Life Of Pi Research Paper
YUN ZOO OH
Eng101-Wyman
Research Essay
7 June, 2013
Delicate gaze of strangers: Director Ang LEE
Last year, 2012, the movie “Life of Pi” was released all over the world. Upon release,
Life of Pi became a critical and commercial success, earning over $600 million worldwide
(“IMDb”). At this year, 2013, Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best
Picture, and won four (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee. It was
also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards which included the Best Picture Drama and
the Best Director and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (“Wiki”). This
wasn’t first time won an Academy Award for best director for Director Ang Lee. His …show more content…
Many people were impressed with how he overcome the his Asian culture
background and made American or Western culture movies.
Ang Lee was born in Pingtung, Taiwan, on October 23, 1954. Early on, Lee showed a
preference for the arts and for drama in particular; however, his father, a school administrator
and stern patriarch, strongly dissuaded him from pursuing the arts and demanded that he
follow what was considered a more intellectual, honorable profession (Berry, 2005). He grew
up as the son of a typical Chinese family, but his movie genre is very various. He didn’t limit
the genre on his China or Taiwan background. He even dramatize Jane Austin novel which is
Sense and Sensibility (1995). This movie background is totally Western culture. His most
remarkable cinematic talent is his movies show the good insight of American society and
history rather than other American directors’ movies. If there is no directed by Ang Lee on
credit line, It could believe that the movies subject made by the American director.
Ang Lee movies consist with several themes that make a distinction as his
Eng101-Wyman
Research Essay
7 June, 2013
Delicate gaze of strangers: Director Ang LEE
Last year, 2012, the movie “Life of Pi” was released all over the world. Upon release,
Life of Pi became a critical and commercial success, earning over $600 million worldwide
(“IMDb”). At this year, 2013, Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best
Picture, and won four (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee. It was
also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards which included the Best Picture Drama and
the Best Director and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (“Wiki”). This
wasn’t first time won an Academy Award for best director for Director Ang Lee. His …show more content…
Many people were impressed with how he overcome the his Asian culture
background and made American or Western culture movies.
Ang Lee was born in Pingtung, Taiwan, on October 23, 1954. Early on, Lee showed a
preference for the arts and for drama in particular; however, his father, a school administrator
and stern patriarch, strongly dissuaded him from pursuing the arts and demanded that he
follow what was considered a more intellectual, honorable profession (Berry, 2005). He grew
up as the son of a typical Chinese family, but his movie genre is very various. He didn’t limit
the genre on his China or Taiwan background. He even dramatize Jane Austin novel which is
Sense and Sensibility (1995). This movie background is totally Western culture. His most
remarkable cinematic talent is his movies show the good insight of American society and
history rather than other American directors’ movies. If there is no directed by Ang Lee on
credit line, It could believe that the movies subject made by the American director.
Ang Lee movies consist with several themes that make a distinction as his