If you loved Taipei Story, try A Brighter Summer Day
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Edward Yang, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Taipei Story, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
bittersweetforeign gemoutsider
What A Brighter Summer Day is
Edward Yang's youthful crime drama has a lot on its mind. A young man in 1960s Taiwan navigates first love and gang rivalries. It is long, as some have noticed.

