Criterion Collection: A Confucian Confusion 獨立時代/ Mahjong 麻將: Two Films by Edward Yang BR
In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan’s most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century. Made in between his epic dramas A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi, A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalized, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comedies—one set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworld—reveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life.
TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restorations, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
Excerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of A Confucian Confusion
New interview with editor Chen Po-wen
New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang
Performance of Yang’s 1992 play Likely Consequence
PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director’s note on A Confucian Confusion
In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan’s most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century. Made in between his epic dramas A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi, A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalized, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comedies—one set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworld—reveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life.
TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restorations, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
Excerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of A Confucian Confusion
New interview with editor Chen Po-wen
New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang
Performance of Yang’s 1992 play Likely Consequence
PLUS: An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director’s note on A Confucian Confusion
| ISBN | 715515317917 |
|---|---|
| Language 語言 | 國語 |
| Year 年份 | 1994/96 |
| Country 國家 | Taiwan |
| Director 導演 | Edward Yang |
| Director link bio 導演連結 | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945981/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_edward%2520yan |
| Stars 主演 | Chang Chen, Chen Shiang-chyi, Edward Yang |
| runtime 片長 | 129/ 120 mins |
| Number of Disc 碟數 | 2 |
| Studio 出版公司 | Criterion |
| region 地區碼 | A |
| format 影音格式 | Bluray |
| Subtitles 字幕 | 英文 |



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