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DESCRIPTION:Conducted every 10 years\, the Sight & Sound Best Movies of All
  Time poll is voted on by film critics\, writers\, professors and other exp
 erts in the field of cinema. A concurrent poll is open only to directors\, 
 and their results often vary wildly from the main poll. The Cosford Cinema 
 will be showcasing ten selections from the filmmakers’ list every Sunday ov
 er the summer from June 4-August 13.\n\n \n\nYI YI: A ONE AND A TWO  (2000)
  | DIRECTOR: Edward Yang | WITH: Nien-Jen Wu\, Issei Ogata\, Elaine Jin\, K
 elly Lee\, Jonathan Chang |  RUNNING TIME: 2H 53M | UNRATED Adult themes | 
 In Mandarin with English subtitles | 4K DIGITAL PROJECTION\n\n \n\nThe extr
 aordinary\, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .)\, direct
 ed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang\, follows a middle-class family
  in Taipei over the course of one year\, beginning with a wedding and endin
 g with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flir
 tations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at c
 apturing reality with his beloved camera\, the filmmaker deftly imbues ever
 y gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm\, sprawling\, and dazzl
 ing\, this intimate epic\, which ranked 98th in the director's poll\, is on
 e of the undisputed masterworks of the 21st century.\n\n \n\n \n\n“Midway t
 hrough ”Yi Yi\,” a morose\, skeletally thin teenager (whose nickname is Fat
 ty) tells his date: ”Movies are lifelike. That’s why we like them.” In his 
 view\, movies don’t only resemble the world we live in — they expand it. ”W
 e live three times\,” he declares\, his passion overwhelming his arithmetic
 . ”Two times as much life at the movies!” After watching this lovely\, abso
 rbing film you’ll be inclined to agree. In exchange for three hours of your
  time\, ”Yi Yi” will give you more life.\n\n \n\n“Edward Yang\, the Taiwane
 se filmmaker who wrote and directed this intimate epic of a middle-class Ta
 ipei’s family’s everyday struggles\, knows that for a movie to be full of l
 ife\, it must above all concern itself with specific lives. ”Yi Yi” begins 
 with the chaotic bustle of wedding preparations — a portrait of the bride a
 nd groom is hung upside down\, the groom’s jilted girlfriend arrives uninvi
 ted and makes a scene — and ends with the somber calm of a funeral.\n\n \n\
 n“Mr. Yang’s style is like a novelist’s prose — lucid\, unobtrusive and abs
 orbing. ”Yi Yi\,” the first of his movies to be released commercially in th
 e United States\, is the work of a master in full command of the resources 
 of his art. Movies are an inherently\, sometimes cheaply emotional medium\,
  but it takes a lot to make a grown critic cry. As I watched the final cred
 its of ”Yi Yi” through bleary eyes\, I struggled to identify the overpoweri
 ng feeling that was making me tear up. Was it grief? Joy? Mirth? Yes\, I de
 cided\, it was all of these. But mostly\, it was gratitude.” — A.O. Scott\,
  The New York Times\n\n \n\nTickets are $5 and available at link above. Stu
 dents use code UMSTUDENT for free admission (Cane Card must be shown at the
  door).
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LOCATION:Bill Cosford Cinema\, Dooly Memorial 225
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SUMMARY:"YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO...)" (2000): MORE SELECTIONS FROM THE SIGHT
  & SOUND POLL
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