Taiwanese film director known for internationally acclaimed films including Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.

Won Academy Awards for Best Director for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.

DeBaser readers generally praise Ang Lee for elegant storytelling, striking visuals and strong performances. Reviews highlight his use of 3D and cinematography in Life of Pi, the emotional clarity of Brokeback Mountain, the atmospheric detail of Lust, Caution, and the cultural reflections in Billy Lynn. Overall the reception on DeBaser is appreciative and thoughtful.

For:film lovers, Ang Lee fans, readers interested in visual storytelling

 Brokeback Mountain is not a "fairy tale," the characters are not caricatures, stereotypes, or idealized figures but real people, each with their own personality, strengths, and weaknesses, wonderfully played by great actors like the prematurely departed Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and the marvelous Anne Hathaway (my all-time favorite actress), and it is not yet another cloying American dream where everything ends well and they all live happily ever after, it is simply a love story told with grace and pathos, without ever glossing over the rough and edgy aspects.

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 “Life of Pi” is one of the few films that can compete (maybe along with “Hugo Cabret”) at those visual levels with an entirely justified use of the third dimension coupled with a moving cinematography by Chilean Claudio Miranda.

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 The film reveals from the start a particular atmosphere, notable attention to detail, to the play of glances, gestures, the tendency to let "the images speak" through long (but never tiring) moments of introspection and silence.

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 Lee's film is an impeccable product, as always (or almost) concerning the works of the director twice Golden Lion winner (in the '700s) and two-time Golden Bear winner (in the '90s).

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