Review of Yi Yi (2000) by Darren F — 31 May 2008
The observant Edward Yang turns his camera on the everyday life of a middle-class family, resuscitating the stagnant genre of family ethics films. Pungent alienation hovers over the air of Taipei, where the characters struggle to find consolation and connection in strangers, friends, and family.
In this bittersweet masterpiece, the late Taiwanese director affirms that the most moving work of art is rooted in the quotidian. The thrills of sexual seduction, the sweet intoxication of first love, the drabness of routine work, the undercurrent of bourgeois anxiety, the clamorous joy of wedding, the throbbing pain of death are masterfully interwoven into an ode to city life.
This review of Yi Yi (2000) was written by Darren F on 31 May 2008.
Yi Yi has generally received very positive reviews.
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