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After years of trying to nail down a director who would take on this project, “Life of Pi” finally found a proper filmmaker with Ang Lee. In retrospect, this audacious artist was a perfect fit for the project since “Hulk” established that Lee is a fan of using cutting-edge visual effects techniques for more contemplative purposes.
But there were deeper reasons why Lee decided to embark on such an ambitious project. The filmmaker explained to First Showing that he had long been a fan of the original “Life of Pi” book by Yann Martel, but it never struck him as something that would easily translate into a movie. Once Fox approached him to direct the film adaptation, this challenge began to tantalize Lee, especially once he figured out both a story structure for this adaptation and the ways 3D could enhance the story. There was also a burning desire to make a film shot on a water tank look believable, since he’d always felt movies filmed in this environment looked subpar.
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Even as filming got underway, the visual effects problems and overall narrative of “Life of Pi,” particularly the ending of the movie, still proved troublesome for Lee. But those were the kind of challenges that made this unorthodox movie such an exciting prospect for Lee, a man who once thought that “Life of Pi” could never really become a movie.
