Ang Lee’s 1993 queer Taiwanese film ‘The Wedding Banquet’ is the latest LGBTQIA+ film that has just been added to the US Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.
On Wednesday, December 13, the library released a list of the 25 movies that are going to be added this year.
The official synopsis of ‘The Wedding Banquet’ reads: “Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung’s parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung’s parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.”
The Library of Congress is the US’ oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. The library’s press release said that films are chosen annually “for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.
