Director Ang Lee on the Making of "Lust, Caution" 色,戒 at The Asia Society

Ang Lee on his erotic espionage thriller "Lust, Caution" -- winner of Best Film at the 12/8 Chinese-language Golden Horse Awards as well as the Venice Film Festival. Interviewed at the Asia Society by La Frances Hui, Ang Lee and lead actress Tang Wei discuss the role of sex in the film, the characters' motivations, differences in how Asian and American audiences respond to the film and why, and the cutting of the sex scenes in China. The Academy Award-winning director of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" discusses all this and more with scenes from the film and the making of the film, with additional interviews with lead actor and Asian cinema icon Tony Leung, and Tang Wei. The film also won the Golden Horse awards for best actor, best new performer, best makeup & costume design, best score and screenplay adaptation.

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[mrsgrandberry2005]

This film is AMAZING! It is so unique for Chinese culture and i have a new respect for the Chinese industry!

[murataht]

come on, this is a film, it is an art. You guys still fighting over the stupid political things? we all are human beings!!!

[mauricioandino]

MY BEST CHINESE FILM EVER!!!!!!!

[tdnobita]

Tang Wei has no breast

[swc868]

This movie is beautifully made. But as a chinese descent, I find it so dark, intense and depressing that it is hard for me to watch it the second time. I think it has something to do with the cultural-historical imprint that we have inherited, even though we've never really lived through the WW2 era. I would imagine that it would be like having a Jewish descent watching the Schindler's List. Almost too intense to sit through the entire movie.

[s4053674]

That guy looks like Asian Barack Obama

[MayadIdub]

Beside "Hero", this is the best Chinese movie I've ever seen. Ang Lee is such a genius. Tang Wei and Tony Leung are brilliant! I've watched this movie many times and I never get bored. It's awsome.

[xBlueWinter]

Sigh, hearts will melt watching Tony's performance.

God damn, his eyes can kill.

[JNagarya]

@TheMeatloaflover Ang Lee was born in Taiwan. He spent some 8 years in the US getting his education in film.

He is Chinese/Taiwanese.

[JNagarya]

@TIE47v Agreed: Of all the Tony Leung Chiu Wai performances I've seen, this is by far his best. It would be impossible to improve on it. Same for Tang Wei.

My favorite scene -- the acting is tops -- is that in theteahouse where Mak Tai Tai sings to Mr. Yee. Powerful.

[lauriersroses333]

i saw the movie and i liked it much,beside the girl are so cute and the best thing i liked about her is her NIPPLES my god ,

[sheltv100]

The way to a woman heart is through her vagina. To be more explicid, he should have used the word cunt instead. After all, the intense sex scene was real sex fro sure. When I saw that movie in Korean theaters I acted like a football hooligan yelling out, "Fuck Her! Fuck Her Hard! Fuck her pussy till it rips open! Now that explicid response to a film like that.