Whereas his early films such as “Pushing Hands” and “The Wedding Banquet” often touch upon the crossroads between modernity and tradition, Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee found himself in a similar situation with his third film. As he reflects upon the production of his 1994 “Eat Drink Man Woman”, he describes how he felt the pressure between going mainstream with his movies or making an arthouse film, especially after winning the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival for “The Wedding Banquet”. Considering this situation, it seems only fitting he would make a film which would not only pick up the thematic threads of his previous ones, but which would also discuss these issues within the circle of the family, their relationships and, of course, the world of cooking.
Eat Drink Man Woman is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Even though he has been planning to settle down...
Eat Drink Man Woman is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Even though he has been planning to settle down...
- 2/11/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After two short features, Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee made “Pushing Hands”, which not only marked the beginning of what would later be known as the “Father Knows Best”-trilogy, but also the foundation of what would define him as a filmmaker. It is also the first collaboration with esteemed actor Sihung Lung, who would revisit the role of the family father in “The Wedding Banquet” and “Eat Drink Man Woman”, as well as work with Lee on his “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. “Pushing Hands” refers to a tai chi-routine Lung's character goes through every morning and teaches to his students, which is supposed to be a defense against brute force, which you can see in some scenes in the movie. At the same time, we are introduced to what would be Lee's career-defining themes, most importantly the conflict of tradition and modernity as well as the differences between cultures, in...
- 12/11/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Returning to theaters!! Sony Classics has revealed a new official trailer for the 4K restoration re-release of the incredible martial arts classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The beloved film won a total of four Oscars, including Best Cinematography and Best Score, originally premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival 13 years ago, and was a box office smash when it initially opened in early 2001. It's one of the best martial arts films ever made, featuring fight choreography from master Yuen Wo Ping. It's finally getting a proper re-release in theaters in February 2023, perhaps connected to the potential for actress Michelle Yeoh to win the Oscar this year. A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation. The cast also includes Chow Yun Fat, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, and Cheng Pei-Pei.
- 1/16/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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- 3/30/2022
- MUBI
Long before Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, and his era of big-budget Hollywood spectacles, Ang Lee made his debut feature with the 1991 drama Pushing Hands. Co-written by James Schamus, whom Lee would go on to work with throughout his career, the film was a selection at the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival and won three Golden Horse Awards. It’s now undergone a 2K restoration and will be getting a theatrical release starting on April 1 courtesy of Film Movement. Ahead of the run, we’re pleased to debut the exclusive trailer.
Marking Lee’s first chapter of his “Father Knows Best” trilogy––followed by his subsequent dramas The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)––the film follows an elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) from Beijing who struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law,...
Marking Lee’s first chapter of his “Father Knows Best” trilogy––followed by his subsequent dramas The Wedding Banquet (1993), and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)––the film follows an elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) from Beijing who struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Whereas his early films such as “Pushing Hands” and “The Wedding Banquet” often touch upon the crossroads between modernity and tradition, Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee found himself in a similar situation with his third film. As he reflects upon the production of his 1994 “Eat Drink Man Woman”, he describes how he felt the pressure between going mainstream with his movies or making an arthouse film, especially after winning the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival for “The Wedding Banquet”. Considering this situation, it seems only fitting he would make a film which would not only pick up the thematic threads of his previous ones, but which would also discuss these issues within the circle of the family, their relationships and, of course, the world of cooking.
“Eat Drink Man Woman” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival – Winter Showcase 2020
Even though he has been planning to settle down...
“Eat Drink Man Woman” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival – Winter Showcase 2020
Even though he has been planning to settle down...
- 2/15/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Last Friday, we woke up to the tragic news that beloved chef / writer / traveler / movie-lover Anthony Bourdain had died. Among his other notable virtues and accomplishments, no one had ever put so many different meals on screen, or served them to us with such rich context.
In that spirit, we asked our panel of critics to name the most appetite-whetting meal they’ve ever seen in a movie.
In other words, this week’s question is: What’s your favorite “food movie?”
Kyle Turner (@TyleKurner), Paste Magazine
There are times when I return to Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink, Man Woman” just for the opening sequence, featuring a calvacade of delicious food being prepared by the Chu patriarch. It’s a parade of images that indicate the skill it takes to be a great chef, and the intimacy required to make a (large) family dinner. Lee’s framing is unfussy,...
In that spirit, we asked our panel of critics to name the most appetite-whetting meal they’ve ever seen in a movie.
In other words, this week’s question is: What’s your favorite “food movie?”
Kyle Turner (@TyleKurner), Paste Magazine
There are times when I return to Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink, Man Woman” just for the opening sequence, featuring a calvacade of delicious food being prepared by the Chu patriarch. It’s a parade of images that indicate the skill it takes to be a great chef, and the intimacy required to make a (large) family dinner. Lee’s framing is unfussy,...
- 6/11/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
(Ang Lee, 1992-94, Altitude, 15, DVD/Blu-ray)
Born into a middle-class Taiwanese family in 1954, Ang Lee studied Chinese classics locally, and film production in the Us. But he was nearly 40 and living as a house-husband in New York (his wife was a microbiologist) when winning a screenplay competition to encourage Taiwanese filmmakers led to the three successful movies that brought him international recognition. Nicknamed the “father knows best” trilogy and made in English and Mandarin, all three centre on cultural clashes involving the great Chinese actor, the dignified, charismatic Sihung Lung.
In the least well-known, Pushing Hands (1991), he’s an elderly survivor of the Cultural Revolution, a tai chi master living uneasily outside New York with his devoted son and his American daughter-in-law, an ambitious writer struggling with her second novel. Lung, who first teaches his particular form of defensive martial arts to young fellow immigrants (which provides a metaphor for...
Born into a middle-class Taiwanese family in 1954, Ang Lee studied Chinese classics locally, and film production in the Us. But he was nearly 40 and living as a house-husband in New York (his wife was a microbiologist) when winning a screenplay competition to encourage Taiwanese filmmakers led to the three successful movies that brought him international recognition. Nicknamed the “father knows best” trilogy and made in English and Mandarin, all three centre on cultural clashes involving the great Chinese actor, the dignified, charismatic Sihung Lung.
In the least well-known, Pushing Hands (1991), he’s an elderly survivor of the Cultural Revolution, a tai chi master living uneasily outside New York with his devoted son and his American daughter-in-law, an ambitious writer struggling with her second novel. Lung, who first teaches his particular form of defensive martial arts to young fellow immigrants (which provides a metaphor for...
- 10/4/2015
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★☆☆ Commonly referred to as the 'Father Knows Best Trilogy', Ang Lee's first three films are notable primarily as an introduction to key themes and his devotion to nuanced emotional drama. They also staved off the retirement of famous Taiwanese actor Sihung Lung. Almost a decade before his appearance as Sir Te in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) he was convinced to shed his tough-guy image in favour of the serenely charming Mr. Chu in Lee's debut feature, Pushing Hands (1992). Altitude Distribution are now bringing that film and subsequent Lee/Lung collaborations The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1993) to UK DVD in The Ang Lee Trilogy box set.
- 8/28/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Kristen Stewart, 'Camp X-Ray' star, to join cast of 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Kristen Stewart to join 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' movie After putting away her Bella Swan wig and red (formerly brown) contact lenses, Kristen Stewart has been making a number of interesting career choices. Here are three examples: Stewart was a U.S. soldier who befriends an inmate (Peyman Moaadi) at the American Gulag, Guantanamo, in Peter Sattler's little-seen (at least in theaters) Camp X-Ray. She was one of Best Actress Oscar winner Julianne Moore's daughters in Wash Westmoreland and the recently deceased Richard Glatzer's Alzheimer's drama Still Alice. She was the personal assistant to troubled, aging actress Juliette Binoche in Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria, which earned her a history-making Best Supporting Actress César. (Stewart became the first American actress to take home the French Academy Award.
- 4/4/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With twelve features to his name, two of those winning him Best Director Academy Awards (Brokeback Mountain; Life of Pi), Ang Lee has become one of the most notable auteurs to achieve success within the studio system. While his 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility began a successful career in English language filmmaking, the Taiwanese director had already received two Oscar nods for Best Foreign Language film. Those include 1993’s The Wedding Banquet, premiering in Berlin, and 1994’s Eat Drink Man Woman, now available for the first time on Blu-ray, though it hasn’t enjoyed the same lasting reputation. After the film, Lee wouldn’t return to working in Mandarin until six years later (2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), so it represents a certain jumping off point for the director.
Food and sex are base human desires that cannot be ignored, or so Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) remarks,...
Food and sex are base human desires that cannot be ignored, or so Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) remarks,...
- 2/24/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Filmmakers have long strove to capture the essence of human desire within their work. Our hunger for power, love, and sex is an intense driving force that binds us to a bevvy of movie heroes. When these onscreen ego ideals finally sink their teeth into their long-longed for desire, we the audience are granted a shiver-inducing — albeit vicarious — thrill. But perhaps no movie thrill is so teasing and tantalizing as the onscreen indulgence of our lust for food. Slow motion cinematography, leering close-ups of ingredients and swooning diners flaunt food so succulent you can almost taste it.
In celebration (and thanks) of these teasing food porn scenes, we raise our glass to the….
Critics loathed Steven Spielberg’s high-flying Peter Pan adventure, but kids adored it for all its goofiness, action and magic. (Not to mention the dreamy bad boy Rufio!) In Hook, Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has become a...
In celebration (and thanks) of these teasing food porn scenes, we raise our glass to the….
Critics loathed Steven Spielberg’s high-flying Peter Pan adventure, but kids adored it for all its goofiness, action and magic. (Not to mention the dreamy bad boy Rufio!) In Hook, Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has become a...
- 11/24/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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