{"product_id":"confucian-confusion-mahjong-blu-ray","title":"Confucian Confusion \/ Mahjong Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eA Confucian Confusion\u003c\/strong\u003e' + '\u003cstrong\u003eMahjong\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Edward Yang (1994 + 1996) Criterion Collection 2-Disc Blu-ray \u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e| 4K restorations \u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e| \u003cem\u003eMandarin w\/ English subtitles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan’s most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMade in between his epic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edramas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brighter Summer Day\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYi Yi, A Confucian Confusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMahjong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalised, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comedies - one set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworld - reveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eExcerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Confucian Confusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e- Interview with editor Chen Po-wen\u003cbr\u003e- Conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang\u003cbr\u003e- Performance of Yang’s 1992 play\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLikely Consequence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e- Essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director’s note on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Confucian Confusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49022465474809,"sku":"xhw1788780274297","price":32.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/5484\/2105\/files\/confucian-confusion-mahjong-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788780279","url":"https:\/\/www.storyvibe.shop\/products\/confucian-confusion-mahjong-blu-ray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}