At this year's Venice International Film Festival, a high-profile awards ceremony thrust 61-year-old Tony Leung into the spotlight. And one of the award presenters has raised questions from many fans. Why not director Wong Kar-wai, who has collaborated and won awards many times, but director Ang Lee, who has only collaborated with Tony Leung once?
Let's travel back in time to the beginning of the collaboration between Tony Leung and director Ang Lee. This collaboration gave birth to the movie "Color Ring", a film of a large scale, which makes people start to speculate whether Tony Leung will be fully committed, because the emotions and scenes of this movie are quite profound. However, the work eventually won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, and also won Tony Leung the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
Director Ang Lee's status on the international film stage is self-evident. He has not only won two Academy Awards for Best Director, but also won several awards at the Venice International Film Festival. And "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by him became the only Chinese-language film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Ang Lee's works such as "Color Ring" and "Broken Arm Mountain" have also won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival and became the best film. Only Zhang Yimou can compete with Li An, and won the Golden Lion Award twice with "Qiu Ju Fights Lawsuits" and "No One Less". Although director Wong Kar-wai was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival, he failed to win the Golden Lion Award.
Although the two directors have different styles, they are well aware of Tony Leung's outstanding acting talent, so they chose him as the male number one in the film. However, the choice of Ang Lee to present the award and deliver a speech may be because he is more familiar with his work with Tony Leung and appreciates his acting skills more.
Ang Lee and Wong Kar-wai also have obvious differences in their employment styles. Director Ang Lee does not often reuse actors, except for his son Lee Soon. And Wong Kar-wai has invited Tony Leung to star in his own movies many times, seeing the unlimited potential in him and creating different roles each time, so Tony Leung became Wong Kar-wai's royal actor.
In the end, choosing Ang Lee to present the award and deliver a speech became a perfect arrangement. Ang Lee's speech excited Tony Leung because his talent and hard work made him a legend in film history. Whether it's style, work or collaboration, everything seems to fall into place, making this moment so precious.