As you know, Mr. Lee got his start by winning a Chinese Government screenplay competition 6 years after finishing film school at NYU. The screenplays he submitted for the competition got 1st and 2nd place.
The first place film was "Pushing Hands" (推手) . The second place film was "The Wedding Banquet" (喜宴). The screenplays were so good that the studios eventually decided to let Mr. Lee make both films.
In "Pushing Hands" an elderly Chinese man moves from Beijing to New York and tries to adapt as best he can to the different culture.
"The Wedding Banquet" is a comedy about a gay Taiwanese man who marries a Chinese woman so he can get a green card and live in the U.S.. The plan seems to work until his parents come to America to help with the wedding...
Since they were both created at the same time and for the same purpose, I thought it was appropriate that they be presented together. So here they are! The beginning of Mr. Lee's career, linked below.
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