PUSHING HANDSTeam Justin Bieber

Miguel GonzalezMonique Chavez

Ed WuAdan Morales

Jacqueline Wang

Title and Theme

Pushing Hands relates to Sihung Lung (Mr. Chu)

Who is a Master in Tai Chi.

Language Barrier and clashing of different cultures

By: Monique Chavez

Review of the Film

Pushing Hands was Directed in 1992 The film starts out in a suburban city in

New York Displays the clashing of cultures between

the daughter in law, Martha Chu and Mr. Chu

During the course of the movie Mr. Chu is trying to find his culture, by engaging in activities during his journey.

By: Monique Chavez

Screenshot

By: Monique Chavez

Screenshot analysisTitle of Selected Movie Pushing Hands

Scene Family Dinner

Duration of Scene 4:27

Number of shots in selected scene Over the Shoulder, Close up, Midshot, and Point of View, Long Shot,

Characters in Scene 4 (Peter Chu, Martha Chu, Mr. Chu, and Jeremy Chu)

Setting or Composition of Scene Dining Room

Action

Lighting Front

Camera Angles Straight on, Low Angle

Type of Shot Pan

Sound Back round Music

Transitions Cut

Symbols Food, Eating Utensils

Special Effects None

By: Monique Chavez

Biography Ang Lee was born in 1954 in Taipei He was one of the first Chinese-born directors to

find critical and commercial success on both sides of the Pacific.

He graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975

He studied theater directing at the University of Illinois and film production at New York University.  In 1985 he win the

awards for his student work

By: Jacqueline Wang

Ang Lee Biography

while at N.Y.U., he also worked on Spike Lee's acclaimed student film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,

Lee spent the next six years working on screenplays,

Eventually making his directorial debut in (1992) with Pushing Hands -The Wedding Banquet(1993) was Lee's next film - The third movie Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) received a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination.

By: Jacqueline Wang

 Lee was also voted the year's Best Director by the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle.

 Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) that is considered one of his greatest works, a sprawling period film and martial-arts epic that dealt with love, loyalty and loss. It swept the Oscar nominations, eventually winning Best Foreign Language Film, as well as Best Director at the Golden Globes, and became the highest grossing foreign-language film ever released in America.

Best Director Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain (2005) By: Jacqueline

Wang

Year FilmChinese

Title

Oscars BAFTA Golden GlobeNomination

sWins

Nominations

WinsNomination

sWins

1992 Pushing Hands

推手

1993 The Wedding Banquet

喜宴 1 1

1994 Eat Drink Man Woman

飲食男女 1 1 1

1995 Sense and Sensibility

理性與感性 7 1 12 3 6 2

1997 The Ice Storm

冰風暴 2 1 1

1999 Ride with the Devil

與魔鬼共騎

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

臥虎藏龍 10 4 14 4 3 2

2002 The Hire

2003 Hulk 綠巨人浩克

2005 Brokeback Mountain

斷背山 8 3 9 4 7 4

2007 Lust, Caution

色，戒 2 1

2009 Taking Woodstock

胡士托風波

2012 Life of Pi[17]少年 PI的奇幻旅程

By: Jacqueline Wang

East Asian Cinema East Asian Cinema are native films of

East Asia. Refers to Peoples Republic of China,

Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea

Can include some of India’s film from Bollywood.

By: Adan Morales

Popular Genres In East Asian Cinema

Martial arts films (notably the various styles of Hong Kong action cinema such as period Kung Fu, action comedies and Wuxia)

Jidaigeki (Japanese period films, especially Samurai films)

J-Horror (Japanese horror film)

K-Horror (Korean horror film)

Anime (Japanese animation)

Heroic bloodshed (Hong Kong action films) and other gangster films (usually centred on Chinese Triad crime organisations)

Tokusatsu (Japanese science fiction including Kaiju monster films) 

By: Adan Morales

Director’s role in film making

Is the driving creative force in a film's production

Acts as the crucial link between the production, technical and creative teams. 

The director works closely with the cast and crew to shape the film

By: Adan Morales

Responsibilities

Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen

He or she must visualize and define the style and structure of the film

Act as both a storyteller and team leader

to bring this vision to reality

By: Miguel Gonzalez

Skills and Experiences

Exceptional artistic vision and creative skills to develop an engaging and original film

Make decisions, but must also be able to delegate, and to collaborate with others. 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

Inspire and motivate the team to produce the film they have envisioned

By: Miguel Gonzalez

Directing Styles

Montage vs. Long Takes Long shots vs. Cuts between scenes

Hollywood Style Seamless editing facilitating viewer forgetting

the medium of film itself The Brechtian Influence and Alternatives

to Hollywood Style

Dogme95

By: Miguel Gonzalez

Summary of The Class

Takes place in Paris in a racially diverse high school

Teachers go back and forth discussing their different methods of teaching styles, and how they are trying to reach out to their students.

The students display their cultural differences and interest during the movie.

By: Ed Wu

Comparison

Pushing Hands Family Martial Arts Culture Shock Language Barrier Lack of Chinese

Tradition in American Culture

The Class School Rebellious Youth Lack of

assimilation Culture Shock Experimental

teaching styles

By: Ed Wu

Better Luck Tomorrow

These Asian-American students bored with their lives get themselves into petty crimes for other fellow students.

Their lives get more out of control and the crimes get more severe.

Drug and money control their lives; even when they try to get out.

Heading toward a downward spiral, they eventually murder a peer.

By: Ed Wu

Comparison

Pushing Hands Family Martial Arts Culture Shock Language Barrier Lack of Chinese

Tradition in American Culture

Better Luck Tomorrow■ Trouble Youth■ Academic

Environment■ Drugs■ Breaking

stereotypes■ Rebellious nature

By: Ed Wu

Questions

How many directing styles were mentioned today?

When was Ang Lee’s first movie Directed? What location did “Pushing Hands” take

place? What type of martial arts does Mr. Chu

practice? What are the names of the parallel

movies discussed today?