![]() ![]() “But I looked at her face, and your emotions are so devoted to her as soon as you look at her, without saying anything, so I really wanted her to carry this movie.” “Before ‘Crouching Tiger’ she was hardly doing any dramatic roles,” says Lee. ![]() “Crouching Tiger” was also a pivotal point for Yeoh, who had already found a fanbase for her work in the 1992 Jackie Chan vehicle “Supercop” and 1996’s “The Stunt Woman.” It’s like a congregation to me, in my mind. "I stage the show, lift people’s spirits, and hopefully life feels different after they walk out of the theater. He calls movie theaters "the modern temple." "Crouching Tiger" was "one of the heydays" in a career spent creating experiences for the cinema, Lee says. Previously best known for critical darling dramas such as “Sense and Sensibility” (1995) and “The Ice Storm” (1997), Lee became a blockbuster auteur after “Crouching Tiger,” and won best director Oscars for both “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) and “Life of Pi” (2012). It represented a turning point in Lee’s career. The film – equal parts grand romance, intimate character study and stunning adventure picture – was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won four, including best foreign language film, and earned more than $200 million worldwide. Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."īased on the novel by Wang Du Lu, originally released in serialized format from 1941 to 1942, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is the epic tale of two warriors, played by Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat, whose paths are intertwined with that of the notorious Jade Fox (Cheng Pei Pei) and Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a governor’s daughter with a complicated past. ![]()
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