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A Brighter Summer Day (1991)

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Set in Taiwan during the year 1960, a talented but self-centered student refuses to compromise his moral standards with anyone -- teachers, friends, parents or girlfriend.

Unrated, 2 hr. 37 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Edward Yang

In Theaters: Nov 25, 2011 Limited

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Critic Reviews for A Brighter Summer Day

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (0)

One of those movies that, by slow accretion of detail and bold dramatic vision, disclose the structure and feeling of an entire world.

November 27, 2011 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

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Magnificent achievement by the late Edward Yang pushes him even higher in the pantheon of great directors.

December 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Yang's film doesn't waste a single second of its four hours, and taken as a whole, reveals a beautiful, intricate, masterful tapestry that is as accomplished in its grand, quiet way as is The Godfather trilogy.

September 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A Brighter Summer Day is itself in color, but it may as well be monochrome.

April 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

A Brighter Summer Day stands as a massive achievement, perhaps the greatest in all of modern Taiwanese cinema.

November 25, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

MovieMartyr.com

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a fantastic film restored this year by scorsese's world cinema foundation, here's hoping this gets a dvd release sooner rather than later. some issue with the taiwanese government has been holding it up for at least 3 years. there is a crap version on google video with mostly unreadable subtitles :( the film

January 4, 2012

Stella Dallas

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Tough to find, would like to see a version that isn't from google video, with cleaned up subtitles (again, please, no white subtitles on white backgrounds) because I only speak English and even that's sketchy. The movie as it was felt a little bit like Far East-side Story, lots of gang war and forbidden love on the

April 14, 2011

Andy Cramer

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