AP Photo/ Laurent Rebours : Yang in 2000 Cannes Film Festival
Edward Yang who won the Best Director in 2000 Cannes Film Festival died of complications of colon cancer on Sunday, July 1. He's famous for his honest, or sometimes brutal portrayal of the real Taiwan society. Zhang Chen, who had catapulted to his fame now since Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" got his first break in Yang's feature film on the street kids life in "A Brighter Summer Day" in 1991. His winning feature in 2000 "Yi Yi 一一" is one of my favourite movie. Though spanning about 3 hours long, the heart-warming family story following a series of incidents happening after the grandmother of the family having a serious ailment really touched my heart.
A great loss to Taiwan cinema or Chinese cinema in a bigger perspective.
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