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...from British and Australian stock, and seemed to recognize the moments for what they are - "panto," the tradition of Christmas pantomime. James Woods is gloriously shameless, or perhaps recognizes the American equivalent, which is the way that Johnny Carson would portray Carnak the Magnificent. It's not about the script, just the fun of hamming it up for the audience...
...under the pseudonym Wu Ming (literally No Name), for fear of government retribution; another of his films, So Close to Paradise, a noirish study of gangsters in Shanghai, was reshot, recut and withheld for five years. Jia Zhangke shot Xiao Wu (Pickpocket, 1997) despite the censors' rejection of his script; he was banned from directing, but went ahead anyway. Jia got funds for his next film, Platform (2000), in part from Japanese star Takeshi Kitano...
...snail on a leaf) done with rapid, sketchy delicacy, with notes to their recipients, mainly his women friends, written on the same page. Nothing indicates how he was suffering. His love of life and of style was too strong. In their sweet, private brevity, these tiny notes combining script and image are among the most "Japanese" images to come out of a time when japonisme was all the rage--and all the more authentically so for not copying Japanese mannerisms...
...live or work here. The Oscars is not the main event. It's just the excuse for the main event. Which is to party. If you don't believe me, just answer this simple pop quiz: Who won Best Actress last year? Who won Best Supporting Actor? Best Adapted Script? The answer: No one knows. Or cares. Except, of course, for the winners, their agents and the various deities who were profusely thanked for bestowing greatness on them...
...Someone has to carry the load, especially when there's a crisis." Bush has enjoyed a smooth stroll through his first six weeks on the job, but some say his need for order and structure makes him appear unsteady and slow to react when confronted with an off-the-script event. When he fumbled his remarks about North Korea last week--suggesting the country had not kept its international agreements, contradicting advisers who said it had--critics said he may have delegated too much, leaving himself unprepared...