Daniel and Corky turn to turn-of-the-century Taiwan to review Edward Yang’s richly Renoir-ian tapestry of humanity. Yang offers a seemingly bottomless reservoir of empathy in Yi Yi, but did your hosts appreciate the plunge or did they sink like reservoir dogs?
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #90 [tied]
World premiere: May 14, 2000 [Cannes Film Festival]
IMDB synopsis: “Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.”
“I’ve never loved anyone else.”
Pather Panchali (1955; Dir.: Satyajit Ray)
IMDB synopsis: “Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.”
Our review of Pather Panchali comes out on Oct. 28!
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