ANGER MANAGEMENT

摘要

What on earth is Ang Lee so worried about? The Oscarwinning director of the martial-arts fantasy "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is leaning against a wall outside his office at the Marin County, Calif, visual-effects factoiy Industrial Light & Magic, his right hand pressed flat against his cheek, as if he has a toothache. He's listening to a conversation (about―what else? ―summer movies) between his producer, Larry Franco, and a NEWSWEEK reporter, but he's not contributing much, He looks exhausted. Like a man who's spent 2(1/2) years making a movie―a very movie―and now has a month to finish it. But Lee will be done on time, So what's eating at him? Is it that this movie, "The Hulk," has a higher budget than his seven previous films combined? Is it that, at a price tag of $150 million, it's one of the most expensive movies that Universal Studios has ever made? Actually, no. "At this point, for Ang, this is a small movie," says James Schamus, who co-wrote "The Hulk" and has worked with Lee for 11 years. "His ambition always gets him far beyond where he needs to be." It must be something else, then. Something huge. And green.