Filmmaker Spotlight Series: Ang Lee – Hulk at Real Art Ways

“When discussing his approach to making Hulk, Ang Lee stated that he was, “attempting to make filet mignon from American hamburger.” You can see this approach in every frame of the film. Ang Lee dives deep into the comic book form, bringing everything from complex panel structure to epic themes onto the big screen. It is a quirky, playful experiment in adaptation. The film also has bombastic and thrilling fight scenes. It is the Hulk, after all.” – Ian Ally-Seals, Film Programming Coordinator & Curator for this film series

“An interesting effort to give one of the staples of mass entertainment something extra in the way of insight and feeling.” – Observer

“Where The Hulk excels is in Schamus and Lee’s almost academic attempt to reinvent the superhero movie according to the rules of its source material.” – Premiere Magazine

“A comic-book movie for adults, that, while it finally flies wide of its intended ‘classic’ mark, is shockingly ambitious in nearly everything it attempts…”- Austin Chronicle

Eric Bana (“Black Hawk Down”) stars as scientist Bruce Banner, whose inner demons transform him in the aftermath of a catastrophic experiment; Jennifer Connelly portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific genius unwittingly helps unleash the Hulk; Nick Nolte plays Banner’s brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son; and Sam Elliott portrays the commander of a top-secret military research center.