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Front-Ranger:
Me, too! I've been reading about the making of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and here's an interesting passage I found:

[At Cannes] "they misted up at the friendship of Mu Bai and Shu Lien, two brave warriors who haven't quite the courage to say I love you. They happily took the film's 20-minute detour to the Gobi, where in a flashback Jen meets her bandit beau Lo and makes love with the spontaneity of a first-time tryst and the calculat ion of a girl who has to be on top (...Jen wants to love a fighter and fight her lover.)"

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a story about passions, emotions, desires--the dragons hidden inside all of us." -Ang Lee

"The martial arts form 'externalizes the elements of restraint and exhiliaration,' [Lee] continued. . .'In a family drama there is a verbal fight. Here you kick butt'."

Meryl:
Reviving this good old thread with a nice article about Ang Lee's patient path to success:

http://jeffjlin.com/2013/02/23/ang-lee-and-the-uncertainty-of-success/

Mandy21:
http://news.yahoo.com/director-ang-lee-touts-diligence-key-success-100407356.html

Director Ang Lee touts diligence as key to success
Associated PressAssociated Press – 2 hrs 31 mins ago..


 
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Academy award-winning director Ang Lee says modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that were part of many of his most notable films.

Earlier this year, the Taiwanese filmmaker won his second best director Oscar for "Life of Pi," a fantasy adventure about a 16-year-old Indian boy on an epic journey of survival. He also won the best director award for "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005.

Speaking to reporters in Taipei on Thursday, Lee said "I have to read everything and watch everything" before directing films with distinctly non-Taiwanese or non-Chinese themes, like "Sense and Sensibility," which takes place in early 19th century England, or "Brokeback Mountain," a gay love story set in late 20th century Wyoming.

"I grew up here until I was 23," he said, referring to his native Taiwan. "Taiwan is a very open society. It's an island, so we have a lot of influences."

Still, he said, successfully penetrating the foreign backdrops that feature in many of his best films is often difficult going.

"I have to be modest and diligent in adopting all kinds of cultures," he said.

Lee's next project — a television series for FX entitled "Tyrant" — focuses on an American family caught up in the turbulence of the contemporary Middle East.

He said that while the project represented a significant departure for him, he was still looking forward to doing it.

"'Tyrant' is the first TV pilot I ever read," he said. "I don't really watch TV."

Front-Ranger:
Great find, Mandy, thanks for sharing!

Monika:

--- Quote from: Mandy21 on May 09, 2013, 09:52:57 am ---. "I don't really watch TV."


--- End quote ---
Somehow I believe this. I can´t even imagine Ang in front of a television set  :D

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