Ang Lee's unique cinema

Although the Wedding Banquet is just Ang Lee's second feature, many of his unique cinematic languages which we see in every his films have already been overt. I am very surprised in discovering these. I would name several of them here and I wish Ang Lee fans could provide their observations.

Symmetry

In the first part of the film Simon takes off the ring from his right ear before meeting Mr Gao. The first sentence Mr Gao says to Simon, is 'thank you for taking care of Wei-Tung'. In the end of the film the last time Simon facing Mr Gao, he is wearing his right side ear ring. At this moment Mr Gao's last sentence to Simon is 'thank you for taking care of Wei-Tung'.

At the first time when Wei-Wei cooks in the kitchen, Simon gives her help. At the last time, Simon has a small fight with her.

The first whole family dinner in Wei-Tung' house is a happy one under the guise 'food made by Wei-Wei', the last whole family dinner in Wei-Tung's house is an awkward one without guise as Mrs Gao tells 'tonight's meal is made by Simon'.


Sense and Sensibility contrast

In the film there are many frames that contain two contrasting scenarioes. I just name the most prominent two here. In the first part after Simon presents Mr & Mrs Gao his gifts, he is left alone at the left side of the frame while the Gao family is gathering at the right side of the frame.
And, of course the scene Mr Gao accepts Simon as 'my son also', the frame separates into apparent two.

Departing

There are two departing scenes in The Wedding Banquet. The first happens right after the banquet: Mr & Mrs Gao slowly walk through the hallway, then exiles, while Wei-Tung and Wei-wei are gazing
at them as we see next . The second is of course the airport departing, in this scene, the camera first moves from the young's back to the parents', then it switches between the parents back and the young's front two times. This exactly the same camera moves in many other Ang Lee films,
most prominently Brokeback Mountain and Ride With The Devil.

The more I see it, more I discover. It is very amusing to me how can films be so inexhaustible as Ang Lee's are.