| Level | Item |
| Ref No | GUA/9/4/1/4/3/8 |
| Title | Ang Lee and James Schamus |
| Date | 7 November 2000 |
| Extent | 1 audio cassette tape, 2 WAV files (654.5 MB and 49.1 MB) |
| Creator Name | British Film Institute (BFI), 1933- |
| Guardian News & Media Ltd, 1967- |
| Description | Audio recording of an interview with director Ang Lee and scripwriter James Schamus in front of a live audience as part of the Guardian sponsored National Film Theatre Guardian interview series.
The recording begins with Sandra Hebron of the National Film Theatre introducting the event and a selection of clips showcasing Lee and Schamuses' work. Host Neil Norman then proceeds to put questions to the interviewees. The interview focuses predominatly on the making of the film Crouching Tider Hidden Dragon. The interview comprises a question and answer session with members of the audience from 39.48 of track 1.
A summary of the topics discussed is included below.
Track 1:
00.00 Introductions and film clips
03.12 How Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came to be made
07.07 Western themes in the film
11.05 Fight scenes in the film
13.40 Casting of the film and discussions about an English language version
17.18 How adapting a novel affects the scriptwriting process
23.35 How Lee and Schamus began working together
27.04 How Schamuses company Good Machine began and its first film with Ang Lee
30.45 The emotional arc in Lees films
35.55 Eastern films breaking through to western audiences
39.48 Movement between different genres in Ang's film making
42.08 The extent to which making Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a risk
48.57 Availability of the novel of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
49.33 Interest in the martial arts genre
51.54 Possible sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
53.35 Inspiration for female characters in Ang's films
56.36 Making the fight sequence at the end of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
59.30 Flashback scenes at the end of the film
01.01.00 The scriptwriting process
Track 2:
0.00 The scriptwriting process continued
03.55 Norman closes the interview and introduces the final clip.
Other films mentioned in the course of the interview include: Sense and Sensibility; Ride with the Devil; The Ice Storm, Woe to Live On, Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Access Conditions | Access to recording via GNM Digital Repository |
| Format | Electronic record |
| Tape recording |