Films

The Wedding Banquet : Wai-Tung Checks on His Father at the Hospital

After his father suffered a stroke, Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) rushes to the hospital to find his mother, Mrs. Gao (Gua Ah-Leh). When Mrs. Gao notes Wei-Wei's pregnancy, Wai-Tung spontaneously comes out to her as gay, while Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein) and Wei-Wei (May Chin) overhear the conversation.

Citation

Contributor(s)

Film Language

beat, emotion, beat, event, brightness, character, character development, deep focus, dolly shot, extreme long shot, fade-out, interior, low-key lighting, music, nondiegetic, pan, performance, plot, prop, rack focus, scene, shallow focus, stylized acting, tilt, zoom-in, zoom-out

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Cisgender Person, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, LGBTQ: Straight passing, Migrant, White: White American

"Wai-Tung Checks on His Father at the Hospital" in The Wedding Banquet. Directed by Ang Lee, Ang Lee Productions, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3036

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user George Elkind

Share on Facebook