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Directed by: Edward Yang
Featuring: Chen Shiang-chyi, Tang Tsung-sheng, Joyce Ni, Chang Cheh, Wang Wei-ming, Virginie Ledoyen, Wang Bosen, Lawrence Ko, Richie Li, Wang Chi-tsan, Danny Deng, Nick Erickson, Wang Ye-ming, Diana Dupuis, Chen Yi-wen, Carrie Ng, Hung Hung, Chang Kuo-chu, Chen Li-mei, Elaine Jin, Wu Nien-jen
In this pair of sharp, sprawling satires, one of Taiwan’s most celebrated filmmakers, Edward Yang, captures the anything-can-happen mood of Taipei at the end of the twentieth century. Made in between his epic dramas A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi, A Confucian Confusion and Mahjong find Yang applying a lighter but no less masterly touch to his explorations of human relationships in an increasingly globalized, hypercapitalistic world. These intricately constructed ensemble comedies—one set in a cutthroat corporate milieu, the other in a shady criminal underworld—reveal the absurdity and cynicism at the heart of modern urban life.
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A Confucian Confusion
Year: 1994
Time: 129
Aspect Ratios
1.85:1
Audio
Mandarin DTS-HD MA Surround 5.0
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Mahjong
Year: 1996
Time: 120
Aspect Ratios
1.85:1
Audio
Mandarin DTS-HD MA Surround 5.0
Streaming Options
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Mandarin DTS-HD MA Surround 5.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Archival Footage, Booklet
- Excerpts of director Edward Yang speaking after a 1994 screening of A Confucian Confusion
- New interview with editor Chen Po-wen
- New conversation between Chinese-cultural-studies scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang
- Performance of Yang’s 1992 play Likely Consequence
- An essay by film programmer and critic Dennis Lim and a 1994 director’s note on A Confucian Confusion
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Restoration Information
A Confucian Confusion
Restoration by:
Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Mahjong
Restoration by:
Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Year: 2022
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
A Confucian Confusion
A Confucian Confusion is presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Undertaken by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, this new 4K restoration was created from the 35 mm original camera negative as the main source, and the interpositive was used to replace sections that had serious damage.
Mahjong
Mahjong is presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. This new 4K restoration was also undertaken by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute and created from the 35 mm original camera negative.