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A Brighter Summer DayOther

by Edward Yang

Who uses, recommends or left A Brighter Summer Day, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Constance Tsang
American filmmaker; wrote and directed Blue Sun Palace (2024), which premiered in Critics' Week at Cannes and won its French Touch Prize.
loved

There are of course other great Edward Yang films that I love, including Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day, but Taipei Story is very special to me, and I can’t quite describe it.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Constance Tsang, the entry for Taipei Story.

2025-05-12·criterion.com ↗

Davy Chou
Cambodian-French filmmaker; made the documentary Golden Slumbers on Cambodia's lost pre-Khmer Rouge cinema, then Diamond Island (2016), which won the SACD Award at Cannes Critics' Week, and Return to Seoul (2022).
loved

But of course A Brighter Summer Day is a masterpiece.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Davy Chou, the entry for A Brighter Summer Day.

2023-03-13·criterion.com ↗

Ari Aster
American film director of Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid.
loved

And A Brighter Summer Day is just an amazing gangland epic. I don’t know how you watch it without becoming convinced that you’re watching the greatest movie ever made.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Ari Aster, the entry for A Brighter Summer Day.

2018-06-13·criterion.com ↗

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