Making Movies

Jack Tseng

Pre-reading

• Who is Ang Lee?• What is a trilogy?

Vocabulary

• bittersweet• gay• generation• harmony• inadvertently• script• star• trilogy

Reading comprehension (PP 1-2)

• How is Ang Lee different from other filmmakers of Hollywood?

• What did Lee’s father do for a living?• What did Lee study in college?• What did he accomplish while working in New

York?

Reading comprehension (PP 3-4)

• How did people think about the prize-winning short movies by Lee?

• Do you think Lee went smoothly in the beginning of being a director?

• What did Lee’s wife expect from Lee?

Continued

• What surprised Lee and his family in 1990?• What were included in Lee’s trilogy?• What was the trilogy about?

Reading comprehension (PP 5-6)• Who was the actor of Pushing Hands?• What was the problem the actor

encountered?• What did the actor think about harmony?• What was Pushing Hands based on?

Reading comprehension (P7)• What role did Sihung Lung play in the

Wedding Banquet?• What was the problem with the father’s son,

Gao Wai?• How did he solve the problem?• Do you think the problem was handled

smoothly?

Reading comprehension (PP 8-9)

• What role did the actor play in Eat Drink man Woman?

• What was the problem with the actor?• What are the themes in the trilogy?