 The Directorate of Film Festivals in collaboration with Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre, New Delhi will be hosting acclaimed Director Ang Lee's Retrospective Film Festival from 23rd to 25th July, 2010 at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
The five films that will be screened for audiences are: "Fine Line", "Pushing Hands", "The Wedding Banquet", "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon".
Out of the 5 films being showcased, 4 have been produced by famous international producer Mr. Hus Li Kong who will be the guest of honour at the inaugural function in Delhi. Mr. Ang Lee attributes his success to him and feels that without Mr. Hsu, he would not have been where he is today. Mr. Lee has sent message for Indian viewers in DVD which will be screened at the inauguration.
Ang Lee is a symbol of Taiwan's creativity. He is one of 7 directors to win the Oscar, the Golden Globe, Director's Guild and BAFTA for the same movie "Brokeback Mountain" (2005). All his films have been very well received by the audiences not only in Taiwan but all over the world because of the striking diversity, as well as Lee's recurring themes of alienation, marginalization and repression. "I Can't Live Without You" won the Golden Peacock Award at International Film Festival of India, 2009. Seeing the popularity of Taiwanese cinema and its physical and global appeal, thereafter, the movies will be showcased in Pune and Kolkata. This festival traces Ang Lee's journey starting from his first college.
Many of Lees's films, particularly his early Chinese trilogy, have focused on the interactions between modernity and tradition. The movement from family drama, period drama, the Western, the martial arts epic and the comic strip has all been given the Lee treatment. His settings too are as diverse as modern Taipei, Victorian England, Civil War America and Qing-dynasty China. Some of his films have had a light-hearted comic tone which marks a break from tragic historical realism. In short, Lee is the perfect living example of globalization and its effect on the film world.
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