And we do mean eliminate. One is a contemplative, compassionate meditation, the other a dark, Hitchcockian thriller. But they share common ground in providing pleasures far away from far-out settings and homing in on the kinds of problems that tend to be right in front of our noses. Mr. Yang's protagonists are high-tech businessmen and unfulfilled working women, curious little kids and wary newlyweds. They interact and soldier on in a highly Americanized Taiwan, at a pace that feels remarkably like real life.
Truth is revealed gradually, while situations resolve themselves halfway, and never easily.
A child of post-World War II Taipei, Mr. Yang grew up in a society influenced by all walks of life. His experiences have taught him that we have more in common with each other that we usually admit. All of those things fall into place when you start to think up a story. I think the world is getting smaller, and I had an early chance to be exposed to a lot of things. The mundane takes on a sinister tone in Harry , much as it does in the work of Mr. Moll's filmmaking hero, Alfred Hitchcock .