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Du li shi dai = A Confucian confusion ; Ma jiang = Mahjong / two films by Edward Yang.
獨立時代 = A Confucian confusion ; 麻將 = Mahjong two films by Edward Yang.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) BLU RAY 038 258 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1275.
- The Criterion collection ; 1275
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Businesswomen--Drama.
- Businesswomen.
- Self-actualization (Psychology)--Drama.
- Self-actualization (Psychology).
- Businessmen--Drama.
- Businessmen.
- Missing persons--Drama.
- Missing persons.
- Gangsters--Taiwan--Taipei--Drama.
- Gangsters.
- Genre:
- Romantic comedy films.
- Romance films.
- Comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (249 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Criterion collection ; special edition.
- Other Title:
- Confucian confusion
- 麻將.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2025.
- Language Note:
- Confucian confusion: In Mandarin and Taiwanese; English subtitles.
- Mahjong: In Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English; English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.85:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 surround; requires Blu-ray player.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
- video file
- Blu-ray
- region A
- Summary:
- "In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan's most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century"-- Container.
- "Confucian confusion: After firing a colleague, the head of a PR company begins to question her lifestyle and values"-- Internet Movie Database.
- "Mahjong: When a well known businessman goes missing, owing $100m to Taipei's underworld, two hoods decide to follow his son, the leader of a youth gang. A small group of trendy foreigners gets caught up in the action"-- Internet Movie Database.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1]. Du li shi dai = A Confucian confusion (1994, 129 min.) / an Atom Films production ; producer, Yu Wei-yen ; written and directed by Edward Yang
- [Disc 2]. Ma jiang = Mahjong (1996, 120 min.) / produced by Atom Films ; producer, Yu Wei-yen ; director and screenplay, Edward Yang.
- Participant:
- Confucian confusion: Chen Shiang-chyi, Joyce Ni, Wang Wei-ming, Wang Bosen, Richie Li, Danny Deng, Wang Ye-ming, Chen Yi-wen, Hung Hung, Chen Li-mei, Elaine Jin. Directors of photography, Arthur Wong, Zhang Zhan, Li Longyu, Hong Wuxiu ; editor, Chen Po-wen ; executive producer, David Sun.
- Mahjong: Tang Tsung-sheng, Chang Chen, Virginie Ledoyen, Lawrence Ko, Wang Chi-tsan, Nick Erickson, Chen Shin-hui, Diana Dupuis, Carrie Ng, Chang Kuo-chu, Wang Bosen, Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin. Cinematographers, Li Yi-hsu, Lee Lung-yue ; editor, Chen Po-wen ; executive producer, Edward Yang.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Confucian confusion originally released as a motion picture in 1994. Mahjong originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
- Special features: New 4K digital restorations, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks; excerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of A Confucian confusion; new interview with editor Chen Po-wen; new conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang; performance of Yang's 1992 play Likely consequence; an essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director's note on A Confucian confusion.
- Contains:
- Ma jiang.
- Mahjong.
- 麻將.
- ISBN:
- 9798886073201
- OCLC:
- 1533960533
- Publisher Number:
- 715515317917
- CC3717BD The Criterion Collection (container)
- CC3717BD-1 The Criterion Collection (Confucian confusion)
- CC3717BD-2 The Criterion Collection (Mahjong)
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