PRE-ORDER – Yi Yi (4K UHD, #339)

The extraordinary, internationally embracedYi Yi,directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJs tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yangs attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the twenty-first century.

Film Info

• Taiwan
• 2000
• 173 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• Mandarin
• Spine #339

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with original theatrical 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Alternate 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns
• Interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement
• U.S. theatrical trailer
• Original English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns
• PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and notes from the director

  Cover design by Eric Skillman, photograph by Andre Constantini