<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Obsessed With Film &#187; Ang-Lee</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/category/ang-lee/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com</link>
	<description>Movie News, Movie Reviews and Movie Trailers</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:05:28 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Kubrick&#8217;s brother-in-law producer wants Ang Lee to direct his unrealised film THE ARYAN PAPERS!</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/julia-roberts/kubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unreal-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unrealised-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-brother-in-law-pr.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/julia-roberts/kubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unreal-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unrealised-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-brother-in-law-pr.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Harlan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia-Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanley-Kubrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Aryan Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uma-Thurman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unfolding the Aryan Papers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=25677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Stanley Kubrick's unrealised holocaust drama The Aryan Papers, scrapped in the 90's because he believed Steven Spielberg had made the definitive movie on the subject with Schlinder's List in 1993, could soon be resurrected into a feature film at Warner Bros, according to an article in The Times.

Or could it just be a bit of a nonsense story to attract more visitors to the Edinburgh Festival which is soon to be running an exhibition titled Unfolding the Aryan Papers (the above image is from a documentary to be screened) which looks at the legacy of material the then reclusive and obsessive researcher had left behind for what ultimately would be an unfulfilled dream.

But anyway, it seems WB maintained the rights to the novel Wartime Lies by Louis Begley (just in case this would happen) upon which Kubrick's holocaust script was based, about a Jewish Polish woman and her nephew fleeing persecution from the Nazi's during  the Second World War by pretending to be catholics. Jan Harlan, Kubrick's half-brother and long time producing partner is pushing for Oscar winning director Ang Lee to be chosen as the man to adapt

Way back when Kubrick came so close to production, he had ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/julia-roberts/kubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unreal-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-long-time-producer-wants-ang-lee-to-direct-his-unrealised-film-the-aryan-paperskubricks-brother-in-law-pr.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ang Lee&#8217;s Best Yet: Simon Reviews TAKING WOODSTOCK</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/reviews/ang-lees-best-yet-simon-reviews-taking-woodstock.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/reviews/ang-lees-best-yet-simon-reviews-taking-woodstock.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 23:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes 2009 Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demetri Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emile-Hirsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene Levy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Goodman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imelda Staunton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liev Schrieber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Dano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=23827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Status: In Competition

I have always admired Ang Lee from a distance- always aware of the prowess of his artistry as a director, but not always attracted to his subject matter, but ever since the early rumours of this project started to break I was gripped. The prospect of a film about something so close to my heart- the festival scene and live music in general- aroused my interest long before it was announced that Taking Woodstock would be playing at Cannes 2009. Im a strong believer that there are several moments in popular musical history that deserved the cinematic treatment- the birth of the Madchester music scene (happily now served by 24 Hour Party People), the Californian musical revolution (some sort of adaptation of Barney Hoskyns' Hotel California would be a fantastic prospect), the age of the rock journalist (captured by the sublime Almost Famous) and the early days of Woodstock. Thanks to Ang Lee and Taking Woodstock I now have three out of four, and Im just as impressed with it as I am the other two movies I've just mentioned. In fact, even more.

Being already pretty well versed on the history of the festival, and the music business in general ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/reviews/ang-lees-best-yet-simon-reviews-taking-woodstock.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cannes Here I Come&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/ang-lee/cannes-here-i-come.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/ang-lee/cannes-here-i-come.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannes 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=23263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just under two weeks before I jet off to the Cote D’Azur. Suppose now would be a good time to start my Cannes coverage, starting with a bit of a brief introduction…

I’ll be staying here…



Maeva Club Résidence Valescure, Saint-Raphael

A studio for four people. For just me. I feel like Kevin McCallister. 

A slight pity that it’s so far outside of Cannes itself (45mins by car), but it was an inevitability, and the simple fact of the matter is I’m going to be attending the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, covering the premier European film event on the calendar. I’d have walked from here.

The particular highlights are innumerate: I personally like the approach they’ve taken this year in screening so many dark-looking movies, after all this year isn’t exactly panning out to be a barrel of laughs what with the economy still struggling along, the impending swine flu pandemic and the increasing realisation that our governments aren’t actually out to look after 90% of the population.

It goes without saying that my excitement at the prospect of seeing Inglorious Basterds, Drag Me to Hell, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and even Up is palpable, and hopefully you’ll be interested in my take on ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/ang-lee/cannes-here-i-come.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Psychedelic poster for Ang Lee&#8217;s TAKING WOODSTOCK!</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/psychedelic-poster-for-ang-lees-taking-woodstock.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/psychedelic-poster-for-ang-lees-taking-woodstock.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demetri Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trailers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=22496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Debuting, as it should, at Rolling Stone is the poster for Ang Lee's comedy/drama Taking Woodstock which is likely to give you a headache if you stare at it for too long and is almost impossible to read the tagline, making it a rather useless piece of film marketing. But pretty nonetheless...



The tagline according to Movie Poster Addict reads; “A Generation Began in His Backyard”.

The Focus Features production adapts the memoir of Elliot Tiber, who set the wheels in motion for the historical 1969 music festival which defined a generation. Comedian Demetri Martin stars as Tiber with Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Liev Schrieber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan among others supporting.

I must have been having a busy day, but it seems a few weeks back I missed the trailer debut for the film...


 

The movie opens Aug. 14th (U.S.) and Oct. 30th (U.K.) ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/psychedelic-poster-for-ang-lees-taking-woodstock.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ang Lee takes over THE LIFE OF PI</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-takes-over-the-life-of-pi.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-takes-over-the-life-of-pi.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life of Pi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yann Martel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=20529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since it's release, several non-American directors have been obsessed with bringing Yann Martel's 2002 Man Brooker Prize winning novel LIFE OF PI to the big screen but so far, all have failed.



M.Night Shyamalan (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE, THE HAPPENING) tried but then dumped it when he was worried about "audience expectations" that come with his name, i.e. twist endings.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (AMELIE, A VERY LONG ENGAGMENT, ALIEN RESURRECTION) tried it but couldn't get the budget to make the movie he wanted and bailed out.

Alfonso Cuaron (GREAT EXPECTATIONS, CHILDREN OF MEN, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN) flirted with it but then couldn't figure out how to make the movie into a satisfying two hour drama.  

Now Variety say the torch has passed to veteran Ang Lee who has entered talks with Fox 2000 to turn this popular modern work of fiction, into a popular modern work of cinema.
Novel revolves around a youth who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger.
Lee is on the lookout for a screenwriter, though don't be surprised if he ends up hiring James Schamus who ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-takes-over-the-life-of-pi.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Emile Hirsch joins TAKING WOODSTOCK</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/emile-hirsch-joins-taking-woodstock.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/emile-hirsch-joins-taking-woodstock.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emile-Hirsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene Levy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Goodman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imelda Staunton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Schmaus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey-Dean-Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Groff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Dano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoe-Kazan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liev-schreiber]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/?p=13043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Production will begin later this month on Ang Lee's next movie Taking Woodstock, a Focus Features production which adapts the memoir of Elliot Tiber, who set the wheels in motion for the historical 1969 music festival which defined a generation.

Variety say casting is complete, Emile Hirsch, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber are the latest foursome to join the picture. For Hirsch, it's another big role for an actor who just 12 months ago was known as "that kid from The Girl Next Door".


Comedian Demetri Martin is still attached to play the lead role of Tiber, Staunton and Henry Goodman his parents, Hirsch a returning Vietnam vet, Jonathan Groff the Woodstock organiser, Eugene Levy as Yasgur and Schrieber is in talks to play a TRANSVESTITE!

Watchmen's Jeffrey Dean Morgan will play a closet gay who is having an affair with Tiber despite his straight marriage, Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan will play a hippie couple at the concert, Dan Fogler a theatre manager and Mamie Gummer will play Lang's assistant.

Big ensemble movie and what that continually reminds me of his great movie The Ice Storm, that deconstructed the middle class society of a early 70's Suburbia.

Screenwriter James Schmaus wrote ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/emile-hirsch-joins-taking-woodstock.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Demetri Martin is TAKING WOODSTOCK</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/demetri-martin-is-taking-woodstock.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/demetri-martin-is-taking-woodstock.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 05:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demetri Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/demetri-martin-is-taking-woodstock.php</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Comedian Demetri Martin is in final talks for the starring role in Ang Lee's next movie Taking Woodstock - a film based on Elliot Tiber's memoir as the in-the-closet gay guy working at this parents motel who inadvertently sets the wheels in motion for the generation-defining concert of 1969.

I can't say I know the guy but a lot of pages come up when I type his name in Google, so he must be someone famous. Maybe he hasn't made the transition to the U.K.

Taking Woodstock will be Martin's first leading role, though he will have a small role in two comedies next year The Rocker and The Post Grad Survival Guide.

source - variety  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/demetri-martin-is-taking-woodstock.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Marginally-Decent Hulk</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-marginally-decent-hulk.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-marginally-decent-hulk.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray DeRousse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward-Norton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liv-Tyler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trailers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-marginally-decent-hulk.php</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's just get this out in the open right now: The Hulk is one of the most boring superheroes in the history of comic books.

Let's detail what makes him so undeniably incredible:

	1. He gets mad.
	2. He grows large, turns green, and magically acquires purple pants.
	3. He smashes shit.
	4. Rinse and repeat.

Folks, this is not the depth of material upon which to base an entire franchise. I mean, the Green Lantern makes more sense. Aquaman might have a better backstory and purpose in fighting crime. In fact, I'd even take The Wonder Twins over this nonsense.

Despite the obvious problems inherent in the "story" of the Hulk, director Ang Lee gamely attempted to bring some depth and humanity to his plight with his 2003 adaptation. While the film had an interesting visual motif, the limp lack of a proper foil for our "hero" and all of the psycho-babble Daddy subplots angered the fanboys. All two of them.

Marvel, knowing full well that they have managed to successfully market Hulk comic books over the years, decided to give their big green moneymaker another cinematic chance by rebooting the franchise a mere four years after the first film.

Of course the buzz flowing freely from the ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-marginally-decent-hulk.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ang Lee is TAKING WOODSTOCK</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-is-taking-woodstock.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-is-taking-woodstock.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Schamus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Woodstock]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-is-taking-woodstock.php</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ang Lee is once again proving himself to be a director whose project choices are incredibly unpredictable (or maybe not if we delve deeper - see after the cover).

Following on from his brilliant spy thriller Lust, Caution - which came after the gay western Brokeback Mountain - which came after the comic book movie Hulk... comes a drama about the summer of 1969 and the events of Woodstock.

Variety say Lee will direct and his frequent partner in crime James Schamus will scribe a COMEDY based on Elliot Tiber's memoir "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, Concert, and a Life," co-written with author Tom Monte.


Set during the politically turbulent summer of '69, story follows an Everyman working at his parents' motel in the Catskills who inadvertently sets in motion what would become the generation-defining concert.

The pic will have one lead, based on Tiber, and a colorful ensemble. Speculation about original or period music was not confirmed, though the film is assuredly not going to be about the famed concert itself.
What the trades seem to have neglected mentioning and what I have found in my research via google, Tiber is actually gay. Is Ang Lee once again touching on sexual ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/ang-lee-is-taking-woodstock.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>THE INCREDIBLE HULK trailer sucks. Plain and simple.</title>
		<link>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-incredible-hulk-trailer-sucks-plain-and-simple.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-incredible-hulk-trailer-sucks-plain-and-simple.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ang-Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward-Norton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liv-Tyler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim-Roth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William-Hurt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-incredible-hulk-trailer-sucks-plain-and-simple.php</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's taken a long time for Universal to show us a trailer for The Incredible Hulk reboot/restart but I gotta say, they might have been better off from showing us the big reveal of the big green guy completely, Cloverfield style.

He looks CGI crapola. And so does the rest of the movie. Unbelievably, it looks worse than Ang Lee's film in nearly every department and you really have to wonder if a good Hulk movie is even possible in this current film climate.

I'm stunned Universal have made the same mistakes again. You have to wonder if it would have been more effective just having a real guy, ala Lou Ferrigno (best on screen incarnation of the character for my money) play the character on screen and not CGI him. BETTER YET, this movie maybe should have gone the motion capture or animated avenue, maybe then we might actually get a massive sized Hulk that doesn't look ridiculous.

Nothing works here. Edward Norton's a fine actor but he's totally wrong for this part, especially the way he is playing it. He does not for one minute feel like a superhero, he can't carry this picture. Liv Tyler is just horrible. William Hurt ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-news/the-incredible-hulk-trailer-sucks-plain-and-simple.php/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
