Yi Yi

BREAKING NEWS Edward Yang released his final feature length 25 years ago and today 04/06/25 we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of this essential foreign melodrama masterpiece. Every time Edward Yang makes a film, it seems he takes a departure from traditional cinema and goes on an expedition through its great galaxy exploring the untouched parts of it. Here we have Fransicso dos santos, the renowned director of towards the night. And his opinion on Yi Yi: “Yeah it’s a brilliant film, truly undeniable, I felt like I could get lost in that story forever, I never wanted to leave, never.” * * And now we have Matteo Lorenzo who is letterboxd Jesus: “Edward yangs final feature length film truly shows how seasoned of a director he really is, 20 years he’s gone trying to capture the essence of this beautiful life and he does it perfectly in Yi Yi. The camera only moves a couple of times, Edward Yang preferred observation and stillness rather than a emotive lens, this touch showed Yangs relationship with the viewer and ultimately his understanding of the viewer. Many shots seemed out of place, hesitant almost, where you felt there should’ve of been a close-up the camera felt rather distanced and out of touch. This disorienting factor played a huge role in distinguishing the difference between traditional, narrative driven films that focus on plot than Yi Yi that was a sub-narrative, immersive, memory — experience film. This played out exceptionally as it allowed scenes to have an extraordinarily unique poignancy, for example, when the couple were in the sanctuary and talking about their relationship, the lush greenery kept their conversation intimate and personal, the sounds of the birds chirping lightened the air. Moments like this is what made this film an experience like nothing else, and made it truly memorable, Edward Yang traveled the world of cinema and took all these distinct emotions and moments and poured them into this film.” * * And now we have bomp pubble “umm boring bcs 3 hours of ppl doing nothing and no action”