“What I like about Ang Lee is that he is very detail-oriented,” she said. Yeoh explained how, working with Lee and fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, she was able to combine character work and innovative action.
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“She was first known from Jackie Chan’s movie … But I looked at her face, and your emotions are so devoted to her as soon as you look at her, without saying anything, so I really wanted her to carry this movie.”
“Before ‘Crouching Tiger’ she was hardly doing any dramatic roles,” said Lee. “Crouching Tiger” was also a pivotal point for Yeoh, who had already found a fanbase thanks to her work in the 1992 Jackie Chan vehicle “Supercop” and 1996’s “The Stunt Woman.” That’s something very special, something I grew up enjoying - sometimes to escape from life (and) sometimes (to) celebrate life.” It’s like a congregation to me, in my mind. "I stage the show, lift people’s spirits, and hopefully life feels different after they walk out of the theater. He called a movie theater "the modern temple." "Crouching Tiger" was "one of the heydays" in a career spent creating experiences for the cinema, Lee said. View Gallery: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' returns to theaters Previously best known for critical darling dramas such as “Sense and Sensibility” (1995) and “The Ice Storm” (1997), Lee became a blockbuster auteur after “Crouching Tiger,” and won Best Director Oscars for both “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) and “Life of Pi” (2012). It represented a turning point in Lee’s career. It grossed more than $200 million worldwide (off a $17 million budget), per Box Office Mojo. The film - equal parts grand romance, intimate character study and stunning adventure picture - was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won four, including Best Foreign Language Film. More: Want a Netflix, Lionsgate NJ movie studio job? Spotlight shines on training opportunities It is ‘Sense and Sensibility’ with martial arts."īased on the novel by Wang Du Lu that was originally released in serialized format from 1941 to 1942, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is the epic tale of two warriors, played by Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat, whose paths are intertwined with that of the notorious Jade Fox (Cheng Pei Pei) and Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a governor’s daughter with a complicated past. It is a fusion of East and West, of Asian film history and Hollywood, of action movies and art house cinema. “It is not just an action film but (a) beautifully poetic and painterly depiction of the wuxia world. “It is classic and never gets old,” Yeoh said via email.
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