The cinema of Ang Lee : the other side of the screen / Whitney Crothers Dilley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dilley, Whitney Crothers, author.

Series:

Directors' cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lee, Ang, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.

Lee, Ang.

Lee, Ang, 1954-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

231 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wallflower Press, [2015]

Summary:

Ang Lee's astonishing versatility is explored through suggestive readings of gender and identity, from his early Chinese trilogy films to Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). This second edition features additional material on Lee's new films and their global reception, as well as new developments in Chinese film, and includes fresh critiques of Brokeback Mountain (2005), Lust/Caution (2007), Taking Woodstock (2009), and Life of Pi (2012) that demonstrate the lasting cultural impact of this acclaimed director. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Ang Lee: a history

Ang Lee as director: his position in Asian and world cinema

Confucian values and cultural displacement in Pushing hands

Transgressing boundaries of gender and culture in The wedding banquet

Globalization and cultural identity in Eat drink man woman

Opposition and resolution in sense and sensibility

Fragmentary narratives/fragmented identities in The ice storm

Race, gender, class, and social identity in Ride with the devil

Wuxia narrative and transnational Chinese identity in Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

The ultimate outsider: Hulk

Transcending gender in Brokeback Mountain

Eroticism and performance in Lust/Caution

Memory, narrative, and transformation in Taking Woodstock

Storytelling and truth in Life of Pi: a spiritual journey

Conclusion: the dream of cinema.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231167727

0231167725

9780231167734

0231167733

OCLC:

881721191