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    An Airbus plane was flying to Dallas in the night sky. The business class was very quiet. Most of the passengers were sleeping. Ye Wei was reading a book by the light. There was a lot of confusion in his mind. He couldn't sleep until he sorted things out.

    The stewardess who was walking lightly next to him glanced at him and recognized Viy when he boarded the plane, and had already taken a group photo with him.

    "Hey, Mal." Ye Wei glanced at her.

    Mal stopped and bent down, and asked softly: "Weige, what do you need me to do?" viy was as easy-going as the rumors said, and even gave up the opportunity to upgrade to others.

    "Do you think the passion in people's hearts will appear in a calm state?" Ye Wei asked seriously.  Mal was stunned, passion?  She looked at him for a few times and her tone was a little ambiguous: "I don't know. Let's have a cup of coffee and talk after we get off the plane?" Ye Wei shrugged and said with a smile, "No, I'm just doing philosophical thinking." Mal  Walked away with a smile.

    Ye Wei continued to read "The Biography of Ang Lee" in his hand. He didn't find anyone to talk to before getting on the plane, so he looked for enlightenment in books.  This time he took some more books from home. There were a few he brought with him. "Film Art" didn't work, nor did the psychological classic "The Interpretation of Dreams". He looked through the biographies of filmmakers

    This is not the first time I have read these books, but there are some parts that I have not paid attention to before, and my understanding and memory are not deep.

    Gradually he saw something, and his heart skipped a beat, knowing that this was what he was looking for:

    ¡¾Looking back, when I was filming "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman", I was completely confused. I didn't know what the film would look like when it came out. I couldn't grasp its taste.  I know what to shoot in every scene, and I also know that some scenes are pretty good, but I can¡¯t tell how to intersperse them and what the taste is.  Every movie has a taste, a taste. It¡¯s that feeling that it¡¯s looking for, and it relies on this to impress the audience.

    In an "unknown" situation, the only option is to bite the bullet and persevere.  I always feel that what I do with my hands does not seem to be what I have in mind, and it always feels wrong.  ¡¿

    Ye Wei looked at it carefully sentence by sentence. Although the specifics were different, it was almost the same feeling of being lost.

    And this is really interesting. He remembered that he had read "Eat, Drink, Man and Woman" a long time ago. When he first read this biography, he specifically checked its scores, so he wrote down this paragraph with a pencil, and turned a few pages.  Sure enough, I saw in the margins of the book: 1994, with a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a box office of 7,294,403 in North America, and nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

    He still remembers that this Chinese-language film was adapted and remade twice, once as a Hispanic version and once as an African-American version, and the results were pretty good.

    Such a classic had such a bad filming period for Ang Lee.

    Ye Wei couldn't help but laugh, and continued to read while his mood was surging. Soon he saw several passages that made him think deeply:

    ¡¾After several years of accumulation, the most frequently mentioned of my films are "Eat Drink Couple" and "The Ice Storm", which are said to be the most impressive.

    Some people say they like "The Ice Storm", and I know the reason relatively well, but I don't know very well about "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman", why it is so touching to many people!

    ¡°These two films are relatively unfamiliar to me, so I was fumbling about them. I wasn¡¯t sure when I was shooting, and the editing was the most difficult.  The difficulty in "Ride with the Devil" is how to shorten it, but there is no problem of conversion, but both of them are patchwork and three-dimensional.

    Compared with "Ice Storm", "Eat Drink Couple" has more shortcomings in its production. From my personal point of view, some I like, and some I find awkward.  When I was filming, sometimes I really didn¡¯t know what I was doing. I knew which scenes were good, but what was the taste of the whole film, and what kind of energy it would have later on. Many years later, people still come to me and tell me they like it.  , these are all things I never expected.  I remember that when I went to the Hawaii Film Festival for "The Ice Storm" in 1997, someone came to me and said, "I just wanted to tell you that before my father passed away, he was so ill that he didn't talk to his family for more than a year. But before he left, we accompanied him  He watched the video of "Eat Drink Couple" and the only time he communicated with us was to talk about the film. "The man just told me about this, and I was very confused.  ¡¿

    As Ye Wei read, he came across a sentence about the position of "Eating Men and Women" in Li An's heart: "To me, this has always been a mystery." This biography was written in 2002, which means that after Li An finished filming "The Sleeping Man"  Even after "Tiger Hidden Dragon", I still don't understand "Eat Drink Man Woman".

    Why can a movie that I don¡¯t like, feel that it¡¯s not well made, or doesn¡¯t taste good, become a touching classic?

    Ye Wei has already watched all of Ang Lee¡¯s films, and the last film in the ¡°Father Trilogy¡±, ¡°Eat, Drink, Man and Woman¡± is no exception.

    In his opinion, it is undoubtedly a classic. The most touching thing about it lies in its taste. To be precise, it is between taste and not. It gives the whole film a feeling that can only be understood.  Unspeakable embarrassment.  This kind of embarrassment is exactlyIt is the soul of the story and background of the film. It brings together a widower and his three daughters who are in the midst of the changing times, and fully expresses the embarrassment, discomfort and guilt during the transformation and transition of Taiwanese society at that time and the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures.  come out.

    Everyone is struggling between tradition and trend. From the repression, reservation, and inheritance of the East to the boldness, directness, and freedom of the West, everyone finally admits their own desires, including the widower's love between young and old, and the young daughter's unmarried pregnancy.  , the eldest daughter's flash marriage, as the saying goes, "eating men and women, how can people have great desires", there is nothing to avoid.  But this also declares that the traditional Oriental customs are gone and the big family is ruined. Instead, the second daughter, who has always been the most Westernized and rebellious, stays in the tradition. The last scene is an unexpected reveal of family affection.

    The changes of the times are unstoppable. Some old prosperity will eventually become history and can only be found in dreams.  But no matter how you change, the oriental family ties will always be there, and the tradition will be preserved and continued in some new way, often in the most unexpected way.

    Isn¡¯t this the taste and strength of ¡°Eating Man and Woman¡±?  Such a good movie, such a unified taste of embarrassment until the last scene, from embarrassment to sudden mixed feelings.  What is Ang Lee feeling awkward about or confused about?

    "Hahaha." Ye Wei couldn't help but chuckle, feeling somewhat relaxed.

    Part of his dissatisfaction stems from uneasiness. The response to the premiere can be deceiving, as can the reactions of family, friends, lovers, and fans. He is afraid that SS is actually a bad movie, that it will not perform well, and that he will be disappointed.  other people.

    My psychology is really very contradictory. I am afraid of failure, but I also want to get some useful warnings to make the heart in my chest beat harder.

    If the film is a big success, it's hard to guarantee that I won't be arrogant, but the failure of a real-life escape room game will be uncomfortable for a long time. If SS fails miserably like "Carrie", it will definitely not feel good everyone's expectations and efforts will be let down.  A thorough one.

    But now that he sees that this is not his unique filming situation, he feels much more at ease.

    He doesn't understand Ang Lee's confusion, and others don't understand his, but the audience has their own feelings. Maybe ss is definitely a touching and good movie, but the reason may always be a mystery to him. This is one of the blind spots of the creator.  one.

    Is the success of "Eat Drink Man Woman" a blind cat meeting a dead mouse?  No, absolutely not!  Maybe Ang Lee was at a loss when filming so that he happened to capture the essence of that awkwardness, but it was a subconscious activity. This unexpected and out-of-control classic is actually a showcase of Ang Lee's talent.  How can you do it without those things in your mind?

    Ye Wei closed his eyes and let himself sink into the river of SS production. He could see himself at every stage:

    Those who take over, those who interview Bethany's family, those who make plans, those who write scripts, those who prepare, and those who shoot In Hawaii, they are often like a fly flying around. In order to inspire inspiration, they have crazy sex and cause trouble. It is very messy.  , some are sparkling, some are mediocre I think of it, I haven't had sex for a long time

    During the post-production period, he and Amy were very happy. At that time, the situation was stable, and SS allowed him to find another outlet to vent his emotions without reservation, and he used Bethany's story to relieve the pressure in his heart.  The need for light, the struggle against darkness, and all the feelings of confusion, frustration, pain, etc. are all thrown into it.

    It¡¯s just that I didn¡¯t taste it anymore. Every time I saw it, I felt a little embarrassed. Probably because I saw it more than others, I saw the aura mixed with darkness.

    Is this considered production or creation?  Maybe both

    Anyway, isn't this interesting?  It's impossible to control everything when making a movie. There are hundreds of decisions a day. Whether or not you catch the flavor will be full of surprises, good, bad and unknown. It's because of this that making a movie is interesting and the movie has its own independent character.  The soul cannot be easily understood even by the creator.

    Art creation is really a journey of understanding oneself and the world, not the known parts, but the unknown parts.  You don¡¯t know what you can do. When it happens, you will know more about yourself, your past self, your current self, and your hoped-for self. This is self-exploration and discovery, just like life.

    Whether it¡¯s a movie or life, the excitement lies in the unknown.

    Curiosity and exploration of the unknown bring one of the biggest driving forces.

    Thinking about this, Ye Wei suddenly thought about it. There is nothing to worry about. No matter good or bad, it is impossible for people to know all the answers. Most of them have yet to be found. After a lifetime of hard work, the answer is not here, the answer is ahead.

    You will know as you take pictures, or you may never know.

    There¡¯s nothing you can do about it, humans aren¡¯t that smart.

    Ye Wei smiled and looked at the stewardess who was passing by again. She really hadn¡¯t had sex in a long time.Already
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