OCTOBER 1, 2004 ISSUE
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   COVER STORY
Forget about brotherly love, where's the sisterly love?
Halloween is lurking just around the corner. Can't wait for thrills, spills, and chills? Then hold on to your candied corn and check out Kim Jee-woon's "A Tale of Two Sisters!"
Cross-Cultural Perspectives: China's House of Flying Daggers
A Chinese movie zine looks at Zhang Yimou's newest martial arts barnstromer through the eyes of mega-starlet Zhang Ziyi...
Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Korea's Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War
Korean critic Su Dae-Won discusses Taegukgi's national prominence, as well as its merits as a film.


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October 1, 2004

 

M U S I C
Punk Rock, With Chinese Characteristics
Chinese punks rock out for release party of all sorts...
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Johnny Hi-Fi: The Musician Behind the Mope
In this exclusive APA interview, Johnny Hi-Fi talks about his passion for music, how he handles managing the band, and that Tony Bennett and David Bowie can be used within the same sentence without breaking too many laws of the written word.
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F I L M
  
Age of Innocence: Ghost World Revisited
Is it sloppier than the first? Perhaps. Does it make a lick of sense? Not exactly. But Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is some kind of spooky cool anyways.
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C L I P S
  
October 1, 2004: News Bites
Jackie Chan's down in the dumps, Northwest Asian American film festival is making waves, hunk-of-the-month Karl Yune appears in Memoirs of a Geisha, Parry Shen and Amerie get cozy with First Daughter, and so much more in this edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
 
October 1, 2004: News From Abroad
Wong Kar Wai's 2046 finally makes its debut, Viacom continues to spread its tentacles across Asia, Alanis cancels Jakarta, Malaysian ruling party expresses disgust over "obscene" content, and more in this edition of News From Abroad.
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