R.I.P. to the director of two of my favourite films (A Brighter Summer Day, YiYi), Edward Yang. (1947-2007).

Links:
Taiwanese Director Yang Dies at 59

Tonight, the world has lost a great artist

Interview with Tony Rayns

Senses of Cinema 'Great Directors' Profile, by Saul Austerlitz

Exiles in Modernity: The Films of Edward Yang, by Jonathan ( Read more... )

its not a story about my father, but its a nice story, and it has john ford.
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R.I.P. Yoyoy Villame

R.I.P. Direk Joey Gosiengfiao

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I'll be honest and admit that I've only come across the name of contemporary Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek recently. And this [Click here: Politics Between Fear and Terror] is the first time I've heard him speak ( Read more... )

From Kong's blog, an excerpt of his review of Babel.

Charting the courses of the characters' lives is no doubt a job of screenwriters and directors. Catholic or Calvinist or Buddhist, they're all playing God, and playing God is part of the game. But to some directors, playing God also means acknowledging God -- to humble oneself before a greater ( Read more... )

February 11th is a nice day...


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(Un)real: Versions of Experience

War is no longer declared,

but rather continued.

The outrageous has become the everyday.

The hero is absent from the battle.

The weak are moved into the firing zone.

The uniform of the day is patience,

the order of merit is the wretched star

of hope over the heart.

- Ingeborg Bachmann