A Confucian Confusion + Intro

Another dissection of middle-class life, Edward Yang’s satirical A Confucian Confusion, released in 1994, focuses on a group of 20-something youngsters navigating life in a modern-day Taipei of global brands and material aspirations. 

The film shows the director working in a manner that fully reveals his sophisticated filmmaking style, one that enables the large cast of characters each to contribute to A Confucian Confusion’s overwhelming sense of a society unsure of what it stands for and where it might be going. As Film Comment noted, ‘Confucianism is both the organising principle of the film and the target of its satire’. 

Screening as part of Taiwan Films at HOME, a season across 2023. With thanks to the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (R.O.C.). 

Event/ This screening will be introduced by Kuan-ping Liu, curator of WatchEast cinema project, and Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh. The introduction will be BSL (British Sign Language) interpreted