Broken Parallelism: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon & the Hope of the Antithesis (Blossay)
Broken Parallelism: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon & the Hope of the Antithesis By Maddy Rodak Film Analysis: Cinematography and Gray Morality Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , a film directed by Ang Lee, is set in 18th century Qing Dynasty China and follows the story of three main characters: Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat), Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), and Yu Jia Long (Zhang Ziyi). The film includes martial arts and sword fighting, and these elements play a large part in the plot. While the storyline revolves around revenge, power, and coming to terms with the past, the motivations of the female characters in the film have perhaps one of the largest parts in driving the plot forward. When Jia Long—a governor’s daughter who is set to get married—steals Mu Bai’s sword, named the Green Destiny, for Mu Bai’s sworn enemy Jade Fox, who is the woman who has helped Jia Long learn combat skills, the lives of these three main characters become tightly intertwined. As someone who has st...
