Review of A Brighter Summer Day (1991) by Scott R — 07 Aug 2017

Melancholically observed and richly detailed, Edward Yang's 4-hour long sprawling Taiwanese family saga set in the tumultuous era of the sixties, defined by Elvis mania, street gang rivalries, confusion of identity and a loss of security felt by children of parents fleeing from the Communist revolution, culminates in a shocking scene of cold-blooded juvenile murder that gives the film the Chinese title - The Homicide Incident of the Youth on Guling Street.