Aya, Kevin, and special guests Alexandra and Jen, take on soft boy favorite, Edward Yang's YI YI (2000).
You've had your turkey, you've napped it off, you've even escaped your family. Now buckle up for a whole other kind of family drama with Edward Yang's YI YI (2000), the first official "Soft Boy" Bro Cinema pick for the pod.
While YI YI is a gem of New Taiwanese Cinema and a Letterboxd fave, Aya, Kevin and special guests, Jen and Alexandra, try and find some nuance between the film's sensitive, personal, existential pondering and the outsized reaction the following years have appended to it.
There's discussion of Edward Yang's propensity for drip-filled films, how annoying or not various romantic subplots are, and of course, some much deserved Yang-Yang appreciation.
But why is YI YI (2000) "the One" for so many people? You'll have to listen to find out!
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