To achieve today's achievements, first of all thanks to his keen sense of smell and business thinking. This can be seen from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Lust, Caution". "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not so good in the eyes of the Chinese audience, but Ang Lee, who understands the national conditions of China and the United States, won four Oscars with the film's martial arts craze in the United States, which led to Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's group Following the trend and making a batch of group gymnastics movies, it must be said that Li An has a keen sense of smell. "Lust, Caution" is a level, ambiguous, but full of commercial gimmicks. I won't say much about the plot, meaning, and upsurge of this film, but the scene of Tony Leung and Tang Wei's appearance shows that Ang Lee is a businessman. How many people in the world will pay attention to and understand the human theme that the director wants to express? Most vulgar people no doubt go for the tertiary lens. Without these shots, "Lust, Caution" would not have achieved such a box office success. Even a certain institution in the upper kingdom of China gave this movie 2 a hand.
Did Ang Lee only rely on business acumen and a keen sense of smell to achieve success? Of course, there is hard work, and he will not forget the 7 years of living on his wife's meager income. In addition to that, let's take a look at his 1994 work "Food Men and Women" to see how unique, deep and real his observations of life are.
Dad Zhu is the ace chef of the Grand Hotel. Now that he is old, his craftsmanship has not diminished at all. Every day, he has delicacies from mountains and seas at home, but he may not be able to keep his three daughters who have their own concerns. On the surface, the eldest daughter is a chemistry teacher in middle school, and she still abandoned her boyfriend 9 years ago and has yet to come out of her heartbreak. She thinks that she is destined to take care of her old father for the rest of her life; the second daughter works in an airline and is busy with I lost myself in the emotional world due to work struggles, and was eager to leave this home; my third daughter was still young, working in McDonald's, looking forward to a beautiful relationship, but saw a little colleague and her boyfriend stumbling. Dad Zhu's own wife has been dead for 16 years, and his daughters all want to find him a companion to save themselves. At this moment, Aunt Liang, who is also a widow, comes back from the United States...
If the plot is like this, This is a typical mainland TV drama of abused family disputes. However, the uniqueness expressed by Ang Lee in this film is that everyone's heart is often not what it appears on the surface. Is the eldest daughter really unable to extricate herself from the sad past? Did the second daughter really lose herself? Is the third daughter really that naive? Even Dad Zhu himself needs a wife as his daughter thinks? Where will the seemingly harmonious atmosphere at the daily dinner table lead the family?
The ending of this film is not the cliché ending of a happy TV drama, and it is quite unexpected, but it does not make people feel disconnected from reality, but has a real feeling. Fortunately, although it is not a big reunion, everyone understands what they want, and they no longer fetter themselves and their families in the name of caring for their families as before, and achieve true harmony. This is probably the difference between Ang Lee and the family trivia TV series. From this movie, it can be seen that Ang Lee has a deep understanding and cognition of the people's livelihood in his hometown of Taipei, and he grasps and expresses it very well.
My favorite actor Gui Yalei plays Auntie Liang in this film. This actor is really excellent no matter what role, Wu Zetian, who is noble and majestic and insightful in "Da Ming Palace Ci", and the Queen Mother Dou, who covers the sky with one hand and has her own measure in "The Great Emperor of Han Dynasty", can't think of it in this drama that reflects the life of the citizens. In "Diet Men and Women", an old lady with a chicken woman was also performed vividly by her, and she had to accept it. Zhao Wenxuan and Wu Qianlian are also important roles in this film. Another highlight of this film is the food cooked by Dad Zhu, which is described in detail, which is mouthwatering!
Compared with Yang Dechang's "One One", which is highly praised by the majority of literary and artistic young people, I think this film can move me more. In my opinion, "Yiyi" is a running account, and I haven't been able to appreciate the feelings in it.
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