June 11, 2004 ISSUE
Next Issue: June 25, 2004
  COVER STORY
Scratch Paper Thoughts on Korean Punk Rock
Though Korean punk rock rose as late as the nineties, it is surely a sign of the times.
A Candid Look at Cannes
This year's Cannes Film Festival was an exciting moment for the international Asian community as many seized awards and opportunities to present their work at the luxurious French city where the world's most famous film festival takes place.
A Sampling of Japanese Comment on "Lost in Translation"
Is the general Japanese audience offended by the biased and negative portrayal of their people in Sophia Coppola's Oscar winning story?


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June 11, 2004

 

F I L M
 
The Story of the Weeping Camel: Legend or Truth?
A miraculous true story about love, hope, family unity and man-animal relations has all the elements of a fairy tale in a desert far, far away.
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Jia Hongshen Struggles with Quitting
Director Yang Zhang brings Jia Hongshen and his family together to act out and dramatize their real life story, coping with Hongshen's disastrous drug addiction.
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My Girl: When Love was Pure and Simple
Six director friends from Chulalongkorn University Film School experimentally join forces to tell a story from the heart about childhood love and unexpectedly end up breaking Thai box office records with the feel-good film, "My Girl (Fan Chan)."
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B O O K S
 
An Orchid With Sass
Anchee Min's second novel, "Empress Orchid" provides a new and opposing portrayal of a Chinese Empress who rose to power not by seduction, but by her forthrightness and intelligence.
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C L I P S
 
June 11, 2004: News Bites
"The Grace Lee Project" gets funded, the first Chinese reality show in the states now airing, Kite Operations performs at CMJ's 2004 Five Borough Battle of the Band's, Martin Wong's latest exhibit hits San Francisco, and more in this issue of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
 
June 11, 2004: News From Abroad
Chinese folk group becomes the latest craze in Japan, a new Godzilla movie is set to release, and Korean solo artist WAX performs at the Shanghai car races. All this and more in this issue of News From Abroad.
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