| Show FOOD & GARDEN The Salt Lake Tribune Director cooks up connections between food film ties fresh approach in 'Eat Drink Man Woman' By Karol V Menzie daughters Chu a traditionalist deals with his daughters' problems by cooking huge elaborate Sunday dinners for the whole family For him food is love Unfortunately he has lost his sense of taste so that message too is THE BALTIMORE SUN For director Ang Lee the connection between food and film is elemental: "It's color and texture put together with skill — and then you're waiting for people's reactions" says Lee whose new film is "Eat Drink Man Woman" There are other connections between making a movie and making a meal Lee says: Only the cook knows how the dish is supposed to come out and only the director knows how the film is supposed to be And film and food are both forms of communication the director says In the film "The only way the father can communicate with his daughters is to cook for them" "Eat Drink" follows Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" and is the third in a series he calls "life with father" ("Pushing Hands" less was the first) The second film which was a surprise hit also featured food but as less of a central character In "Banquet" a young gay man marries his female tenant to hide his sexual orientation from his parents Things begin to go awry when the happy parents come for the wedding and an old family friend throws a huge feast for the newlyweds In "Eat Drink" the central character is the most noted chef in Taipei Taiwan one Tao Chu a widower with three troublesome garbled Filming a movie that is so much about food is "very Lee says "There are about seven scenes that are involved with food and the table all looking their best" In the opening sequence Chu is preparing a Sunday meal He cleans fish catches a live chicken - well-know- slices vegetables prepares a soup stuffs the chicken and begins simmering it It takes four minutes on the screen It took eight days to shoot For each food scene the dishes some of which were prepared in restaurants and brought in some of which were prepared on the set — must all arrive at their appointed places looking perfect "The dishes must look steamy and fresh and shiny" says Lee who is an avid chef at home in New York As the food began to tire after several takes it was replaced Sometimes the filmmakers would go through a dozen dishes to get one scene Hard as it was for the chefs and food consultant and director to get all the food right Lee says it was terrible for the actors who n date palms chrysanthemums pothos ivy Chinese evergreen These plants remove noxious gases from indoor air said Rick Klass of Intermountain Plant 4" -- 1 -- 0 tts 'r !I JI - '4 1 ' ' - q r- i 4 - u e00-6)- 1101 t m -- e - i4 t i fhtif"'-'1- 11-t''''c- 7:1::::""754 ' 74:x gallst 17 C1 '" '' - -- liA :& 1 ''' k : '' '' ' ' 1401 c liCIOitli : 1 - : fr " LIII iiiimiiiIIII ''' ' MTH OUR OK SKIDPEE SPECIAL c rAliz r — t I okIQj1 LIL a Niko ISEDIRAITS EADV Christmas background available at extra charge Portrad sael apprommote 110 Nikon BAK 4 566-968- 8 : 1M rill1 I Products goos yOu belttew JL For Customer Service call swum 0 n Ii't hi I I WA 4 PD1171e 800438-8861 ' 1 -1 ' a ' i: á s set) :rA L I A - - 'r- -- 6 t - f- 4171-41:42--1t- e V i 1 ' a ' 1994 PCA 1fl11 :: 7 z —1' - ae Ets Per te ' ' - el t$ !a' - ' ) To" VHS Camcorder tt ' ''' 'Irk 1444 ' ' ''''' 1 2 BETTER & ( Reg $307 :4 SALE 39 a ittagan : I per sq ft rtiti:r86 Sat 5 8-- I - is 1 1 7 'Z Luto - 4erpr- ' 09 &FM per sq ft per sq ft 3596 So 500 W ' --1' INC 3I j a 4 -io ' -0- tirp-a--- 1411 1111441::: c"20- VIA ES20 CaMOHCamcorder "' 8mm p Light Auto Exp n Pop-U- $te With Auto-Paus- e '17Sit tf? 85 07 if IV 269977 ye:" GRAX70 266912 WARRANTY! 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