Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19The Wedding FoolsGroup Name: Poly PowerBy: Rocio Ojeda, Cinthia Angulo, Erika Togual,Edmund Cheung, David GonzalezThe Wedding Banquet•The Wedding Banquet was a Comedy, Drama and Romance movie.•It was Directed by Ang Lee in 1993•It was writen by Ang Lee, Neil Pend, and James Schamus•It's a great example of modern day life and combines so many issues of today; sexuality, cross cultural life, tradition/modernity.Rocio OjedaSummary•Simon and Wei Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan.•Simon suggests a fraud marriage between Wei Tung and Wei Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. •When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.Rocio OjedaThe Wedding Banquet (cont.)•The Wedding Banquet is a truly inspiring and cross culturally challenging film. It touches on many issues and themes which have never been combined before in one movie: Taiwanese Americans vs. Chinese Americans, Asian American families, old school parents vs. younger generations, multi racial couples, gay couples, gay Asian Americans, immigrants, pride, family values and love.Rocio OjedaFools Rush In•Romantic comedy about Mexican-American woman who falls in love with Caucasian man •Their families do not agree with their relationship because of cultural differences•These differences eventually tear them apart•In the end, they reconcile because they love each other and realize that this is stronger than their contrary viewsCinthia AnguloCinthia AnguloFools Rush In ComparisonDifferences•Language barrier in The Wedding Banquet•Complications of same-sex relationships•Only one family involved in Wedding Banquet that exerted influenceScreenshot Analysis ClipCinthia AnguloScreenshot AnalysisTitle of Selected Movie The Wedding BanquetSceneBreakfastDuration of Scene1.41Number of shots in selected scene1Characters in Scene5 (Wai-Tung, Simon, Wei-Wei, Mr. Gao, Mrs. Gao Setting or Composition of SceneDining RoomActionWalking, Pacing, Yelling, WhisperingLightingFrontCamera AnglesStraight onType of ShotPanSoundDialogueTransitionsCutSymbolsFood, Eggs/Fertility, Inside/Outside ActionsSpecial EffectsNoneMy Big Fat Greek Wedding SummaryErika TogualThis movie is about a young Greek lady name Toula, who is going through a midlife crisis. At age thirty, she is the only woman in her family who has failed to marry a Greek, make Greek babies and feed everyone until the day she dies. Toula then meets Ian Miller and the father does not accept this relationship because he is not Greek. At the end he does accepts the relationship.Erika TogualMy Big Fat Greek Wedding ComparisonChinese parents wants Wai to get marry and have lots of childrenSet up in Singles clubIn love with a maleParents will not accept the relationshipParents want him to have a big wedding banquetLanguage barrierGreek parents want Tulla to marry and have lots of childrenSet up in datesIn love with an AmericanParents does not accept the relationshipParents wants her to have a big Greek weddingLanguage barrierWedding Banquet Big Fat Greek WeddingFilm Theory & Background•What does it constitute?•Why is Ang Lee so good at it in this film?•Ang Lee’s first of three movies made about gay characters and their livesDavid GonzalezKey Theories•The films relationship with reality and society at large•Talks about the troubles of Homosexuality and openness in families with traditional culture•Explores the Taiwanese culture and marriage ritualsDavid GonzalezFilm Text & ApproachesDavid Gonzalez•Film not only uses words but also different shots, angles, and speeds•Its semantic intent for the audience•Although the film expresses itself to its audience through a language, it cannot constitute a linguistic systemDavid GonzalezFilm Text & Approaches (cont.)•Therefore the language of film cannot be answered by the language of literature because the two use different modes of expressionAdaptationsDavid Gonzalez•In December 1993, a novelization of the film, titled Wedding Banquet and published in Japan, was written by Yuji Konno•In 2003, a musical adaptation with a different twist was created and performed at the Village Theatre. It was directed by John Tillinger and choreographed by Sergio TrujilloA Union of Convenience Across a Cultural Divide•Union of convenience:–Wai Tung marries his tenants, Wei Wei to keep his parents off his back, and for Wei Wei to get a green card.–Wei Wei gets pregnant out of this fake marriage and conveniantly fulfills the wishes of Wai Tung’s parents to have a grandchild.–Wai Tung & Wei Wei’s marriage symbolizes the reunion of China and Taiwan.Edmund CheungA Union of Convenience Across a Cultural Divide•Cultural Divide:–Wai Tung: American workaholic vs. the Asian Traditionalist–Wei Wei: the painter struggling to stay in America–Simon: torn between his lover’s family and himself–Mrs. Gao: the intermediate between the divide Edmund CheungQuiz Time!!•When was the Wedding Banquet filmed?•What were the two parallel movies mentioned today?•According to Toula family, there is three things that she has failed in. What are those three things?•The Wedding Banquet was turned into a _______ adaptation?a) Musicalb) Frenchc) Operad) Television•What did the marriage of Wai Tung and Wei Wei represent?Edmund CheungThe EndEdmund