Lee takes home second Lion for 'Lust'

September 08, 2007 Ang Lee nabbed the Golden Lion on the Lido for the second time in three years, taking home the Venice Film Festival's top prize during the weekend for his romantic thriller "Lust, Caution," set in World War II-era Shanghai. At a post-verdict news conference, jury president Zhang Yimou offered no explanation of the panel's decision to give the Golden Lion to "Lust." [...] the jury appeared to have bent over backward to appeal to as many tastes as possible by awarding the jury runner-up award to two films instead of one and handing Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov a special Golden Lion for his work.

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