That Day, on the Beach (Chinese: 海灘的一天; pinyin: Hǎitān de yītiān) is a 1983 Taiwanese New Wave drama and the first feature film by Edward Yang. The film deals with two old friends, played by Sylvia Chang and Terry Hu, who encounter each other in Taipei. Yang had to convince the film's production company to allow Christopher Doyle to shoot the film; Doyle would go on to win the Best Cinematography prize at the 1983 Asia-Pacific Film Festival for his work on That Day, on the Beach.[1] Yang's fellow Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien also plays a role in the film.
| That Day, on the Beach | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Yang |
| Written by | Wu Nien-jen Edward Yang |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle Hui-Kung Chang |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Languages | Mandarin German Japanese Taiwanese Hokkien |
The film is sometimes cited as the first in the Taiwanese New Wave.[2]
References edit
- ^ Lee, Daw-Ming. Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-6792-5.
- ^ Danielsen, Shane (3 July 2007). "I will miss Edward Yang". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
General references
- Graham, Pat. "That Day, on the Beach". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- Anderson, John (April 2005). Edward Yang. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07236-9.
- Abrams, Simon (17 November 2011). "A Rational Mind: The Films of Edward Yang". Slant. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- Wen, Alex (17 March 2016). "That Day, On the Beach". New Bloom. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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