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I went to the Hong Kong memorial service of Edward Yang yesterday. I didn’t know him too well but the few times I got to spend with him were always inspiring to me. Although considered one of Taiwan’s great filmmakers, winning Best Director in Cannes, he is also probably one of the most underrated and least known in the international film community.Always kind, warm and generous he will be greatly missed. Click on the blog title to learn more about Edward, then go and watch one of his films.
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Common down. We’ll be there. This is an annual thing.
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Went through some old photos in my iphoto albums. Here are a few from a couple of movie sets. I drag this big digital SLR camera around with me when I’m shooting a movie and I take it out whenever I remember. I’m usually better about it when we go out on location.Went to the Golden Triangle in Northern Thailand to film some scenes for The Protege. Rooftop in Kowloon. The ProtegeInterior set. The Protege.
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My broken leg combined with the unbearable heat and all the god damned mosquitoes are keeping inside where the air is cool and conditioned. I normally hate air-con but it is just too humid outside right now to deal. Took one of my dogs to the park the other day and got around 20 mosquito bites. Stuck indoors, I’ve just been spring cleaning, trying to get my new Blackberry to sync properly with the Mac and shopping itunes. The day before I left NYC I was surprised to see a poster for the new Bad Brains album. I used to listen to ROCK FOR LIGHT all the time in highschool and it is probably one of my all time favorite punk albums. After not hearing about them for so many years, I assumed they had broken up for good, or maybe just too old to rock out like they used to. So when I got back home I bought the new album right away off itunes. This album was produced by Adam Yauch(MCA of Beastie Boys) and although although HR’s voice can’t hit those highs any more, it still rocks harder than any of the so called punk acts out there today. And speaking of Beastie Boys, check out their new instrumental album. Lots of fun funky vibes that you can play in the background while working on your next craft project. If you’re in SF in August you can check out their show at the Warfield. It’ll be instrumental only, so all Brass Monkey requests will be denied.
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Sadly, my two months in New York are over but at least I can’t say I had an uneventful time. I’m back in Hong Kong now and am already missing the place. It really truly is a great city.We spent our last day in NY chilling out. Thinking about how sad we were to go but also glad to go back home because of this damn broken leg. Being in NY with a broken leg can be quite a drag. My maximum range was two avenues. After that my wrists would hurt and I would get sore in the underarms, not to mention soaking in sweat.Saturday started with brunch with our roommate, Sabrina. She had been extremely tolerant of me taking her spot on the sofa and the tv remote control for the past three weeks.On the way to the restaurant I gave the skateboard to some kid from the projects nearby. I thought he would be stoked to get a free skateboard but he was reluctant to accept my offer. I think he didn’t trust me at all. Like I was trying to frame him or something.He was also didn’t really want to take a picture with me. Later in the day Lisa saw him ride by on it so I guess he was cool about it.For dinner we went to our favorite Puerto Rican take out place, Casa Adela. I had been ordering delivery from them in my awful Spanish for the past few weeks but had never been to the actual restaurant. So I decided to make the trek and hobble down there to check the place out. I’m glad we made it down to have the chicken with red beans and rice, it tastes much better straight out of the kitchen. I like how the beans come in a coffee mug.We then went to bed early and got up early Sunday morning so I could have breakfast with my buddy Dan, then we said our goodbyes, hopped in the car and left for the airport. New York rules and I hope I make it back soon.
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