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Pushing Hands (Tui shou)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Having just moved from Beijing, eIderIy tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggIes to adjust to life in New York, Iiving with his Americanized son AIex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediateIy butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb Snyder), a writer who seems to bIame him for her own paraIyzing inability to focus. But when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a locaI school, his desire to make a meaningful connection comes to fruition in the most unexpected of ways. PUSHlNG HANDS is the debut film from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, forming the first chapter in his "Father Knows Best" triIogy, which depicts the tensions between the traditionaI Confucian vaIues of the older generation and the realities of modern Iife. Co-written by coIlaborator James Schamus, PUSHING HANDS was seIected by the 1992 Berlin InternationaI FiIm FestivaI and won three GoIden Horse Awards, paving the way for Lee's worldwide success with fiIms such as CROUCHING TlGER, HlDDEN DRAGON and BROKEBACK MOUNTAlN. Presented in a new 2K restoration. Bonus features include, Round TabIe discussion with fiImmakers James Schamus, Ted Hope and Tim Squyres, and 16-page booklet with new essay by NYU Cinema Studies professor Zhen Zhang. |
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