At the movies

We at GR love film festivals, and every now and then we get to introduce a program. This afternoon I was there for a screening of Voice at the Regent in Westwood. Usually I say how GR is magazine that covers all aspects of Asian and Asian-Am culture, including film. Then I thank them for supporting indie, imported, or just plain cool cinema. That's pretty much how it went at the L.A. Film Festival today.

I was planning on giving the intro and then ducking out to work on the mag deadline, but the smell of popcorn was too much for me. I had a small bag, some Cherry Coke, and Korean horror for lunch.


The movie? It was pretty good. Vengeful ghosts, lesbian schoolgirls, conversations with the dead, and possession. But as is often the case in Asian horror, it's done in a tasteful, matter-of-fact way--not titillating or exploitative all. Sure, the ending is confusing as hell, but that's nothing that a Hollywood remake can't redo. That would also take care of the titillation and exploitation issues as well.