Taiwan / 1985 / 120 min. / Directors: Edward YANG
Edward YANG’s second feature. Lon is a former professional baseballer who has taken over his parents’ cotton-spinning business. Chin, his childhood friend and lover, is considering emigrating to the United States. This masterwork, set in a Taipei being transformed by economic growth, depicts the relationship between a man trapped in his past, and a woman trying to escape her own. YANG’s close colleague HOU Hsiao-hsien produces, shares scriptwriting duties, and plays Lon, while YANG’s then wife and popular singer TSAI Chin takes the role of Chin. In addition, other filmmakers involved in the New Taiwanese Cinema movement such as WU Nien-jen and KO I-chen appear as actors, while HOU’s screenwriter CHU Tien-wen co-penned the script, making it a virtual monument to New Taiwanese Cinema. This version was digitally restored by the Cineteca di Bologna.
