That Day, on the Beach (1983)
- Original title
- 海灘的一天
- Directed by
- Edward Yang
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Taiwan
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 55 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two old friends run into each other in Taipei and catch up on their lives. They talk about their past and the choices they have made.
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What happens
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. Yang's fellow Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien also plays a role in the film. The film is sometimes cited as the first in the Taiwanese New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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