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Edward Yang

Complete filmography covered12 films1 in 4K8 in HD1 in SD2 with no official release

Also in the cast: 3 films

Edward Yang photo

For anyone starting to collect Edward Yang, getting all the releases in Criterion is the easiest way to start.

Movies:

  • Yi Yi has unreleased 4k restoration, otherwise you can get Criterion BD for now.

  • A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong has Criterion new boxset with 4K restorations.

  • A Brighter Summer Day Carlotta FR BD is the best

  • Taipei Story also has potentially 4K restoration, but otherwise Criterion BD.

  • In Our Time and That Day, on the Beach have 2K restorations available in Taiwan or Korea Nova Media BD but OOP

  • Terrorizers similarly only has OOP BD with 2k restorations

  • Duckweed TV Movie, only available in streaming or youtube bad picture quality but it's the only surviving copy

Stage Recordings / Music Video:

Unfinished Projects:

  • The Wind has about 6 minutes of completed scenes available (sometimes shown in movie theaters).

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Yi Yi (2000)

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps but the Carlotta release is not English friendly

Best Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A user writes: 'the 5.0 mix does not closely resemble the matrixed stereo track included on all prior releases (save for a 2003 French DVD which had 5.1). There is significant dialogue emphasis in the 5.0 mix while the older stereo mix has ambient sounds and dialogue mixed at nearly the same loudness. Additionally, the 5.0 mix has minor limiting in select loud sequences and a strange distorted quality on occasion (one notable example is the sound of a plane taking off which plays during a static shot of clouds in the sky). The stereo mix included on the FRA UHD/BD is a downmix of the 5.0 track.'

4.5

8 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

In Our Time (1982)

Co-directors: Jim Tao & Chang Yi & Ko I-chen

Best English-Friendly:

OOP Taiwan and Korea Blu-ray

Best Video:

3.6

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Adult Game (1986)

Co-directors: Hou Hsiao-hsien & Chen Kuofu

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: shihlun.tumblr.com (opens in a new tab) · Reddit (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Music Video, but the only possible proof of existence is here. See this reddit post

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