Ahn tells IndieWire the 1993 Ang Lee hit was the first gay film he ever saw, but that his version of "The Wedding Banquet" owes more to Lee's 1994 follow-up, "Eat Drink Man Woman."

The Wedding Banquet” was a signal moment in the history of the LGBTQ Asian & Pacific Islander (API) community: When Ang Lee’s film was released in 1993,

This narrative ingenuity works better on paper than it does on screen, but the film’s endearing qualities largely outweigh its deficiencies