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Yi Yi: Nostalgia upon diaspora

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Edward Yang’s last piece of filmic work before he passed away Yi Yi (A one and a Two) could be seen as the re-expression of Yang’s perception of city life. In the film he combines the time-space (in German: Zeitraum) with the alternation of characters’ encounters. At the same time he probes into the relation between humans and outer physical spaces and outlines the social cultural identity.

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Hao, X. (2016). Yi Yi: Nostalgia upon diaspora. In: Motion Pictures and the Image of the City. Film und Bewegtbild in Kultur und Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14340-4_3

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