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Wrote a couple of reviews for the ACV National Tour. I thought these were perhaps the best among a series of shorts. My Spiritual Medicine by Liang Cheng and Comrades by Paolo Bitanga. They’re here.
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Tough timing, but for those of you who can escape from the disaster in NYC… A great collection of cinema for those of you who can make it out in NYC. November 9 – December 8th. (AsiaSociety – Goddess)
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Two westerners make a film in North Korea called Comrade Kim Goes Flying. Is it important? Are restrictions loosening? The film has to be a piece of crap, since the film has to be positive in light about North Korea, but at the same time how did this happen? It’s approved by the State, and it has no distribution and not much information. (LA Times – Comrade Kim)
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Cesar Kuriyama is out of work for a year and records 1 second every day. Saw it on CNN, but am giving direct links. (Cesarkuriyama) He even gave a Ted talk which might be a bit much but everyone has a story and this one is his. 1 Second Everyday – Age 30 from Cesar Kuriyama on Vimeo.
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[youtube]aWqInjUp6Xg[/youtube] Kim Ki-duk went from being a blue collar type guy with an average hair cut and a penchant for the ladies to now being a pony tailed hipster. What a difference a few years makes. His film Pieta just won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, but with some controversy. Evidently, the PT Anderson film was supposed to win, but because there’s a rule of winning more than two awards, the jury had to go back. (Nation – Kim Ki-duk)
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