Film Movement: New 2K Restoration of Ang Lee's Pushing Hands Coming Soon to Blu-ray
HomeFilm Movement: New 2K Restoration of Ang Lee's Pushing Hands Coming Soon to Blu-ray
Posted March 29, 2022 04:55 PM by Webmaster
Film Movement has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Ang Lee's Pushing Hands (1992), starring Victor Chan, Chan Chit-Man, and Lung Sihung. The release will be available for purchase on May 10.
Label description: Having just moved from Beijing, elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb Snyder), a writer who seems to blame him for her own paralyzing inability to focus. But when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a local school, his desire to make a meaningful connection comes to fruition in the most unexpected of ways.
Presented in a stunning new 2K restoration, PUSHING HANDS is the debut film from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, forming the first chapter in his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, which depicts the tensions between the traditional Confucian values of the older generation and the realities of modern life. Co-written by collaborator James Schamus, PUSHING HANDS was selected by the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival and won three Golden Horse Awards, paving the way for Lee's worldwide success with films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Label description: Having just moved from Beijing, elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb Snyder), a writer who seems to blame him for her own paralyzing inability to focus. But when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a local school, his desire to make a meaningful connection comes to fruition in the most unexpected of ways.
Presented in a stunning new 2K restoration, PUSHING HANDS is the debut film from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, forming the first chapter in his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, which depicts the tensions between the traditional Confucian values of the older generation and the realities of modern life. Co-written by collaborator James Schamus, PUSHING HANDS was selected by the 1992 Berlin International Film Festival and won three Golden Horse Awards, paving the way for Lee's worldwide success with films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Round Table discussion with filmmakers James Schamus, Ted Hope and Tim Squyres, moderated by film critic Simon Abrams
- 16-page booklet with new essay by NYU Cinema Studies professor
- In English & Mandarin with English Subtitles
