A Brighter Summer Day (Criterion Collection)

Taipei, the early '60s: Like many teens whose families fled the mainland upon Mao's revolution, disaffected S'ir (Chang Chen) knew a youth strained by Taiwan's barriers to assimilation and the pervasiveness of Western pop culture. His chances of breaking out dim when he finds himself caught between sides in a violent juvenile gang war. Edward Yang's epic, loosely autobiographical opus co-stars Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-Chu, Elaine Jin. 4 hrs. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Mandarin and Taiwanese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; bonus documentary "Our Time, Our Story" (2002); featurettes. In Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles. Two-disc set.