Episode 217: A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991)

Si’r and the other rebel youths of 1959 Taipei aren’t misguided – they just aren’t guided. In A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY, Taiwanese director Edward Yang investigates the broadly social and intensely personal conditions that might’ve led to a teenage murder that occurred during his youth. Si’r and his friends (and his enemies) exist in the vacuum of identity between nations and generations, between warring street gangs, between seasons – searching always for themselves, or something they can call it. - Get tickets to EDWARD YANG, GIANT OF TAIWANESE CINEMA (March 2023 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/edward-yang-giant-of-taiwanese-cinema/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro ambience from A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 217: A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991) 2:58 - The episode actually starts 3:45 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises, Ltd.) 6:19 - Investigating what leads youth like Si’r to violence 23:21 - Honey, hauntology & Western idealism 34:04 - Nighttime as a place where anything can happen 42:30 - Misheard lyrics, our memories, our selves 49:21 - Lighting, staging & the pain of the teenage experience 58:06 - Stewing in people’s problems 1:10:37 - The Junk Drawer 1:13:21 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF! 1:18:42 - Cody’s Noteys: Our Four Hours (four hours-themed trivia)