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.
To be baptized means to make the passage with the people of Israel and with Jesus from slavery to freedom and from death to new life. It is a commitment to a life in and through Jesus.
Oh that I could have the cross painted on my eyeballs, that I could not see anything except through the medium of my Saviorβs passion!
Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.
Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.
I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy.
The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.
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