Essays Tagged: "Ang Lee"

Sense and Sensibility

movie review of sense and sensibility -Ang Lee, who directed, and Emma Thompson, who adapted the screenplay, have done an excellent job of ... lso a period piece, giving us a chance to visit English society in the nineteenth century. Director Ang Lee brought us to this historic time with beautifully constructed sets and sites that drop us ri ... hey satisfy the needs of the movie and there are no errors to distract the moviegoer. By doing this Ang Lee forced the watcher to envelop themselves into the emotions of the actors and not glitzy spec ...

(3 pages) 119 0 4.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Green Blob That Couldn't.

't"TITLE HULK (M)STARRING Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Josh LucasDIRECTOR Ang LeeRATING 3/10 (For Camera Technique)Universal Pictures presents a film directed by Ang Lee. Wri ... mes over him, it is not to fight evil or defend, but simply to bash up people and look like an idiotAng Lee's "Hulk" is the most talkative and boring recent comic book movie. Banner (Eric Bana) is the ...

(2 pages) 23 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Tradition in the Far East

romance becomes even more conflicted when they discover the secret of a young princess named Jen (Zhang Ziyi) and her lover Lo (Chang Chen). One premise the film is built upon concerns tradition throu ... lover Lo (Chang Chen). One premise the film is built upon concerns tradition through which directorAng Lee uses film techniques to present this effect. Tradition is expressed through the ways Jen is ...

(4 pages) 28 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon": The Duel Effect of Tradition

oppresses her relationship with Lo. Li Mu Bai, however, is empowered by the guidance of tradition. Ang Lee uses film techniques to present this dual affect.Tradition cleaves Jen from her fighting tal ... u Lin as her sister, in place of her home, she escapes to the desert with Lo. In the vast red and orange desert, where there are no confines, Jen fights; her flying-style suggests Jen is defying the g ...

(3 pages) 20 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

AMERICAN BEAUTY

kled this theme, and with some dexterity, for years. Mike Nichols did it in "The Graduate" in 1967; Ang Lee and Todd Solondz had their respective says in "The Ice Storm" (1997) and "Happiness" (1998), ... n't remember me either." Their daughter, Jane (Thora Birch), is "a typical teenager," says Lester, "angry, bitter, confused. I'd like to tell her all of this will pass, but I don't want to lie to her. ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Magical Realism

ral Devices in The Woman Warrior and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee and The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston employ many similar structural devices. These ... ance certain freedoms they would not posses otherwise; an finally Symbolism, a device that gives intangible subjects tangible characteristics. These devices, magical realism, masque and symbolism, ser ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Eat Drink Man Woman" - Compare and contrast the three daughters and give your opinions of them. Cite evidence to underscore your points.

In the film "Eat Drink Man Woman", Ang Lee portrays a tale of a master chef and his three daughters in a warm exploration of tradition, ... on as she prepares the Sunday night dinner. She is the only one who finally learnt her lesson and changed for the better, she reflects and she also got what she desires the most in the first place, he ... me similarities between them. Because of the era they live in, everyone is trying to adapt to the change from traditional society to modern society, but only in different methods. Caught in an uncerta ...

(6 pages) 17 0 4.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Critique du film "Brokeback Mountain"

Le film « Brokeback Mountain » (2005), une réalisation de Ang Lee, est une histoire de deux cow-boys, Ennis Del Mar et Jack Twist, qui travaillèrent en ... ; ses sentiments pour le personnage de Jake Gyllenhaal, qui est romantique et terre-à-terre. Ang Lee leur a donné un livre intitulé « Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Up ... constances sous lesquelles elles vivaient.Ce film a été tourné en Alberta. Les angles étaient merveilleux et ont contribué à l’effet de drame et de scand ...

(2 pages) 29 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis