The Right Stuff – Philip Kaufman & Ang Lee
Happy birthday Philip Kaufman born on Oct 23 1936 – (He now resides in San Francisco)..
Writer-director Philip Kaufman (American, b. 1936) creates provocative, often experimental films that convey a deep reverence for filmmaking as an art form.
MoMa showcased Kaufman’s films
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Sven Nykvist and Philip Kaufman
(Kaufman cast young Daniel Day Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin for the film Unbearable Lightness of Being. Kaufman also had Sven as the cinematographer.. two from Bergman family).
Henry and June (Full film on youtube) Fred Ward was amazing as Henry Miller. (Miller’s Crossing – previous post)
Philip Kaufman fights grief to make Hemingway film. (Nicole Kidman played Gellhorn and Clive Owen played Heminway. )
Happy birthday Ang Lee – Oct 23, 1954 Taiwan
Bergman said, “You have to love your actors.” He was a very warm, lovely person. Because of The Virgin Spring, it felt like thirty-some years ago the man took my innocence. And then years later, he gave me a very motherly hug. It’s a strange, miraculous, magic power. I never think the way I make movies has any relation to his; he’s like God to me. I will take inspiration. I won’t dare to imitate. But a hug is a hug, filmmaker to filmmaker.
Seeing Virgin Spring by Bergman changed his life.
Pushing Hands Full film on youtube .(this is his first film.. about a Chinese father living in USA.. his son married an American.)
Wedding Banquet. (his first gay film that won int’l film awards)
Tony Leong on Ang Lee (this is a good interview)
Civil war film. Ride with the Devil
Two festivalsrevisits Ang Lee.