Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Ang Lee OBSis a Taiwanese-born Chinese-American film director, screenwriter and producer...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1954
CityPingtung, Taiwan
CountryChina
writing care i-dont-care
I don't care about writing really.
heart debut
Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.
roots
My cultural roots are something illusive.
stories love-story dramatic
I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.
dad
I'm just a pretty regular dad.
world
With 3D you're right there immersed in the world.
acting example different
Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.
movie thinking media
I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.
father parent revolution
My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security.
book reading way
I had to find my way of translating the excitement you get when you're reading comic books to the big screen.
thinking interesting trying
So it's something I'm still learning, it's fresh, so if the budget allows I'll do it again and just see how far it goes because it's the frontier, it's more interesting. It's still expensive, the projection system can be annoying sometimes, it's not really regulated or perfected yet, so it's still expensive. If I do a lower budget I'll just do 2D, but if the budget allows I think I'll try 3D.
movie years oscars
I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, 'Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?'
hero character thinking
I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.
couple stories actors
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story.