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Blue Moon on New Year's Eve
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Read Yongsoo Park's novel BOY GENIUS (Akashic Books, 2002) for free from the HK 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
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
Cecilie Gamst Berg's BLONDE LOTUS at Chungking Mansion
My Terrific Cantonese Teacher
Mrs. Siu Likes Korean TV Dramas
About Me
My Novels (Published in the U.S. by Akashic Books)
REVIEWS of My Novels
Blog Archive
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December
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- 125 Years Isn't That Old, Is It? (From Ibsen to BL...
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- Lowlife Jerk and Top 10 Films of 2008
- TWILIGHT (2008) aka Book Proves Secret Fear of Wri...
- Seeking Collaborators for Independent Film in Hong...
- Beginnings of Pre-Production aka Thank You Val Lew...
- THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2008), aka This Film Makes Us ...
- Shooting Film in Hong Kong a.k.a. My Run-In with R...
- BELLA by Alejandro Monteverde (How is this film in...
- WINDS OF SEPTEMBER (2008) by Tom Shu-yu Lin, (How ...
- THE WAY WE ARE (2008), a HK movie that's unlike an...
- First Interview in Cantonese
- Chased Out of Wah Fu
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- filmmaking (13)
- Hong Kong (45)
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Full-page photo of my novel in the VILLAGE VOICE (choices section)
Guess which one is me...
Other Published Writing
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
My Films 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
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The Narrowness of the Specialist15 hours ago
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X'mas Party1 day ago
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Cold Comfort5 days ago
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It's Christmas6 days ago
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Happy Easter!6 days ago
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The Quarterdeck - Kowloon4 weeks ago
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Zonta Club Charity Art Sale5 weeks ago
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Where do you shop?5 weeks ago
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Cantonese Is Dead2 months ago
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Asian Correspondent Now Live2 months ago
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Joyceyland -- Moving House2 months ago
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One death rope please...3 months ago
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Youtubey goodness4 months ago
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MOVING>>>7 months ago
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Sihou11 months ago
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WWW.STANFORDSFINEST.com1 year ago
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