The Best of Times (2002 film)

The Best of Times
The Best of Times
Directed by	Chang Tso-chi
Written by	Chang Tso-chi
Starring	Wing Fan; Kao Meng-Chieh
Cinematography	Chang Yi-Min
Edited by	Liao Ching-Song
Release dates	1 September 2002 (Venice Film Festival); 20 September 2002 (Taiwan);
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin; Hakka; Taiwanese

The Best of Times (Chinese: 美麗時光; pinyin: Měilì Shíguāng) is a 2002 Taiwanese narrative film directed by Chang Tso-chi. In his third feature, Chang Tso-chi wraps the sensibility of urban alienation and lost youth around a typical kids-in-gangland story and infuses it with his own gentle brand of magic realism.^[1] It was entered into the 59th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[2]

^ Kraicer, Shelly (10 January 2003). "The Best of Times". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 23 Mar 2023.
^ "Record-Breaking 54 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[:0-1] Kraicer, Shelly (10 January 2003). "The Best of Times". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 23 Mar 2023.

[75thSubmissions-2] "Record-Breaking 54 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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