Ang Lee has a crazy breadth of ability - it is really not possible to pigeon-hole him. He is the director of Sense and Sensibility; Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - to name of few of my faves. These three alone represent a period romance/class study/adaptation of Jane Austen; a stunning story of hidden lives against desolate mountain vistas; an epic love story and adventure tale with virtuoso wire-work.
And he didn't let me down with Life of Pi. I really loved this book, and if anyone could transform it into a movie, he could do it. And he did, in a way I didn't expect. This movie has a candy-like, fairy tale quality, while still being incredibly frightening at times.
Pi is young man sailing for Canada from India with his family and their zoo animals. The freighter goes down and Pi alone survives with a tiger, zebra, hyena and an orangutang. They are together on a lifeboat, but here the law of the jungle is the only law. Eventually the lifeboat occupants are down to Pi and the tiger, and Pi must use his wits to survive.
No comments:
Post a Comment