Interviews mit Ang Lee, Michelle Yeoh und Zhang Ziyi zu «Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon» (2000)

Das war 2000 in Cannes der große Überraschungs-Hit des Festivals.
«Sense and Sensibility with martial arts» hatte Ang Lee versprochen
und dies auch eingehalten. In Cannes fanden Gruppengespräche mit
Ang Lee und den Darstellerinnen Michelle Yeoh und Zhang Ziyi statt;
in Zürich gab es beim Kinostart dann noch Gelegenheit zu einem
Einzelgespräch mit Ang Lee. Zusammen genommen vermitteln diese
Gespräche nicht nur viel Hintergrund zu diesem großartigen Film;
Ang Lee stellt «Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon» auch in Beziehung
zu seinem übrigen Werk, Michelle Yeoh zieht Vergleiche zu anderen
wuxia-Filmen und zu James Bond, während Zhang Ziyi erklärt, wie
sich die Regisseure Ang Lee und Zhang Yimou – dessen Filme «The
Road Home» (1999) und «House of Flying Daggers» (2004) mit Zhang
Ziyi wir noch in diesem Jahr zu zeigen hoffen – unterscheiden. This
was the big surprise hit of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Ang Lee
had promised "Sense and Sensibility with martial arts" and came
through with flying colours (and fighters). In Cannes, there were
round tables with Ang Lee and the actresses Michelle Yeoh and Zhang
Ziyi; in Zurich, I was subsequently granted a one-to-one
conversation with Ang Lee before the film's theatrical release.
Taken together, these conversations not only provide a lot of
background to this great film; in addition, Ang Lee relates
«Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon» to his previous work, Michelle
Yeoh draws comparisons to other wuxia films and to James Bond,
while Zhang Ziyi explains the differences between the directors Ang
Lee and Zhang Yimou, whose films «The Road Home» (1999) and «House
of Flying Daggers» (2004) starring Zhang Ziyi we hope to screen
later this year.