As his films have become more widely available, the late Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang (who died in 2007 at age 59) has attained the status of one of the world’s most important and influential auteurs. A master stylist who never loses sight of the humanity of his characters, he is that rarest and most precious of cinema artists, a novelist of the screen whose compositions and techniques are as exciting as his characters. This series presents a pair of seldom-screened films in new restorations as well as three of Yang’s accepted masterpieces.
