"Pushing Hand", "Wedding Banquet" and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women". This is called his family trilogy. What I see is the real Ang Lee.
For most Chinese people, family means feelings, responsibilities and fetters. Therefore, it has become the most complex emotional intersection. "Diet Men and Women" focuses on the description of four characters in a family.
Many comments think that Ang Lee is expressing the changes and current situation of Taiwanese families. In my opinion, there are not too many geographical restrictions, but it may also be related to the age of the film. Filmed in 1994, the
film made a lot of surprises on the basis of the overall gentle rhythm. First, the youngest daughter became pregnant out of wedlock, and then the eldest daughter, Jiazhen, who was always worried that she would not be able to marry, and the physical education teacher, who had a successful career, made a failed real estate investment. . . These things are said in the way of "announcement" at the dinner table, which shows the lack of communication and understanding between people in daily life. It is true that such a family has become a taboo even if they live too close together every day. Jiaqian said to Jiazhen: After my mother died, you became my parent instead of my sister, and you didn't understand my heart. The funny thing is that when she was a daughter and a wife, she thought she was the one who could only take care of her old father for the rest of her life, but she married the man she liked in a flash, and she seemed to have a lot of successful careers and lovers. In the end, she was the only one who stayed in the old house. people in.
The old chef finally decided to sell the old house to be with his daughter's friend Jinfeng. This has to be said to be the biggest surprise of the film, which was beyond the expectations of the people in the film and also the audience did not expect. The dinner that included Jinfeng's family became the climax of the film
In fact, why not regard that separation as the beginning of every new life? I am rather surprised that Jia Qian was the first person to announce at the dinner table that she was going to move out. At that time, everyone's reaction was still astonished, as if moving out was an unwritten prohibition. Of course, Jiaqian's plan ended because of the failure of the investment. The little girl quickly "announced" that she was going to live with her boyfriend and that she was pregnant. The next scene was when her sister and her father said goodbye to her at the door of the house. Then Jiazhen couldn't wait to introduce her husband to her sister and father before dinner, and then moved out of the old house in a hurry. Is this a "cut first and then play" effect? The daughters have all found new lives in their own way, and the people are almost gone. The old cook is forced to start thinking about his future life. It's how some changes in life prompt others, if the daughters have been obediently beside their old fathers, not giving themselves a chance to have a new life, and at the same time hindering the father's new life. It always takes some people to muster up the courage to break those silent stereotypes first.
Ang Lee may have more to tell. At the end of the film, Jia Qian, who has never been at odds with her father the most, may have a new understanding of her father and a touching scene where the father and daughter hold hands. Let go to yourself and let your family experience it. In fact, family love can be closer and harmonious.
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