The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that women's viewpoints are often overlooked or hidden in society.
Ang Lee's quote reflects on the notion that women's experiences and perspectives are frequently marginalized or kept in the shadows, much like the dark side of the moon, which is always present but not visible to us. This highlights the cultural tendency to ignore or suppress voices and insights from women, urging a need for greater awareness and exposure of their views in public discourse.
In practice
In a workshop on gender equality, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of including women's voices in discussions.
I hope people don't compare 2D and 3D because 3D's new, it's unfair to compare to 2D which is really sophisticated, even when we're jaded about it. 3D just began, give it a chance, let the equipment and projection system catch up and be better, let the price go down, let more filmmakers get a hold of it more easily.
On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.
Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.
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What is it that sometimes speaks in the soul so calmly, so clearly, that its earthly time is short? Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on? Be what it may, it rested in the heart of Eva, a calm, sweet, prophetic certainty that Heaven was near; calm as the light of sunset, sweet as the bright stillness of autumn, there her little heart reposed, only troubled by sorrow for those who loved her so dearly.
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.
The more complex the network is, the more complex its pattern of interconnections, the more resilient it will be.
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.
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