She had only made one other theatrical movie ("The Road Home") prior to starring in "Crouching Tiger" and said she "felt I was a mouse, and Ang Lee a lion. This also added to the pressure on Zhang. Amazon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 ‘’ Directed by Ang Lee Synopsis A timeless story of strength, secrets and two warriors who would never surrender Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman’s daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life. That was hard enough on its own, even before Yeoh injured her knee and needed a month of rehab to recover. Then there were the incredible fight scenes, which boasted astonishing choreography by Yuen Wo-ping (who was fresh off his work on "The Matrix" at the time) and called upon Zhang, Chang, and their co-stars Chow Yun-fat (Li Mu Bai) and Michelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien) to perform a good deal of the wire-assisted stunt work themselves. 'We burn the incense when we want it to rain.'" 'Because you burned the incense,' he said. After a while one of the local people came around and said the gods must be smiling on us. Well, we had dreadful luck - it rained sheets, nonstop, ruining our schedule. So each morning we lit incense for good luck. "The Gobi is the hottest, dryest place on earth. But at the same time, the movie was kind of a pain in the butt to make and it had exhausted its cast and crew (Lee included) by the time it was done shooting. In the case of "Crouching Tiger," the result is one of the finest films Lee has ever done, which is saying a lot. Of the many lessons one could take from Lee's eclectic career thus far (one that's naturally seen its share of ups and downs because of his ambition, not in spite of it), perhaps the most important is that there's no formula for making great art. "Crouching Tiger" is also a poignant tale in the vein of "Brokeback Mountain," examining the way societies wreak havoc on people's lives by forcing them to repress their feelings and true sense of self. It's a visually-staggering, sweeping historical martial arts epic where warriors effortlessly soar over city rooftops, clash swords above a wind-strewn bamboo forest, and pursue each other for days on end across a desert.
There are many martial arts movies that came before and after it, but it manages to stand out in the crowd by having a unique story that equally focuses on male and female characters. Sitting at the nexus of those two groups is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Lee's wuxia classic based on the fourth work of Wang Dulu's Crane Iron pentalogy. Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is undoubtedly one of the most visible and successful wuxia films of the 21st century.
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