Friday, October 27 @ Voorhees Hall #105 7:00pm
The Wedding Banquet (Ang Lee) - A gay New Yorker stages a marriage of con-
venience with a young woman to satisfy his traditional Taiwanese family, but
the wedding becomes a major inconvenience when his parents fly in for the
ceremony. Director Ang Lee came to international prominence with this warm-
hearted comedy, which centers on the farcical confusion that emerges from this
deception. Gao Wai Tung (Winston Chao) has never shared the truth about his
sexuality with his family, and hopes to disguise his long-term relationship with
his lover Simon by marrying Wei-Wei, a young artist who’s only it for the green
card. Never patronising his characters, Ang Lee combines comedy, both subtle
and raucous, with acute social asides. FREE ADMISSION!
Friday, November 3 @ Voorhees Hall #105 7:00pm
Eat Drink Man Woman (Ang Lee) - This Taiwanese drama centers upon the re-
lationships within a Taipei family. The father is a master chef who’s lost his sense
of taste. His wife died so now he lives amongst his three grown daughters. All
three really want to get on with their own lives. The oldest daughter Jen, is a
school teacher adept at hiding her feelings after she suffered a bad love affair
in college. Kien who works for the national airline as a senior executive has just
put all her savings into a new apartment. Young Ning is in school and works at a
fast-food joint. She is getting involved with her best friend’s boyfriend. Life with-
in the family gets more tangled when Chu marries Madame Liang, the single
mother next door. Ang Lee’s generational comedy offers filmgoers a tasty cine-
matic treat. In Mandarin, subtitled. 1994; 123 min. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers
University Confucius Institute. FREE ADMISSION!
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