Hou Hsiao-hsien: 24 Contexts 14 -That Day On The Beach (Edward Yang, 1982)

https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/08/24/hou-hsiao-hsien-24-contexts-14-that-day-on-the-beach-edward-yang-1982/ Two old friends reunite after 13 years apart. One was in love with the other's brother but the couple were forced to separate after he was forced into an arranged marriage with someone else and this ruined his life. His sister ran away to marry for love but ended up just as unhappy as her brother and her friend. One friend lost herself in her work and became a famous concert pianist; the other started a successful business. But what happened that day, on the beach? A poetic exegis on love, loss and happiness with a focus on women's perspectives and experiences; a melodrama in art cinema mode, with gorgeous images beautifully shot by Christopher Doyle. Hou hsia-hsien appears as part of a gang of boisterous Wall Street types.