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...energy, Cannes would have looked to Europe, Latin America and Hollywood (or the off-Hollywood of independent U.S. films). But not to Asia. Throughout the '80s and '90s, everyone knew that movies from Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea and Thailand were unmatched for cinematic vigor?everyone, that is, except the tastemakers at Cannes and a few other highfalutin festivals. The Asian films they imprimatured tended to be the pensive sort that wore Art on their embroidered sleeves. It was as if the French wanted only those films that imitated the European Minimalist style rather than those that took Hollywood...
...three to five days past conception. It consists of a few dozen cells that together are too small to be seen without a microscope. It has no consciousness, no self-awareness, no ability to feel love or pain. The smallest insect is far more human in every respect except potential...
...been supplanted by new concerns. The biggest new concern is the presidency of George W. Bush, which has united Democrats across the spectrum and changed the zeitgeist of the party. The internecine battles of the past, however entertaining, have been put aside (for the moment) by all Democratic factions except Al From and the Democratic Leadership Council. The DLC opened the current presidential campaign by supporting the war in Iraq, not reluctantly as John Kerry did, but with neoconservative gusto. In typical From fashion, the DLC blasted what he views as the Kumbaya wing of the Democratic Party for being...
Jens Harder's "Leviathan" (NBM/Comics Lit; 144pp) has an international flavor. Created by a German artist and released on both sides of the Atlantic, it has been written in the boundless language of wordless comix, except for the chapter headings that appear in four different languages. It features the creature of the title, a giant sperm whale, as it swims through disparate oceans, encountering man and beast through the ages. Foregoing a traditional story, it reads like Neptune's dream after a night of bad sushi. Harder depicts the whale as a fearsome monster, a silent behemoth that rules...
...taken over by the germ that keeps going about its business - a seeping, rotting parody of its once jubilant self. One complaint: although the entire book is in English, including the sound effects, it has been printed right to left; a pointless gimmick that adds nothing to the book except frustration. In spite of this, Junji Ito's "Gyo" should be your top choice for beachside reading this weekend. Just make sure to read it before lunch...