DVD Special Features:
Exclusive to this edition a full-length commentary track
featuring director/writer Edward Yang in conversation with Tony
Rayns
Cast and Crew Biographies
Moving Motion Menues
Scene Selection
Stills Gallery
Origional Theatrical
Other ICA release information
Mandarin & English with English subtitles
From .co.uk
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A subtitled three-hour saga of an ordinary middle-class urban
family in modern-day Taiwan, at first glance, A One and a Two
might not seem the most appealing of prospects. But don't be
misled: this is a film that draws you in with all the warmth and
density of a good novel, and once you are past the surface
unfamiliarity of Taipei society, there's nothing in this tale of
a troubled family that would seem alien anywhere in the world.
Romantic stories often end with a wedding. Realistic stories are
as likely to begin with one. Writer-director Edward Yang's film
starts in a mass of floaty white dresses and heart-shaped pink
balloons, but the smiles seem a little too effusive, the jollity
feels forced. And sure enough, disaster is lurking. The seeming
simplicity of Yang's narrative style conceals a subtle, intricate
design. His camera moves obliquely, often holding its distance
from the action, letting us take in all the elements of a scene
and draw our own conclusions. Wider social implications--about
modern society, about international business ethics--are hinted
at, but never rammed home. By the end we realise we've been
watching a microcosm of human life, with all its humour and
tragedy. For all the apparent narrowness of its canvas, A One and
a Two makes most British and American films feel hopelessly
parochial. The Best Director Prize at Cannes was rarely more
richly deserved.
On the DVD: A One and a Two comes to disc with a generous
helping of extras. The original theatrical trailer, wordless and
intriguing; numerous cast and crew biographies; a brief stills
gallery; and, best of all, a full three-hour commentary track of
Edward Yang in conversation with Tony Rayns, UK expert on
Chinese-language cinema. Their discussion is relaxed and
illuminating. The print, and the SR Dolby Digital sound, are
clean and crisp, and we get the full 1.85:1 ratio of the original
release. --Philip Kemp
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Synopsis
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Der im relativen Wohlstand lebende Yi fängt an zu grübeln, als er
seine alte Jugendliebe wieder trifft. Seine Frau verzweifelt,
weil sie nicht so enden will wie ihre Mutter und die Tochter
überlegt, mit dem Freund ihrer Freundin ein Affaire zu beginnen.
From the Back Cover
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Edward Yang's multi-award-winning film looks at several turbulent
weeks in the life of the Jian family. Husband and farther NJ is a
partner in a failing software company, which might just save
itself by teaming up with an innovative Japanese games designer.
Meanwhile his wife Min-Min has gone off to a in retreat with
a dubious guru, his teenage daughter Ting Ting is getting her
first, rough lessons in love, his young son Yang-Yang is asking
difficult questions and getting into trouble at school-and his
mother-in-law has suffered a stroke and lies in a coma. In the
middle of all the confusion NJ runs into his childhood sweetheart
Sherry, the girl he jilted twenty years earlier, and starts to
wonder about starting over.
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