When Ang Lee meets the idol Ingmar Bergman
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In 2006, Ang Lee, who had won the Golden Lion Award at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the 78th Academy Awards for "Brokeback Mountain", suddenly entered a creative bottleneck. In his distress, he asked a friend to introduce him, came to Faroe Island, and met his idol, Swedish film master Ingmar Bergman. In seclusion, Bergman often refused to visit, but this time, he agreed.
When Ang Lee saw Bergman, he hugged his idol, and then, like a child, lay on Bergman's shoulder and cried. Ang Lee has repeatedly stated that Bergman is his father, his mother, his spiritual teacher. After meeting Bergman, he said, "It's strange, I treat him as a father, but the hug feels like a mother, it's warm."
The year after Ang Lee met Bergman, the philosopher of film art died.
Thinking of this story, sometimes I feel more and more strange and wonder, why do those young people who see their idols dance and cry, what do they get from their mere handsome or beautiful singers and actor idols, and whether those singers and actors will become mentors for young people. This is a question worth pondering.
