Word: angelis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ang Lee has a reputation for his ability to exploit his character's internal conflicts in any time or place, be it Jane Austen's England in his 1995 release Sense and Sensibility, or the alienated '70s suburbia of 1997's The Ice Storm. Yet his latest project, Ride With the Devil, based on Daniel Woodrell's novel Woe to Live On, reflects the damage too much praise can have on a director. All that distinguishes Ride with the Devil as anything other than a glorified action flick is a splattering of historical nuances and the occasional flirtation with character...
...fighting men of the Civil War, whether Blue or Gray, are recalled with sympathy, poignancy. They left their homes to fight in someone else's backyard for freedom or tradition. The truth, though, may be closer to the blind, bloody chaos depicted in Ang Lee's severe, handsomely rendered Ride with the Devil. In Border states like Missouri, a young man was at war not only with his brother but with his own best instincts as well...
...should be of no surprise that in recent years the most successful cinematic portrayals of American life have come not from native directors but foreigners. Unlike often-jaded American filmmakers, foreign directors have a unique perspective and can be more attuned to more subtle aspects of American culture. Ang Lee has proved himself to be quite an insightful observer of American life, directing both Pushing Hands, a well-told story about a mixed Asian marriage and the cultural struggles it creates, and The Ice Storm, a subtle and powerful film about WASP culture in the '70s. Both films, the latter...
Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Nashwille at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Calgary at Los Ang...
Wash. at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Carolina at Los Ang...