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      <title>Comments On: Edward Yang has died at 59
    
      by Jonathan Rosenbaum</title>
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    <author><![CDATA[Mike]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[for Jonathan R- Hi, I am a fan of yours and interested in becoming a film critic. What is your personal life like? Are you married? Do you have any kids? Friends? Or do you have to shut yourself in, neglect everything, and watch movies all day every day? I'm willing to do what it takes. BTW, my favorite films include Casino, Adaptation, Fight Club, among other classics. Thanks
        
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      <![CDATA[I consider "The Terrorizer" in the same league with "A Brighter Summer Day" and most Asian critics in Taiwan and Hong Kong consider it his best at the time and according to Peggy Chiao even an improvement over "Taipei Story". The point is that it is a forgotten masterpiece in the western world. No doubt due to its lack of exposure. It has the the kind of precision cannot be found again in his later films. Everyone has their own "Citizen Kane", (a film I don't even like) and "The Terrorizer" was my own Citizen Kane of a movie as it taught me many things about the cinema. It is time for people to stop comparing Yang's films to Antonioni's when in fact he was more of an admirer of Bresson, Herzog and, much to my satisfaction, Naruse. (Antonioni's newer work that I saw, "Beyong The Clouds" is an embarrassment.) 
    
    RIP. Edward Yang.
        
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      <![CDATA[There was a Yang retrospective at the Toronto and Vancouver Cinematheques in 1998; I saw "A Brighter Summer Day" in Toronto and was floored.  "Yi Yi" was also extraordinary.  He presented "A Confucian Confusion" at the Vancouver Film Festival in 1994, and while light in tone it was technically flawless and very enjoyable.  In the Q&A afterwards Tony Rayns, who introduced the film, asked him why there were so many scenes in elevators, and he answered that it was because they were so easy to light...  RIP.
        
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      <![CDATA[Felipe:
    
    They're out there. Keep looking.
        
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      <![CDATA[Regarding the color sequence in "Black Girl," I was lucky enough to see a 16mm print of the film in Milwaukee a few years ago that retained the color sequence. It is indeed when Diouana arrives in Nice, as she sees the scenery in beautiful, subdued color through the car windows as her employer drives her to his apartment.
        
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      <![CDATA[Jonathan hs written on Yang here: http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/1197/11077.html
        
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      <![CDATA[strongly recommend J.R. to write some more formal retrospective article about Edward Yang.that's what we need!
        
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      <![CDATA[Mark, ironically these are the only two Yang's one can't illegally download.
        
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      <![CDATA[I have no idea how one can see the color sequence; I believe it has something to do with the heroine's arrival in Nice, but this is strictly hearsay.
    
    For more about Edward Yang's death and late projects, follow the links in my post.
        
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      <![CDATA[I am really so saddened by this news. I was lucky enough to see Brighter Summer Day and The Terrorizer and they're two of my favorite films. What a huge loss.
    
    On a separate note re: Black Girl, thanks Jonathan for pointing out the fact that there is a color sequence, which changes my whole perspective on the film in ways both fundamental and completely vague, as I've only seen it on the New Yorker DVD... Do you know which sequence is color - and any ideas as to how/where one might see the original?
    
    Oh, and a final question: how did Edward Yang die? 59 seems rather young. Also, what had he been up to in recent years? I was a great admirer of Yi Yi and was anxious to see what would come next...
        
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      <![CDATA[Thanks to Mr. Yang for the hours of life-changing celluloid.  RIP.
        
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          Posted by Eric]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:18:49 -0500</pubDate> 
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      <![CDATA[The City University of New York's TV station has repeatedly shown TAIPEI STORY and THE TERRORIZER. If no legit video company is able or willing to license these titles, I hope some intrepid bootlegger is watching and has transferred these films to DVD-R.
        
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