little Park Boys, the children of civil servants, and their rivals the 217s, the children of military officers. Yang used the film Goodfellas as the model of a gangster movie. Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Meanwhile, Si'r and Ming meet by chance and become friends. Edward Yang fait référence à la politique répressive exercée par le pouvoir nationaliste et appelée la Terreur blanche. However, she reveals to him her flirtations with other boys, including a much older doctor, which bothers Si'r. This has led to many teenagers forming street gangs … [10], On December 17, 2015, The Criterion Collection announced the official North American DVD and Blu-ray release of a new 4K digital restoration of the film in its original running time. Caught by a guard in the rafters, they steal his flashlight and flee the studio, returning to their school. 87 of 103 people found this review helpful. The following night, the concert is performed. The distributed 30 or 40 minutes devoted to pop music in this picture are generally when I perk up and enjoy it most but they are not enough. Sly leads the gang in his absence. Le titre international fait référence à la chanson Are You Lonesome Tonight ? The Taiwanese identity is revealed to be a sense of perpetual exile.Edward Yang's own father fled from Shanghai. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards but was not nominated.[2]. A Brighter Summer Day (chinois : 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 — pinyin : Gǔ lǐng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn) est un film taïwanais réalisé par Edward Yang et sorti en 1991. Articles; We Are; Contact Us; Search the Archives… Contact Us/ Request a REview. 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In this context of a repressive, militaristic government, family chaos, the constant threat of gang fights, the need for a good education, the idea that hard work can bring success, is seen as paramount.For all those `Yi Yi' fans who don't understand the complexity of this film, let me just remind you about the title, `A Brighter, Summer Day,' this is a film for which those words have no meaning, and unlike `Yi Yi,' which had the charming optimism of Yang-Yang, an as yet undeveloped child who has a future, `Yi Yi ` was much more a `perfect' film, everything was neatly examined and explained, there's a perfect symmetry, on whole it's balanced, it feels like a complete experience, but `A Brighter Summer Day' offers no such peace of mind, it's a raw emotional roller coaster where the last hour or so is filled with such complete anguish and despair, nearly all the family members have their singular moments where they are the focus of the pain and anguish, the understated personal horrors can leave one breathless. The “inward” face, meanwhile, indicated by the lyrics of the 1960 Elvis Presley hit “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” which gives the film its English title, has little to do with Taiwan and much to do with a condition unbound by time or place: the loneliness, melancholy, and longing of adolescence. In his way, he's a typical Westernized loner hero, a John Wayne or Gary Cooper type more or less going his own way. This upsets his father, a career government worker, who is aware of the delinquency rampant among night school students and worries that it will affect Si'r. A year later, Si'r, along with his best friend, Cat, is spying on the filming of a period drama in a movie studio. This release marks the first time A Brighter Summer Day is released on home video in the United States, after more than two decades of obscurity due to difficulty in finding an official copy of the film. This film is prefaced in a historical context, with the understanding that Chinese Taiwan was formed in 1949 with several million Chinese being forced to cross over into Taiwan from mainland China, into a world they knew nothing about, so they were required to build their new lives with great insecurity about the future, and this film is about their first generation of offspring, the anxieties of the parents created a world of anxieties for their children, who search for their own greater security and their own self identity through the formation of street gangs, whose inner turmoil is largely a reflection of the world around them.