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...complying with censorship is a running concern for local filmmakers like Johnnie To, a jury member at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival, which kicks off later this month, and the acclaimed director of such films as Exiled (2006) and the Election gangland duology (2005, 2006). "Are you giving up your imagination and creativity in your filmmaking?" he asks. Tightened restrictions and a slowdown in mainland approvals in this Beijing Olympics year have added to filmmakers' worries. "Nobody knows what's happening," says director Lawrence Lau, who is known for gritty youth dramas like May's Besieged City. "In that...
...greater democracy. Under the current political system, Ho is effectively appointed by Beijing, but activists believe the needs of the city's downtrodden won't be properly met until their leadership becomes more accountable to Macanese. Ho and his policy team "are like Deng Xiaoping," says Antonio Ng, a member of Macau's Legislative Assembly and a democracy advocate. "They assume that if the economy's doing well, everything else will just fall into place. The way to address our problems is to change the government...
...Vietnam War. The creative process reflected this freewheeling, convention-defying spirit. To cast the show, Rado and Ragni scoured the streets of Greenwich Village for people with the right look. Early performances had an anarchic, anything-goes feel: some nights not enough actors would be onstage, and a cast member or two would have to double up on roles. Other nights total strangers would wander onto the stage and mingle with the regular cast...
...nude scene was Hair's most notorious thumb in the eye of bourgeois inhibitions, though not all the actors were quite ready for the statement. Some were willing to disrobe, and some weren't; as an incentive, the producers offered a $1.50 bonus per show to any cast member who bared...
...results in sensitive, pigmentless skin, blond hair and blue eyes, have been killed in the past year. The main suspects are local witch doctors, who sell albino organs and hacked-off body parts as good-luck charms. In April, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete appointed an albino to be a Member of Parliament and ordered a crackdown on witch doctors...