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Paul Keith:
I've just been pmed by mouser warning me that some were offended by my quote above. (He didn't name names btw nor am I offended by such a reaction.)

I'd just like to provide a few background for those who feel this might be inappropriate and hopefully this might clear some things up:

1. Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian aka Brighter Summer Day is not a porn movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101985/

2. That particular comment was being spoken by a father to his son. (a teenager leaning on the young side)

3. It was a Taiwanese film which more often than not has more conservative values than most Americans as a society.

4. The film is about kids/teenagers. Every curse word in that film was directed in such a way that you were reprimanded by an adult. (The teenage protagonist for example was shy of not moving up a grade because he cursed at a nurse.)

5. Not only that, this quote wasn't part of one of those scenes.

Innuendo:
The internet is global. Different cultures have different values in regards to what is offensive & sometimes even seem contradictory to outsiders. I wouldn't take anything personally. Some people just have different thoughts on the matter. If it were me I'd just edit out the offending remark in the interest of keeping DonationCoder filled with shiny, happy people and not give much more thought to it.

There's got to be something wrong with translation or the movie's script writer has never had a warm, glazed Krispy Kreme donut. Never once has one given me a headache.  :)

f0dder:
There's got to be something wrong with translation or the movie's script writer has never had a warm, glazed Krispy Kreme donut. Never once has one given me a headache.  :)-Innuendo (September 18, 2009, 09:44 AM)
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You've clearly not had enough, then - it's with sugar as with caffeine, you haven't had enough until you go into a jittery frenzy (which tends to be followed by headache and/or nausea).

I thought the quote was pretty funny, btw.

Paul Keith:
@Innuendo

True but this is one of those case where I chose a different path because it might help make people more curious about the movie and convince them to end up giving it a trial view.

As the first review on IMDB states, it is a lost masterpiece so it can't hurt to give it much more exposure:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101985/board/flat/70690381

Why Is This Movie Not Out On DVD?

This is a four hour film (in its full version), which took about four years to make, so financing and distribution deals were done somewhat on the hoof. I understand that Yang was trying, at the time of his death, to bring the various parties together, but obviously, sadly, never made enough headway. It is said that this film is at the very top of Criterion's wish list to release (in the wake of "A one and a two"), but that it is just too complicated to sort everything out. Without Yang around now to ease matters, I believe this one's going to take some organizing.

It's also worth pointing out that both the recent public screenings that I'm aware of (at MOMA in New York and at the NFT in London) were of the shorter version, so, basically, if you want to see this film at the moment, you'd better give superhappyfun your money.
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Not only that but outside of the director's YiYi, all his other films are also pretty much non-existant even in the p2p world.

I didn't verify this but to quote another poster:

MAHJONGG and A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION are both available on the eDonkey network. I know of no other distribution of these films!
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I do know that those two titles weren't available in a public torrent last time I did a search.

How much more difficult it can be to find for those who want to buy it legit.

Innuendo:
You've clearly not had enough, then - it's with sugar as with caffeine, you haven't had enough until you go into a jittery frenzy (which tends to be followed by headache and/or nausea).-f0dder (September 18, 2009, 09:50 AM)
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Well, I did say never has having ONE given me a headache. Alas, who ever stops at having just one, though?

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