Part of a torrent of talent that flooded international screens with innovative chineselanguage features from hong kong, taiwan, and the peoples republic of china in the 1980s, yangs work is new wave in a number of. Most all of his films deal with urban taiwan see more. Assist director of operations with program management and. Ap photo director edward yang, perhaps most familiar to us audiences for his 2000 epic yi yi which won him best director honors at the cannes film festival, died friday at age 59, another victim of colon cancer. View edward yangs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Edward yang, 59, director prominent in new taiwan cinema. At the time of his death, in june 2007, the filmmaker was working with jackie chan on his first big budget project, the animation feature film the wind. Yang, along with fellow auteurs hou hsiaohsien and tsai mingliang, was one of the leading film makers of the taiwanese new wave and taiwanese cinema. Film director and screenwriter, edward yang was born in shanghai, raised in taipei. He chose to pursue science and technology, and went on to earn advanced degrees in electrical engineering in the us. On the dvd the criterion collections newly restored highdefinition digital transfer of edward yangs yi yi is a revelation. Writer director actor composer miscellaneous crew producer production.
The extraordinary, internationally embraced yi yi a one and a two. Talking with screenwriter hung hung about a brighter. Growing up in taipei, taiwan, he was very interested. A sprawling cast, set against a backdrop of political and social turmoil in early60s taiwan, forms the basis for yangs.
Yang, along with fellow auteurs hou hsiaohsien and tsai mingliang, was one of the leading filmmakers of the taiwanese new wave and taiwanese cinema. At a young age, he found creative inspiration in japanese comic books and. Yang does a lovely job of capturing all that, channeling such directors as wong karwai and edward yang in the process, but missing from the picture or else taken for granted is a clear. His last project was an animated film with jackie chan, the wind. Yet the film as is can be described as exactly that the film opens with a wedding and ends with a funeral. Along with hou hsiaohsien and wan jen, edward yang stands as one of the most recognized of taiwans new wave directors. Edward yang celebrity profile check out the latest edward yang photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. He won the best director award at cannes for his 2000 film yi yi. In my last 3 posts of this classic chinese cinema series,ive covered cinema from mainland and hong kong,today im introducing an early masterpiece from a towering figure in taiwan cinema history,edward yang,who is also my favorite chineselanguage film director.
June 29, 2007, beverley hills, usa filmography bibliography articles in senses web resources edward yang is in the intriguing position of being one of the most gifted, and least seen, filmmakers in the world, at least for american audiences. View the profiles of professionals named edward yang on linkedin. Edward yangs films include yi yi, a brighter summer day, the terrorizers, taipei story. All the more tragically, only one of yangs features, the acclaimed yi yi, had managed to receive commercial distribution in the united states, where the director. The films theme centers around the emotional struggles of an engineer named nj played by wu nienjen and three generations of his middleclass taiwanese family who reside in taipei the title in chinese means one by one meaning one after another. His credits also include a brighter summer day and mahjong. Edward yang, 59, best director at cannes the boston globe. The shanghaiborn, taipeiraised filmmaker died in beverly hills. Born in shanghai, 1947, yang moved to taipei with his family in 1949. He has worked on over fifty chineselanguage films, being best known for his collaborations with wong karwai in chungking express, happy together, in the mood for love and. Edward yang yang dechang 1947, china 2007, usa moved from china to taiwan with his family in 1949 and later lived.
In the latest issue of cinema scope, jonathan rosenbaum writes. Edward yang interview with yang following his cannes win as best director for yi yi. T wentyfive years after it first appeared on the international film festival circuit, edward yangs a brighter summer day is finally being released on home video in the united states. At 26, he became a grip assistant in the film studio of the film director edward yang. Ying yunwei 19041967 yuan muzhi 19091978, actor and director who gained prominence. Having largely given up on a career in film, edward yang had been working as a computer engineer for several years when he saw herzogs aguirre, wrath of god. Yang named filmmaker of the year hollywood reporter. Edward yang, 59, director prominent in new taiwan cinema, is dead. Edward yang 19472007, major figure of taiwans new wave cinema, best known for his film yi yi.
Film critic john andersons edward yang offers a comprehensive overview of the work of the writerdirectoralready considered one of the most important filmmakers of the past twenty yearsfrom his breakthrough feature that day, on the beach to the epic yiyi. His interest in film led him to enroll at usc film school, but he dropped out after only one semester and worked as a microcomputer and systems designer at a research institute in seattle for seven years. The director wei teshengs long road to fame the new. An unreleased taiwanese film by the maker of yi yi. After returning to taiwan, he worked as an assistant director and scriptwriter. Edward yang great director profile senses of cinema. For the perceptive and sensitive portrayal of a generation and cultural gap in taiwan and the. Yang fengliang, chinese film director in the 1980s and 1990s. Edward yang contemporary film directors anderson, john on.
The film that introduced yangs prodigious talent to the west is a quietly stunning drama which sees the various problems facing a rapidly modernised city reflected in the lives of a dozen or so. Edward yang biography, movie highlights and photos. November 6, 1947 citation needed june 29, 2007 was a taiwanese filmmaker. Yang does a lovely job of capturing all that, channeling such directors as wong karwai and edward yang in the process, but. The late edward yangs 1985 film taipei story portrays a couple that has begun to drift apart. It earned him the best director award at the cannes film festival in 2000. The following year, he was promoted to assistant director for the shooting of yangs mahjong 1996. Inspired to return to film, yang, along with a handful of other filmmakers, including the great hou hsiaohsien, went on to found the taiwanese new wave of the early 1980s. Yang was one of the leading filmmakers of the taiwanese new wave alongside hou. Though largely unknown in the west, edward yang emerged, over the course of two decades, as one of international cinemas most distinctive voices and, along with hou hsiao hsien, one of taiwans finest filmmakers. Film critic john andersons edward yang offers a comprehensive overview of the work of the writer director already considered one of the most important filmmakers of the past twenty yearsfrom his breakthrough feature that day, on the beach to the epic yiyi.
Shedding light on the world in edward yangs a brighter. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick filtering by all your favorites powered by justwatch. Tonights tribute screening pays homage to his exceptional talent. He was an accomplished manga artist at the age of twelve. Edward yangs original intention with this film upon conceptualizing the idea for it was to make a work which traced a persons life from birth to death. Yang is both a consummate, restrained technician and a subtle director of actors. The taiwanese filmmaker wasnt just admired, he was adored and his death jolted us all. Edward yang, yang dechang, taiwanese film directorborn sept. Yang only shot seven feature films and a short during. An outraged counterpart to his beloved and more widely available swan song yi yi 2000, this nearly fourhour epic refracts the turbulent political atmosphere of 1960s taiwan through an ongoing war between.
Hong kong edward yang, who won best director in 2000 at the cannes film festival and was known for his realistic portrayals of modern taiwan, has died of complications from colon cancer, a film industry consultant, norman wang, said yesterday. His films express the confusion, anxiety, and sheer beauty of societal transformation. Yangs masterly film keeps numerous plot strands going in parallel, finds a high level of interest and suspense in all of them, and dovetails them together into. T he film of the week could be the film of the year. Yang won best director in 2000 for yi yi, and the new york film. Like the eight yearold yang yang in a one and a twoyi yi currently playing at new yorks film forum edward yang seems unconcerned, maybe even pleased, that he is on a. Following a career in microcomputer design in seattle, yang returned to taipei in 1981. This spacious family drama, written and directed by edward yang, is exquisitely considered, richly textured, beautifully acted, moving, funny. A black and white photograph of dylan from the mid1960s hanging on the wall in the central location of edward yangs yi yi 2000 edward yangs masterpiece, one of the great final films of any director, is an almost impossibly rich, tragicomic, multigenerational family saga that also functions as a vivid snapshot of taiwan at the dawn of.
Born in shanghai in 1947, yang fled with his family to taiwan during the tumult of the chinese civil war. A brighter summer day took on taiwans political history in a fashion similar to hous trilogy. Along with hou hsiaohsien and tsai mingliang, yang ranks among the leading artists of the taiwanese new wave, and one of the worlds most brilliant auteurs. The film s theme centers around the emotional struggles of an engineer named nj played by wu nienjen and three generations of his middleclass taiwanese family who reside in taipei the title in chinese means one by one meaning one after another. Yi yi taiwanese director edward yangs final film isnt just the greatest of the 00s it might be the greatest ever. Exiles in modernity the films of edward yang excellent article by jonathan rosenbaum. Edward yang, a leading figure in the new taiwan cinema movement of. Yang, who had become an american citizen, died at his home in beverly hills, survived by his wife, the concert pianist kaili peng, and their son, sean. Yang was best known for his film yi yi, released in the united states under the title a one and a two. Born on november 6, 1947 in shanghai, china, edward yang has become one of the most.
The taiwanese family drama yi yi was edward yangs final film. His films express the confusion, anxiety, and sheer beauty. Introduced by john anderson, film critic and author of edward yang 2005 edward yang yang dechang, 19472007, one of the pillars of the new taiwan cinema, died this past june, seven years after receiving the best director award at cannes for yi yi 2000. Whether chronicling middleage father njs tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son yangyangs attempts at capturing. Part of a torrent of talent that flooded international screens with innovative chineselanguage features from hong kong, taiwan, and the peoples republic of china in the 1980s, yangs work is new wave in a number of different interpretations of that term. The long delay in getting edward yangs a brighter summer day, one of cinemas great masterpieces, released for public consumption was getting to be as intricate and epic as the film itself. The bombs we plant in each other are ticking awayedward yang. Busan, south korea taiwanese director edward yang techang was honored with the 2007 filmmaker of the year award at the 12th pusan international film festival on.
1530 1318 1071 1446 534 744 1305 146 1008 174 537 493 1292 1504 606 915 222 777 726 341 1416 1384 608 453 1185 1158 944 1058 169 1191 340