The News Review:
- Steven Winn: Telluride a major player in film festival circuit
- … Man is burned too soon – arson arrest Namesake of annual…
- Preview: Yo La Tengo ‘” The sounds of science Royal Festival Hall…
- People in Guangxi hold folk song and lantern festival
- Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s new war movie to open Busan film…
Steven Winn: Telluride a major player in film festival circuit
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 29, 2007
tmpl –>Thirty-three years ago when Bay Area film polymath Tom Luddy and some colleagues decided to launch a Labor Day weekend festival in the remote Rocky Mountain town of Telluride Colo. a lot of people must have wondered what they were thinking. Film festivals were a relative rarity back then as opposed to the seemingly limitless growth industry they have since become. Almost all of them took place in major cities – Berlin Venice New York San Francisco. Cannes a resort town on the French Riviera was the geographical exception that proved the rule.
… Man is burned too soon – arson arrest Namesake of annual…
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 29, 2007
Paul David Addis 35 posted $25632 bail and was released Tuesday afternoon from the Pershing County Jail in Lovelock Nev. where he was booked on felony charges of arson and destruction of property and misdemeanor possession of fireworks and resisting a public officer. Meanwhile festival organizers pledged to rebuild the big guy in two days – in plenty of time to burn him down again Saturday as part of the 21-year-old countercultural festival held the week before Labor Day on a patch of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. “We have the means and the will. The event continues on schedule and the Man will burn on Saturday night” said Andie Grace communications manager for Burning Man. While organizers created a perimeter around the burn scene Tuesday festivalgoers will be allowed to visit the pavilion beneath the structure during the reconstruction. “Before the smoke even cleared Tuesday we were making calls to our suppliers in Reno to get more wood” Grace told The Chronicle… “Before the smoke even cleared Tuesday we were making calls to our suppliers in Reno to get more wood” Grace told The Chronicle. “They’re making cuts on it right now. Thompson said about 15000 revelers are already at the festival site but that number is expected to more than double by the weekend. Many were on the playa the desert’s dry lakebed viewing the total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning when the fire broke out according to Burning Man organizers. Thousands of festivalgoers streamed out onto the playa from the surrounding Black Rock City encampment to watch the spectacle witnesses said. The fire was doused within 25 minutes. This was not the first time the Man has required rebuilding.
Preview: Yo La Tengo ‘” The sounds of science Royal Festival Hall…
Independent – Aug 29, 2007
Performing alongside French film-maker Painlev? alluring insights into what lies beneath Yo La Tengo will deluge The Royal Festival Hall in an audio-visual amalgamation of fantasy and science. Performing alongside French film-maker Painlevé’s alluring insights into what lies beneath Yo La Tengo will deluge The Royal Festival Hall in an audio-visual amalgamation of fantasy and science.
People in Guangxi hold folk song and lantern festival
央è§åé – Aug 29, 2007
When people think about Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region the first things that come to mind are the picturesque landscapes of Guilin. They are known world wide and recognized on UNESC’s World Heritage list. The rich folk culture is growing in popularity as folk festivals are held every year. Now lets visit the lantern and folk song festival in Guilin.
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s new war movie to open Busan film…
International Herald Tribune – Aug 29, 2007
“The Assembly” is an adaptation of a short story about a soldier who seeks recognition for his fallen comrades during the Chinese civil war in 1949 between the Communists and the Nationalists who retreated to Taiwan. The movie has South Korean ties — it's a co-production between China's Huayi Brothers and South Korea's MK Pictures and its special effects were produced by computer artists who worked on the 2004 South Korean war movie “Taegukgi. ” The Busan event which retains the old spelling of the southern resort town runs from ct.