October 8, 2007

Interview. Ang Lee.

Ang Lee "I think I'm running out of things to make film about in my conscious world," Ang Lee tells Sean Axmaker in a conversation about Lust, Caution that quickly moves to the Oscar-winning director's entire oeuvre. "Starting from The Ice Storm, I started to go the other side. I think up to Sense and Sensibility, I did everything that I know of myself consciously... But I like to keep that mystery and make movies about what I need to find out."

Michael Guillén, back from the Idaho International Film Festival, is now at Mill Valley, where he talks with Lee and Tang Wei.

Earlier: Initial reaction to Lust, Caution in Venice and the first and second round of reviews since its opening.



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Posted by dwhudson at October 8, 2007 6:50 AM

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This is a message to be given to Ang Lee by someone, please. I believe Ang Lee ought to consider doing a film on children's rights--specifically, either the Mary Kay Letourneau case, or the Gregory K. case about the boy who divorced his parents. The depth of these stories is yet to be revealed to the public. Children are being treated as though they're all immature, too immature to make profound life decisions. This is blatant age discrimination. Having been a very mature young child myself, there is no real voice to the public from people like me--people of all ages--for we do grow up and remember the offensive discrimination.

Ang Lee has already shown his skill in dealing with such sensitive subject matter. Let's go beyond the norms to acknowledge the real nature of people and the natural diversity in which age discrimination is often much more harmful than helpful. Treating everyone the same is abusive because uniqueness does matter.

Thank you.

Posted by: Larry at October 11, 2007 4:52 PM