num_pages: 144
description: Having largely given up on a career in film, Edward Yang had been working as a computer engineer for several years when he saw Herzog's  Aguirre, Wrath of God.  Inspired to return to film, Yang, along with a handful of other filmmakers, including the great Hou Hsiao-hsien, went on to found the Taiwanese New Wave of the early 1980s.  Film critic John Anderson's  Edward Yang  offers a comprehensive overview of the work of the writer-director—already considered one of the most important filmmakers of the past twenty years—from his breakthrough feature  That Day, on the Beach  to the epic  Yi-Yi.  Rooted in questions about what it means to be Taiwanese, Yang's films reveal the complexity of life within the island's patchwork culture. Anderson identifies the key narrative strategies, formal devices, moral vision, and sociopolitical concerns shot through Yang's films. He explains what makes these films so distinctive by pinpointing the specific qualities of Yang's style and outlook.
language: English
title: Edward Yang
titlecomplete: Edward Yang (Contemporary Film Directors)
genres: Film
ratings_count: 27
series: Contemporary Film Directors
publisher: University of Illinois Press