ang lee

andre was looking for this film the other day. i have it on vhs (an old vhs tape with that beautiful size and shape and smell and sound and amazing feel to it) but i can't find the tape. and it's funny how easy it was to get a clip from youtube.
i love ang lee. i remember how this film revolved my world when i was a teenager. i love how the kid explains his love for maths :) ang lee has that special way to touch love, to explore that deep level of sharing between two people.. and i love the way he uncovers people's insecurities and what they do to turn them into security. there's also always this feeling that there is no place to go back to, there's no returning, there's no home. and at any moment things can just change to something completely different. he's great at showing how strangeness feels comfortable. his films touch a special part of me, even in my skin i feel them in different parts than the tissues or the in between tissues that other directors touch

some quotes by ang lee:
"Everywhere can be home and everywhere is not really home and you have to deal with loneliness and alienation. I'm old enough to realize that eventually you have to deal with loneliness, anyway. I'm happily married, I love my children, but eventually you have to deal with yourself. I trust the elusive world created by movies more than anything else. I'm very happy when I'm making a movie."

"Nothing stands still. That's important in my movies. People want to believe in something, want to hang on to something to get security and want to trust each other. But things change. Given enough time, nothing stands still."

"Every movie I make. That's my hideout, the place I don't quite understand, but feel most at home."

"I think I find something new in each culture after being away for a bit, and that's creatively important. You can't move forward without changing, and that's why I try to stay open to new perspectives. I want to keep learning. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can never learn enough."