In the Scene: Ang Lee

Part of a series of guides to contemporary filmmakers, this essential overview of Ang Lee's films analyses the themes that run through his wide-ranging body of work and provides insight into each film from his Taiwanese beginnings with Pushing Hands to the award-winningLife of Pito the ground-breaking Gemini Man.

About the author

Film lecturer and author Ellen Cheshire has written books on Jane Campion, Audrey Hepburn, the Coen Bros and Bio-Pics; and contributed to books on War Movies, Fantasy Film, Silent Cinema, Counterculture, James Bond and Charlie Chaplin.

Summary

Ang Lee came to the fore in the 1990s as one of the 'second wave' of Taiwanese directors. After studying at New York University, Lee returned to Taiwan where he directed Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman. Austen's Sense And Sensibility was a tremendous critical and commercial success. But it was his triumphant return to...

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Cheshire
• Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780993220746
• ISBN: 978-0-9932207-4-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 226 g
• Illustrations: Black and white photographs
• Series: In the Scene
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology