Episode 5 - Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Ed and Vivi learn that the best way to catch a fox is through her cubs as they are swept away by Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Episode 5 – Published on Sep Written by Ed Mac Spiel There is a shot nearly half an hour into Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that caused me to stop breathing momentarily when I first saw the film, way back in January 2001. I was aware that what I was seeing was not real, and yet, just for a moment at least, I also believed I was actually watching someone fly. It is a brief handheld camera move that tracks behind two fighters as they run and jump and fly across the rooftops of 19 th century Beijing. It is a relatively minor piece of a much larger, more spectacular fight sequence that involves intricate, balletic fight choreography, swordplay, and gravity defying movements. However, to this day, it never fails to astonish me. Much like the film itself. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the story of a master warrior and swordsman, Li Mu
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