An Airbus plane was on its way to Dallas at night, the business class was quiet, and the passengers were almost sleeping, and Ye Wei was reading a book by the light, and there was a lot of mess in his heart, and he couldn't sleep before sorting out his thoughts.

The stewardess who walked by next to him glanced at him, recognized VIY when he boarded the plane, and he had already taken a group photo.

"Hey, Mal. Ye Wei glanced at her.

Mar stopped and bent down and asked softly, "Weige, what do you need me to do?" VIY was as easy-going as rumored, and gave up the opportunity to upgrade.

"Do you say that the passion in people's hearts will be presented in a calm state?" Ye Wei asked seriously. Mar was stunned for a moment, passionately? She looked at him a few times, and her tone was a little ambiguous: "I don't know, when we get off the plane, let's have another cup of coffee and talk?" Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders and smiled and said, "No, I'm just doing philosophical thinking." Mar smiled and walked away.

Ye Wei continued to read the "Biography of Ang Lee" in his hand, and he didn't find anyone to talk to before getting on the plane, so he looked for inspiration from books. This time he took some books from home, and he brought a few with him, "The Art of Film" did not work, and the psychology classic "The Interpretation of Dreams" did not work, and then flipped through the biographies of filmmakers......

It's not the first time I've read these books, but there are some things that I didn't care about before, and I don't understand and remember them deeply.

Gradually, he saw something, and his heart jumped, and he knew that this was what he was looking for:

[In retrospect, when filming "Eating Men and Women", I was confused, I didn't know what the film would be like, and I couldn't grasp its taste. I know everything in every scene, and I know that some scenes are not bad, but I can't smell how to intersperse them and what the taste is. Every movie has a taste, a sense of taste, and what we look for is that feeling, and we rely on this to impress the audience.

In the "unknown" situation, the only way to do this is to stick to it. I always feel that what I do in my hands doesn't seem to be what I think in my heart, and it always tastes wrong. 】

Ye Wei looked at it sentence by sentence, although the specifics were different, it was almost this feeling of loss.

And it's really interesting, he remembered, "Eating Men and Women" has been seen for a long time, and when I first read this biography, I deliberately checked its results, and I used lead notes in this paragraph, and turned a few pages and sure enough, I saw in the blank space of the page: 1994, IMDb-7.8 points, Rotten Tomatoes freshness 93%, love 92%, North American box office 7,294,403, Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film.

He still remembers that this Chinese-language film was adapted and remade twice, once for the Hispanic version and once for the African-American version, and the results were not bad.

Such a classic has such a bad filming period for Ang Lee.

Ye Wei couldn't help laughing, continued to read in a surging mood, and soon saw a few paragraphs that made him think deeply:

[After several years of precipitation, the most frequently mentioned in my movies are "Eating Men and Women" and "Ice Storm", which are the most impressive.

Some people say they like "Ice Storm", and I know why, but I don't know why "Eating Men and Women" is so moving for many people!

Both of these films are relatively unfamiliar to me, and I am groping for them, and I am not sure when I shoot them, and I am the most difficult when editing. The difficulty of "Riding with the Devil" is how to cut it short, but there is no problem with conversion, but these two parts are patchwork and three-dimensional.

Compared with "Ice Storm", "Eating Men and Women" has more shortcomings in production, and from my personal point of view, some I like it, and some I find it awkward. When I was filming, sometimes I really didn't know what I was doing, I knew which scene was good, but what was the taste of the whole film, and how strong it would be later, after many years, there were people who came to me and said they liked it, these are things I didn't expect. I remember when I went to the Hawaii Film Festival in 1997 for "Ice Storm", someone came to me and said: "I just want to tell you that before my father died, he was so sick that he didn't talk to his family for more than a year, but before leaving, we accompanied him to watch the video of "Men and Women on Diet", and the only thing he communicated with us was to talk about this film. "The man just told me about it, and I was confused. 】

Ye Wei read and read, and read the position of "Eating Men and Women" in Li Anxin: "For me, this has always been a mystery. This biography was written in 2002, which means that Ang Lee still didn't understand "Eating Men and Women" after filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Why is a movie that I don't like, that I don't think is good, that I don't taste good, that it's not right, is a moving classic?

Ang Lee's movies, Ye Wei has already seen them all, and the last part of the "Father Trilogy" "Eating Men and Women" is naturally no exception.

In his opinion, it is undoubtedly a classic, and its most touching thing is its taste, to be precise, between tastelessness and non-taste, which makes the whole film shrouded in an indescribable embarrassment. This embarrassment is precisely the soul of the film's story and the background of the times, gathering the widower and his three daughters in the tide of change of the times, and fully expressing the embarrassment, discomfort and guilt in the process of the transformation and alternation of Taiwanese society and the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures at that time.

Everyone is struggling in the struggle between tradition and trend, from the repression, subtlety, and inheritance of the East to the unrestrained, direct, and free of the West, everyone finally admits their desires, the widower's old and young love, the youngest daughter's unmarried early pregnancy, and the eldest daughter's flash marriage, as the so-called "eating men and women, people's great desires exist", there is nothing to avoid. But this also announces the departure of the traditional atmosphere of the East, the ruin of the big family, but the second daughter, who has always been the most Westernized and rebellious, stays in the tradition, and the last scene is an unexpected family outpouring.

The changes of the times are unstoppable, and some of the old prosperity will eventually become history, which can only be found in dreams. However, no matter how it changes, the oriental family affection is always there, and the tradition will be preserved and continued in some new way, often in the most unexpected way.

Isn't this the taste and strength of "Men and Women on Diet"? Such a good movie, such a unified awkward taste until the last scene, from awkward to sudden mixed feelings. What is Ang Lee awkward and confused?

"Hahaha. Ye Wei couldn't help laughing, and his heart was a little relaxed.

Part of his dissatisfaction stems from his insecurity, the reaction to the premiere is deceiving, and the reaction of family, friends, lovers and fans can also be deceiving, he is afraid that SS is actually a bad movie, he is afraid that it will not do well, and he is afraid that he will not live up to others.

My psychology is really very conflicted, I am afraid of failure, but I also want to get some useful warnings to make the heart in my chest beat harder.

If the film is a big success, it's hard to guarantee that you won't be arrogant, but the failure of a live-action escape room game is not happy for a long time, and if SS fails miserably like "Carrie", it will definitely be uncomfortable...... Everyone's expectations and efforts will also be disappointed.

But now that he sees that this is not his unique filming situation, he is much more relieved.

He doesn't understand Ang Lee's confusion, and others don't understand him, but the audience has their own feelings, maybe SS is sure to be a good movie, as for the reason, it may always be a mystery to him, this is one of the creator's blind spots.

Is the success of "Eating Men and Women" a blind cat meeting a dead mouse? No, absolutely not! Maybe Ang Lee's overwhelm during filming made him just shoot the essence of that embarrassment, but it was a subconscious activity, and this unexpected, out-of-control classic is actually a display of Ang Lee's talent. ――How do you do it without those things in your head?

Ye Wei closed his eyes and let himself sink into the long river of SS production, and he could see himself at each stage:

Takeover, interview with the Bethany family, make plans, write scripts, pre-funding, filming periods...... In Hawaii, many times like a fly flying, in order to be inspired, crazy sex, trouble, very messy, some flashy, some mediocre... It's been a long time since I've had sex......

During the post-production period, he and Amy were very happy, and at that time, the situation was stable, and SS let him find another emotional outlet that he could not reserve, so he used Bethany's story to throw all kinds of feelings such as the need for light, the struggle against the darkness, the confusion, frustration, and pain in his heart.

It's just that I didn't taste it again after that, and every time I saw it, I was a little embarrassed and awkward, probably seeing more than others, and seeing the atmosphere mixed with darkness.

Is this production or creation? Both, right......

Anyway, isn't it very interesting? It's impossible to control everything when making a movie, hundreds of decisions a day, whether you catch the taste or not, will be full of accidents, good and bad, unknown accidents, and that's why making movies is interesting, and the film has an independent soul, and even the creator can't easily understand it.

Artistic creation is really a journey to know oneself and the world, not those parts that are known, but parts that are unknown. You don't know what you can do, when it happens, you have more understanding of yourself, your past self, your current self, your hope self, this is self-exploration and discovery, just like life.

Whether it's a movie or a life, the excitement lies in the unknown.

Curiosity and exploration of the unknown is one of the greatest driving forces.

Thinking of these, Ye Wei suddenly thought about it, there is nothing to worry about, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is impossible for people to know all the answers, most of them still need to be found, a lifetime of hard work to find, the answer is not here, the answer is in front.

Pat it and know it, or never know.

That can't be helped, humans aren't that smart.

Ye Wei smiled, glanced at the stewardess who walked by again, it was really a long time since she had sex......