Yi Yi

Yi Yi is one of those films that make you fall in love with cinema. One of those films that no matter how hard you try you can't seem to explain the experience in mere words. A famous quote by Roger Ebert Movies are a machine that generates empathy. It lets you understand a little bit more about different hopes, aspirations, dreams and fears. Edward yang wanted to show all parts of human life from birth to death, so the film follows a family in Taipei of different ages signifying a different part in their life. This film doesn't try too hard for your attention, infact it doesn't at all. It just goes on like waves in the sea, it is simple yet beautiful. After finishing the film you feel as though you have witnessed the entire lives of a family. My uncle says we live three times as long since man invented movies... It means movies give us twice what we get from daily life. Characters don't feel like characters but feel like fellow family members. The journeys they go through feel personal. Yang-yang might be one of my favourite film characters of all time, I mean even nj and ota probably make the list.