Selected works by late Taiwanese director Edward Yang (楊德昌) are to be screened at the Harvard Film Archive in the US from today to May 5 as part of an event jointly curated by the Ministry of Culture and Harvard University.
"Chronicles of Changing Times. The Cinema of Edward Yang" will feature seven of Yang's feature-length films, including Yi Yi: A One and A Two... (一一), A Brighter Summer Day (牯嶺街少年殺人事件), A Confucian Confusion (獨立時代), Mahjong (麻將), The Terrorizers (恐怖份子), That Day, On the Beach (海灘 的一天) and Taipei Story (青梅竹馬), according to the ministry in a statement yesterday.
Photo: Chen Chuan, Taipei Times
In particular, Mahjong was recently restored by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) and is now available in 4K resolution, which is the version that will be screened during the event, the ministry said.
In addition, Expectations (指望), which forms part of Yang's 1982 omnibus film In Our Time (光陰的故事), will also be featured.
Yang's widow Kaili Peng (彭鎧立) is to be present at today's screening of the iconic Yi Yi: A One and A Two... while Yang's son Sean Yang is to attend tomorrow's screening of the four-hour epic A Brighter Summer Day to introduce the movie and interact with the audience, according to the event Web page.
A division of the Harvard Library, the Harvard Film Archive maintains an extensive archive of more than 40,000 motion picture prints and audiovisual elements from around the world from almost every period in film history.
The archive frequently invites film directors and artists to discuss their work with students, professors, artists and cinephiles.
After the TFAI held "A One and A Two: Edward Yang Retrospective" from July to October last year, Film at Lincoln Center in New York introduced "Desire/Expectations: The Films of Edward Yang" in December that year, while the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago organized "Edward Yang: Cities and Souls" in January to pay tribute to the influential Taiwanese director.
For ticketing and general information about "Chronicles of Changing Times. The Cinema of Edward Yang," visit the event Web page.
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