Crouching Tiger still unites East and West after 25 years

When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee looks back on the famous martial arts film a quarter-century later, he can't believe what it took to make the Oscar-winning movie.

"I honestly don't know how I did it. The energy, the emotion, the scale — it's something I can no longer replicate. It's a hidden dragon in myself," Lee said.

He spoke before a special screening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Friday, marking the 25th anniversary of the Chinese-language film.