1. This film is Ang Lee's first gay-themed film, which tells the story of an overseas Chinese in the form of marriage. He later made "Brokeback Mountain", which became a classic of gay films. 2. The script of this film was written by Ang Lee six years before the start of filming, and was later shelved for various reasons. Taiwan selected excellent scripts, Ang Lee put "The Wedding Banquet" and the newly written "Pushing Hands" (link about Pushing Hands >>> ) together, "Pushing Hands" won the first prize, and "The Wedding Banquet" won the second prize. As a result, "Pushing Hand" was the first to be filmed by Taiwan's China Film Corporation. After the success, "The Wedding Banquet" was successfully filmed. 3. "Pushing Hands", "Wedding Banquet", and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women" are Ang Lee's three earliest works, collectively known as the "Father Trilogy", because these three films are all played by Lang Xiong's old father, and This image is the core character of the plot and the crux of the conflict. 4. "Pushing Hand" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for Lang Xiong, and "The Wedding Banquet" won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor. Li An said: "Lang Xiong's face is a republic of five ethnic groups. When I see his face, I think he is like a Chinese father. He naturally reveals a sense of humor inside, which fits very well. In fact, in private, Lang Xiong's words are very good. There are a lot of jokes, gimmicks, the world is different, and the meat is not restricted, which is not the same as the father image on the screen." 5. The film won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, which made Ang Lee The international appearance of Ang Lee is perfect, and Ang Lee has successfully become an internationally renowned director with this film. 6. High return: This film is the film with the highest return on investment in 1993. "The Wedding Banquet" took 26 days to shoot, cost only $750,000 to make, and grossed more than $32 million worldwide. 7. Ang Lee and Zhang Yimou: Ang Lee won the Golden Bear Award for this film at the 43rd Berlin Film Festival. Zhang Yimou was the chairman of the jury. "Fragrant Soul Girl" was jointly awarded.) Since then, in 2007, Zhang Yimou was again the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, and the jury awarded the Golden Lion Award to Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution". Ang Lee has said many times, "Zhang Yimou is my noble man". 8. In this film, Ang Lee made a cameo appearance as many guests who appeared at the wedding banquet. This is Ang Lee's only screen appearance so far, and there is another line: "You are seeing the result of five thousand years of sexual repression." It is estimated that this is the heartfelt words of director Ang Lee. In addition to Li An himself, his youngest son Li Chun made a cameo appearance in the film, first jumping out of bed, and then his wife holding the bride. Li Chun once again appeared in his father's film in "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle". 9. This film is Zhao Wenxuan's screen debut. Previously, Zhao Wenxuan was an air crew of Taiwan's "China Airlines" and was discovered by Ang Lee to enter the film and television industry. At that time, he sent the audition tape to Ang Lee, which made Ang Lee and his son laugh for a whole week. Ang Lee's evaluation of him was that "this person can't act at all", but despite this, Ang Lee chose this handsome man who couldn't act as the male lead. Ang Lee believes that "directing is to teach actors to act". After that, Zhao Wenxuan participated in Ang Lee's drama again. "Diet for Men and Women". 10. Feng Guangyuan, one of the screenwriters of the film, revealed: "When we were going to shoot "The Wedding Banquet", we couldn't find the male lead. At that time, Zhao Wenxuan hadn't appeared yet, and we couldn't find a suitable male lead. Li Anzhen said that he Prepare to go down and play the role of Gao Weitong yourself.” 11. Details: In the movie, there is a scene where Lang Xiongchen came back from practice, sat on a chair and fell asleep, his son went upstairs to call his father, and put his hand under his father’s nose to try to breathe. This scene is Ang Lee's personal experience. Ang Lee said: "Many things in "The Wedding Banquet" came out of my system. In the past, some feelings of helplessness, grievance, and apology were always stuffed in the depths of my heart, and there was a lot of backlog, so I filmed it." 12. About the ending : The final result of the film seems to be happy, everyone sacrifices but each takes a step back to achieve the beautiful result that each takes what he needs. But in fact, in the director's opinion, this is not the case. Ang Lee said: "'The Wedding Banquet' should not be considered a happy ending, because everyone was crying at the end. Although the problem has been solved, this is an unsatisfactory but acceptable result. For this result, everyone has to pay the price of taking a step back. Life has to go on, and everyone has to save face." The director put the final scene on the picture of the old general surrendering his hands. The mood of the story is complicated, and it's hard to say it's a happy ending. 13. The wedding banquet scene in this film was filmed for 4 days and was filmed at the Sheraton Hotel in New York. At that time, Ang Lee's friends in New York pulled friends, supported by all parties, dressed in Chinese clothes and dressed appropriately to serve as the guests of the banquet. In the end, many people asked the crew to sign the 10-yuan bill as a souvenir. Because the group performance and the crew are very harmonious, the whole scene was shot very well. 14. Trivia: The plot of the first half of the film comes from the personal experience of Ang Lee's good friend Neil Peng, who also participated in the screenwriting of the film. 15. Trivia 2: Xu Ligong, the investor of this film, recalled that after the "Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award, a celebration banquet was held. That day, Li An cried when he saw the shark fin soup on the table. Later, Xu Ligong went to the toilet and asked him quietly. I know, that bowl of shark fin reminded him of his wife and children in the United States. During his struggle to work in the film industry, the family lived very hard, and he was honored. Someone invited him to eat shark fins, which his wife and children could not eat for many years. Yes, he hopes his family can share this precious bowl of shark fins with him. 16. Wonderful lines: "I'm not hosting this wedding banquet for you, I'm hosting it for the teacher. If you say no words, you are not filial." "Gao Weitong? Isn't it a happy event in Chen's house?" "You are seeing five thousand The result of annual repression." Peng's personal experience, he also participated in the screenwriting of the film. 15. Trivia 2: Xu Ligong, the investor of this film, recalled that after the "Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award, a celebration banquet was held. That day, Li An cried when he saw the shark fin soup on the table. Later, Xu Ligong went to the toilet and asked him quietly. I know, that bowl of shark fin reminded him of his wife and children in the United States. During his struggle to work in the film industry, the family lived very hard, and he was honored. Someone invited him to eat shark fins, which his wife and children could not eat for many years. Yes, he hopes his family can share this precious bowl of shark fins with him. 16. Wonderful lines: "I'm not hosting this wedding banquet for you, I'm hosting it for the teacher. If you say no words, you are not filial." "Gao Weitong? Isn't it a happy event in Chen's house?" "You are seeing five thousand The result of annual repression."
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