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Saturday, November 8, 2008
RADIO SILENCE in the form of a TELEGRAM
Note for 3.5 people out there who rd ths blg---STOP
Will be incommunicado for nxt 2 wks ---STOP
In Mldvs 4 much-nded r&r ---STOP
Check in agn in 2wks ---STOP
Chow, HK!! ---STOP
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m0nkey
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well that's a shame. i was hooked on your insights. i'm not coming back!
November 11, 2008 at 12:09 PM
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Read Yongsoo Park's novel BOY GENIUS (Akashic Books, 2002) for free from the HK Public Library!!!
Hong Kong Public Library
Somebody's Old Cheese (a.k.a. My Good Friend Jonny Stranger is an Inspirational Indie Filmmaker)
12 Short Films About Hong Kong
Here are 12 short films about Hong Kong. They are my tribute to this fascinating city. Enjoy!!!
1) China Welcomes the World
2) Secret Hong Kong Kung Fu
3) One Two Three in Cantonese
4) What China Fears Most
5) Dangerous Hong Kong Hike
6) The Coolest Theater in Hong Kong
7) 41 Cumberland Road
8) What I Believed About the Chinese When I Was Little
9) Super Handy Octopus Card
10) How to Blog in HK Without a Computer
11) My Only Directing Gig in Hong Kong
12) MTR Marathon
Short Interviews and Films in Cantonese
Here are a few more shorts in my very broken Cantonese.
Cecilie Gamst Berg's BLONDE LOTUS at Chungking Mansion
My Terrific Cantonese Teacher
Mrs. Siu Likes Korean TV Dramas
My Novels (Published in the U.S. by Akashic Books)
BOY GENIUS on amazon.com
LAS CUCARACHAS on amazon.com
REVIEWS of My Novels
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW's review of LAS CUCARACHAS and a review in Japanese
PopMatters review of BOY GENIUS
Lively Arts review of BOY GENIUS
Mumpsimus review of BOY GENIUS
Brooklyn Rail review of LAS CUCARACHAS
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New Creative Thanksgiving Juice
BACK from Paradise a.k.a. The Curse of Montezuma
RADIO SILENCE in the form of a TELEGRAM
Quantum of Solace Is One Big Mess
Two Films That Are Way Way Out There
The U.S. is Back on Track!! I Am In Tears!!!
Most Infuriating 'How I Became a Film Director' St...
OASIS by Lee, Chang Dong
OLD JOY by Kelly Reichardt
THE WIRE, or Not Reading Dostoevsky
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acting
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basketball
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book review
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Boy Genius
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cantonese
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cars
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film review
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independent filmmaking
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Japan
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Jonny Stranger
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Kim Ki-duk
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Las Cucarachas
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novel writing
(6)
novelists
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screenwriting
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Taiwan
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USA
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vacation
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Wah Fu Estate
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writers
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youtube
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Full-page photo of my novel in the VILLAGE VOICE (choices section)
Guess which one is me...
Other Published Writing
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (short story)
COOL THINGS on the WEB
Step by Step Primer on Indie Filmmaking
Kathleeen Alcala on Magical Realism (She mentions my book BOY GENIUS)
Jonny Stranger's Cool Videos on YouTube
Maangchi, the Korean cooking guru
The Darwin Awards (There is a HK entry)
Inventor Johnny Chung's Poor Man's Steadicam
Lou Ureneck's NYTimes Blog on Building a Cabin
Cecilie Berg's Youtube Cantocourse
Other Filmmakers' Blogs & Web Sites
Sujewa Ekanayake's Blog
Jon Jost's Blog
Interviews w/ Filmmakers
Kelley Baker (aka the Angry Filmmaker)'s Blog
My Films on Youtube
mao365 Channel on Youtube
OTHER PEOPLE'S MOVIES Seen Recently (** = Intense)
YES MAN (2008) by Peyton Reed
THE READER (2008) by Stephen Daldry
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008) by Ji-woon Kim
APPALOOSA (2008) by Ed Harris
THE PHOTOGRAPH (2007) by Nan Triveni Achnas
DEFIANCE (2009) by Edward Zwick
MILK (2008) by Gus Van Sant
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (2008) by Sam Mendes
LA LINGERIE (2008) by Hing-Ka Chan and Janet Chun
BABY MAMA (2008) by Michael McCullers
IP MAN (2008) by Wilson Yip
SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963) by Samuel Fuller
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944) by Fritz Lang
**HIGH SIERRA (1941) by Raoul Walsh
UNKNOWN PLEASURES (2002) by Jia Zhang Ke
I STAND ALONE (1999) by Gaspar Noe
GRAN TORINO (2008) by Clint Eastwood
**BLIND SHAFT (2003) by Yang Li
THE FOOT FIST WAY (2006) by Jody Hill
AMERICAN TEEN (2008) by Nanette Burstein
THE ROOM (2003) by Tommy Wiseau
HAPPY GO LUCKY (2008) by Mike Leigh
**POINT BREAK (1991) by Kathryn Bigelow
HEAD ON (aka GEGEN DIE WAND) (2004) by Fatih Akin
**THE VISITOR (2007) by Thomas McCarthy
FOUR EYED MONSTERS (2005) by Susan Buice and Arin Crumley
**BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (2007) by Sidney Lumet
THE HOUSE BUNNY (2008) by Fred Wolf
SHANGHAI KISS (2007) by Kern Kowiser and David Ren
QUIET CITY (2007) by Aaron Katz
BAGHEAD (2008) by the Duplass Brothers
TWILIGHT (2008) by Catherine Hardwicke
BESIEGED CITY (2008) by Laurence Lau
**CHOP SHOP (2007) by Ramin Bahrani
MYSTERIOUS SKIN (2004) by Gregg Araki
**THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2008) by Fatih Akin
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (2008) by Dennis Dugan
BURN AFTER READING (2008) by the Coen Brothers
BELLA (2006) by Alejandro Monteverde
THREE RESURRECTED DRUNKARDS (1968) by Nagisa Oshima
THE SPARROW (2008) by Johnny To
WINDS OF SEPTEMBER (2008) by Tom Shu-yu Lin
THE WAY WE ARE (2008) by Ann Hui
BEAUTIFUL (2008) by Junh Jai-hong
**THE CHASER (2008) by Hong Jin-Na
SWEET RAIN (2008) by Masaya Kakei
**ROUGH CUT (2008) written by Kim Ki-duk and directed by Jang Hoon
THE INSECT WOMAN (1972) by Kim Ki-young
BABEL (2006) by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957) by Billy Wilder
QUANTUM of SOLACE (2008) by Marc Foster
CROCODILE (1996) by Kim Ki-duk
**DEATH BY HANGING (1968) by Nagisa Oshima
OLD JOY (2006) by Kelly Reichardt and written by Jonathan Raymond
THE WIRE (season 1)
TROPIC THUNDER (2008) by Ben Stiller
DREAMS (2008) by Kim, Ki Duk
OTHER PEOPLE'S BOOKS read recently (**=Good), (J) = Junk), (JJ) = Junk Squared)
**MONSTER (vol. 1 - 18) by Naoki Urasawa
**BLONDE LOTUS by Cecilie Gamst Berg
WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU AT FILM SCHOOL (2000) by Camille Landau and Tiare White
East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave (2008) Edited by Chua Beng Huat and Koichi Iwabuchi
(JJ) TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer
(J) THE COLOR OF LAW by Mark Gimenez
**BLACK BETTY by Walter Mosley
Korean Film Directors series: IM Kwon-taek by CHUNG Sung-ill (link to Korean Film Council site)
Korean Film Directors series : Lee Chang-dong by KIM Young-jin (link to Korean Film Council site)
**BROTHER ONE CELL by Cullen Thomas
POLANSKI by John Parker
**PEDALLING TO HAWAII by Stevie Smith
Recently-Watched Great Movies
BLIND SHAFT (2003) by Yang Li
CHOP SHOP (2007) by Ramin Bahrani
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2008) by Fatih Akin (released in Germany in 2007)
THE CHASER (2008) by Hong Jin-Na
DEATH BY HANGING (1968) by Nagisa Oshima, (I finally got to see this on DVD after wanting to see it for about 10 years.)
OH, SOO JUNG (aka VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS) by Hong, Sang-soo
OASIS by Lee, Chang Dong
THE WIRE (season 1) produced and primarily written by David Simon
OLD BOY by Park, Chan Wook
THE COASTGUARD by Kim, Ki Duk
List of HK Blogs
OrdinaryGweilo.com
All masked up
1 year ago
Gweilo in the mist
Angajatii de care ai nevoie pot fi recrutati mai usor
4 years ago
in black and white
J’s bowling update - October 2019
5 years ago
"The Valley" / 跑 马 地
Pestle & Mortar, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
6 years ago
Fumier Exposed
Tips Dalam Menanam Pohon Sengon Agar Cepat Besar
7 years ago
ulaca
Three Cheers for Long Hair!
8 years ago
Daai Tou Laam Diary
Thoughts on Trump Supporters
8 years ago
hkob: hong kong or bust!
Ideal offering pimples e-book into the background of net
8 years ago
Miss Fong in Hong Kong
Lychee bros
9 years ago
China Droll
Food Crisis Solved By Unexpected Saviour
10 years ago
Living In Hong Kong
World Cup 2014 Prediction Betting
10 years ago
mister bijou
Mary Margaret O'Hara: Body's in Trouble
12 years ago
Joyceyland
Happy Easter!
12 years ago
Batgung -
Cold at Chinese New Year?
12 years ago
Cantopopped
King's Cube
13 years ago
BONKERS IN HONKERS!
Bye Bye…
13 years ago
[chinese blood, irish heart]
MOVING>>>
15 years ago
Life and Learning from Hong Kong
Sihou
15 years ago
Splinter Of The Minds Eye
WWW.STANFORDSFINEST.com
16 years ago
gweipo 鬼婆
Hong Kong Paintings Ltd.
Hong Kong Blogs Review.
Learning Cantonese
Contact Me
mao365@yahoo.com
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well that's a shame. i was hooked on your insights. i'm not coming back!
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