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With Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, made using frontier technology, Ang Lee is entering uncharted territory. Xu Fan reports.

Ang Lee is reigniting China's passion and respect for movies. From Sunday to Tuesday, the Oscar-winning director toured Beijing and Shanghai and spoke more than he has in public for the past four years.

"Movies are my religion, a harbor for my soul. I don't see filmmaking as a job, but as a way for me to be innovative and to keep my blood flowing," says the director, who took home the best director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain in 2006 and Life of Pi in 2013.