Ang Lee - The Art of Saying Goodbye

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  • An introduction, video essay, and analysis of themes and styles of Ang Lee - the director behind Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and many other master pieces.
    Majority of footage and musics are from his movies - used solely for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE.
    Thank you for your support.
    Additional resources used -
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    • Ang Lee ‪Wins Best Dir...
    Other Film Essays on Ang Lee:
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  • @Courier12
    @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Ang Lee spent 6 years at home as a stay-home dad before Pushing Hands, and he is forever grateful to his wife who supported him all the way. So, if you want to become a filmmaker, please always show gratitudes to the ones around you that support your decision. 👍

    • @joseluisbarreda9871
      @joseluisbarreda9871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you need to be grateful to the ones surrounding you anytime. Gratitude is one of the most touching feelings. Thanks for this essay. It let me shocked by his beauty.

    • @apt62
      @apt62 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wife was a hostess in NY chinatown for 6 yrs enable to support him.

  • @yw4049
    @yw4049 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ang Lee is the greatest director of this century. Why? Many famous directors specialize in specific genres, but Ang Lee directs films with very different stories and styles-he can handle any type of film. Moreover, as an Asian director, he can create English-language films so brilliantly without any sense of barrier, which is something truly extraordinary. The depth of thought reflected in his movies is remarkable. He is my favorite director, without a doubt.

  • @roastingpotato
    @roastingpotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I never understood why people disliked the hulk movie so much... I thought it was touching

  • @edwardyang8254
    @edwardyang8254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It seems to me that Ang Lee is someone who genuinely enjoy learning about stories and retelling them.

  • @Kathy-22
    @Kathy-22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ang Lee makes one more Ancient Chinese martial art movie like Crouching tiger hidden dragon. It was mesmerizing and spectacular

    • @Namgildaero1980
      @Namgildaero1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you 🙏 for sharing Kathy

  • @superrmrcool
    @superrmrcool 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    so really what is the big difference between Ang Lee's HULK and Sam Raimi's Spider-man?? going on what you stated.. "Ang LEe's version was too slow paced. while people expect the majority, pumped up action content., it didn't have an action scene until 40 minutes in. however comparing it to the later reboot in 2008, or the one in Avengers, Ang Lee's HULK shows more character depth as he explores the anguish of having power that he did not seek or desire"

  • @minhphuongphan7287
    @minhphuongphan7287 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is a great video about Ang Lee's movies and styles. Thank you. It make me as emotional as watching a great movie

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for your support and kind words! Indeed his movies are very emotional and I'm glad you liked the video as well.

    • @minhphuongphan7287
      @minhphuongphan7287 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly, I was about to cry at the end of your video when you analyse the art of goodbye in his movies. It reminds me of my sweet loves who far away me :)) Thank you for replying my comment

  • @yu-wenying8491
    @yu-wenying8491 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wouldn't it be wonderful if Director Ang Lee adapted The dream of the red chamber to the screen?!!?

  • @kt81379
    @kt81379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    dude, the intro is way too amazing. great work!

    • @kt81379
      @kt81379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ang Lee is incredibly good at telling stories, or I say, providing all of the little details and character's emotions. It's like, he can make the fantasy comes true. That's why the recipe work really well with Tiger Dragon, Life of Pi, Lust Caution,... The story were extremely well driven on these. On the other side, It does not always work. Like Hulk, that people come expect for an action-packed movie; or Billy Lynn, that the audience expected about an action-realistic war drama, just like American Sniper. Tsui Hark makes a great example for this. The action scenes in his movie are really entertained to me, but like the opposite side of Ang Lee, his movie's characters aren't so special.
      Don't get me wrong, Ang Lee could make great action scenes, for sure. All of the fighting scenes in Tiger Dragon are my all time favorite, and I think they do fit well in a Wuxia 武俠 movie. Western-style action-packed movie? not so much. Wish he can just make another wuxia movie, I like his wuxia-romantic style so much though.

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, that's some great analysis! Looks like you are one big fan of Ang Lee!😁

    • @kt81379
      @kt81379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Say, I prefer Zhang & Lee's movies better for entertaining, but if I'm in the mood, Wong Kar-Wai movies are so damn great. Laugh at me, but my most favorite Chinese's film is A Chinese Odyssey (2 parts -1995), I've re-watched it like 5 times already lol.

    • @brucewayne000
      @brucewayne000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed!!

  • @sarahzaza7251
    @sarahzaza7251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn't know that he did that film of Hulk, it is actually my favourite superhero movie 🥰

  • @twocentscinema8587
    @twocentscinema8587 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Love these videos you put out. Ang Lee and Wong Kar Wai are two of my favorite directors working today.

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for your support - I'm also planning to do more and lesser known Chinese directors, and maybe even actor/actresses. Stay tuned!

    • @flyingzone356
      @flyingzone356 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too.

  • @scifinerd17
    @scifinerd17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The only Asian director to win an Oscar, that is until Parasite came out

    • @donnasun7586
      @donnasun7586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just had another Asia director won an Oscar yesterday.

    • @scifinerd17
      @scifinerd17 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donnasun7586 Yup, Chloé Zhao’s the third Asian director to win, the first Chinese director to win, the second woman director to win after Kathryn Bigelow, and the first woman who’s a person of color to win as well.

    • @shenghe9861
      @shenghe9861 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scifinerd17 i think shes Chinese nationality

  • @marianapiedade7276
    @marianapiedade7276 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Both the edition and the analysis about Ang Lee's production were very well done. Congratulations for your great work! I have just subscribed to your channel.

  • @mimisworlda
    @mimisworlda 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love how the transitions. Love Li An, thank you!

  • @zhao2000yuan
    @zhao2000yuan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for such a insightful sharing. "Hulk" together with "Dark Knight" are my favorite superhero movies as they contain the weakness, anguish and misgivings in the development of their characters. Ang once said he was always fascinated with the losing party. Thanks to his sympathy and his courage to depict them, we have a chance to get close to the otherwise unvoiced.

  • @acdragonrider
    @acdragonrider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow these are great. Would love to see more on other filmmakers from famous ones to lesser well known ones. Filmmakers from all over the world

  • @theonethedark
    @theonethedark 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Keep up the awesome work! Can't want for Feng Xiaogang, Stephen Chow, Chen Kaige, and Tsui Hark!

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for support! ;)

  • @jadeimingan184
    @jadeimingan184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Which that hulk 2 was released, Ang Lee's take on the hulk is comic accurate along with the origin as well being almost and he had given hulk so much depth in character.

  • @vicj2141
    @vicj2141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done. Thought provoking about themes of life and how they can be skillfully portrayed to see our shared humanity in worlds different from our own.

  • @jiejacky4895
    @jiejacky4895 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    you did a great video and the analysis of the perspective is very great

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Jacky !

  • @bulganmunkhjargal220
    @bulganmunkhjargal220 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i still have a hardtime to acknowedge that Crouching tiger, Brokeback mountain and Sense and sensibility are all created by same director. like how though.... just amazing

  • @Joaza998
    @Joaza998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, I watched this video in my first year of University doing Marine Biology. Now, I'm watching this in my final year of Film Studies. I appreciated the structure of this video that helped me inspire how to look at Chinese films. I hope you make more in the future.

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad it's helpful!

  • @jolee5608
    @jolee5608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ang Lee is awesome and extraordinary.☺️ Humble and has sense of humor.I just watched crouching tiger today.Yes, after 20years.And it was awesome.Definitely,one of the greatest director in history.

  • @jollyexploring5409
    @jollyexploring5409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo I'm so glad I stumbled on this video

  • @tibudako
    @tibudako 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pls make a Jia Zahngke video

  • @skullface3191
    @skullface3191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I take picture of ang lee

  • @mcorleone77
    @mcorleone77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this video has a lot depth. I would make Ang Lee himself impressed. Great work courier 12

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching and commenting!

  • @kylecredo
    @kylecredo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do hou hsiao hsien or edward yang next!

  • @keithdonovan5236
    @keithdonovan5236 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks so much for this thoughtful, well researched study of this great artist.

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome! I've been busy with school, but I'll try to make new ones about more Asian film artists soon!

  • @maheshgurrala7631
    @maheshgurrala7631 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A good film is a good film in any language

  • @analimatraducoes
    @analimatraducoes ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful analysis! Have you done a video about Chen Kaige as well? I'd love to see this

  • @manjistha4707
    @manjistha4707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3.10 what a edit❤

  • @Ducky_logan
    @Ducky_logan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So much depths in your video.

  • @brucewayne000
    @brucewayne000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!!! Please keep making these videos!!! Jia You Kunming Lao Xiang!!!

  • @mytravls
    @mytravls 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do I hear Peter Gabriel’s we can be heroes? Surreal. I just watched stranger things 3 😝

  • @acdragonrider
    @acdragonrider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:16: wait what was that?

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ride with the Devil (1999)

  • @realmofthesenses
    @realmofthesenses 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't get why you mention the 18th century novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber" in relation to Ang Lee. Is it about the American opera in 2017? Is Ang Lee working on a film based on the novel?

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello! I mentioned as a comparison, imagine the level of difficulty there is if a western director is making a movie based on classic Chinese novel. Ang Lee was making movie based on classic English material, he's so amazing.

  • @kereiltutt5769
    @kereiltutt5769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came here after watching Michael Bay vids. Such a contrast lol

  • @goldie249
    @goldie249 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m doing a research paper on him

  • @binluo4306
    @binluo4306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great work, thank you!

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the support!

  • @dornravlin
    @dornravlin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never learnd how to say good by well could some one teach me how to say good by

  • @marlinspike
    @marlinspike 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this! So inspiring!

    • @Namgildaero1980
      @Namgildaero1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true 🌈🎉, thank you 🙏 for sharing your thoughts @Wei

  • @TheNick2pick
    @TheNick2pick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    really great

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your support!

  • @niket3nnis
    @niket3nnis 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was fantastic. Thank you!

  • @kengarooang8783
    @kengarooang8783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice work!

    • @Courier12
      @Courier12  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your support!

  • @Puki_Masam
    @Puki_Masam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is the gay!!!!!