NYTimes reviews Yi Yi - Criterion

New York Times DVD reviewer Fred Kaplan take a look at the new edition of Yi Yi - the Criterion Collection. Comparing the the transfer on its second time around, Fred revisits Taiwanese director Edward Yang’s comedy-drama

“Most of this mess has been cleaned up on the Criterion DVD. Images are crisp and focused, colors are rich and true, the frame doesn’t shake, and the moiré erupts rarely, and even then just slightly.

So why did the first DVD turn out so badly and the second one so well? There are two broad reasons. First, digital technology has vastly improved since 2001, when Fox Lorber’s version came out. Second, Fox Lorber was in a hurry to make its DVD; Criterion wasn’t.”

Source: NY Times