This week, the escalator was broken, so we took the long way down. The very long way, into to the depths. 'A Brighter Summer Day', by FilmBabble favorite Edward Yang, is a four-hour long epic, not to be compared to nor viewed lightly. Special guest Henry Merker holds our hand as we try to shed some light on all this darkness.

Intro/outro music: 'Trouble of the World' performed by Mahalia Jackson

A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991), Taiwan, written by Hung Hung, Lai Ming-tang, Edward Yang, Alex Yang, and Yan Hong-ya, directed by Edward Yang, cinematography by Chang Hui-kung and Li Long-yu, featuring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, and Chang Kuo-chu.