Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang ("Yi Yi") dies at 59

I've seen all but his first two features, and Mahjong is the only one which was disappointing.

Yi Yi is the only other one of his I've seen, definitely want to see Taipei Story.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra),

I suspect you'll have the same response. Taipei Story boasts an even better sense of geography.

this guy's getting a retro at my local next month. very excited! haven't seen any of his films.

sorry, this month.

nice. i just watched Taipei Story, which was a shade below Yi Yi and A Brighter Summers Day but still pretty great

I was saying in the Sight and Sound thread that his masterpiece is A Confucian Confusion. Wouldn't recommend Mahjong.

I saw Brighter Summer Day at a showing where a (no doubt neurodivergent) man kept laughing uproariously at all the most inappropriate, saddest parts. Bit of a difficult situation, I obviously didn't say anything, guy should be allowed to see a movie w/o getting hassled, but I won't say it didn't affect my enjoyment.

My screening of Brighter Summer Day at that Close-up season (talked about upthread) was as perfect an afternoon at a cinema as you could get.

caught the mahjong restoration at the lincoln center retrospective, it's good if minor, dunno why all the hate.

Love hearing the reports of the Yang screenings selling out