Jul 19 2024 169 mins 2
In this episode, we discuss Edward Yang’s That Day, on the Beach, including the theme of tradition vs modernity, the film’s structure, and the techniques used to transition into flashbacks.
Supplemental Material:
Nova Media's That Day, on the Beach Blu-ray
That Day, on the Beach (Internet Archive)
That Day, on the Beach (rarefilmm)
Edward Yang (Contemporary Film Directors Series) by John Anderson (Book)
That Day, with Edward Yang | PTS Foundation
A One and A Two: Edward Yang Retrospective | Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Edward Yang, a Visionary at a Crossroads (Jean Michel Frodon) | Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Our Time, Our Story: 20 Years' New Taiwan Cinema (2002)
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993)
INTERVIEW: Reality Check: Edward Yang’s Living Creatures Do “A One and a Two” by Augusta Palmer
The Engineer of Modern Perplexity: An Interview with Edward Yang
Great Directors: Edward Yang by Saul Austerlitz
Additional Audio Sources:
That Day, on the Beach Trailer
That Day, on the Beach (Internet Archive Transfer)
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