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The true story behind this film

posted 10 years ago by rudeboy_murray
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A Brighter Summer Day is famously based on an incident during director Yang's youth, a murder case which rocked Taiwan in 1961. Having finally seen this remarkable film in its entirety - still waiting for the Criterion release I caved and watched the infamous torrent which has been doing the rounds for some years, and is quite watchable if a little murky - I am keen to read about the true life inspiration, but am unable to find anything about it. Does anyone have any leads?

[–] TopFrog 8 years ago

No leads, but according to one of the screenwriters (www.criterion.com/current/posts/3984-talking-with-screenwriter-hung-hung-about-a-brighter-summer-day), "Although the film was based on an actual youth murder that took place in Taipei, that incident served merely as the shell of the story, a container for Edward’s own reminiscences."