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Tag: FILMS & TV
Checkin’ Out Mr. Lee
One of the difficult things about living in Korea is that quality film just rarely makes it over here. For example, I don’t think a Spike Lee movie since Malcolm X has made it into cinemas in anyplace except maybe Seoul. A friend and I were talking last night about Lars von Trier, and she and I agreed that probably the next film he puts out won’t get released here because, well, someone made the mistake of putting Dogville in cinemas in Korea. Dogville — an experimental movie with no sets, just chalk lines on the wooden floorboards. Putting that …
Richard Pryor’s Gone
Requiescat In Pace.
What Ever Happened to Hal Hartley?
Anyone else out there wonder sometimes whatever happened to Hal Hartley? Here are an interview at Wired and a feature at New York Metro to bring you up to speed.
TV Series of Late
I’ve been working a lot on my computer lately, and what I’ve been reading away from it has tended to be so very heavy and demanding that I’ve preferred to spend my spare time viewing TV series to which I have gained access. The two I’ve watched lately have been the BBC series Peep Show (which is not what it sound like) and the American series Arrested Development.