EXT. I-70 — AFTERNOON We see various images of the blank Kansas plains. Credits appear over action. CLINT Have you guys ever been with a black girl. CLINT Or guy? ERICA Not yet- We settle on the long interstate. Out of the heat waves of the dusty, hot asphalt a jalopy white and brown RV […]
Adopted.
FADE IN: INT. CAR — AFTERNOON LUIS BOURBAN,22, drives his old Honda Civic through a gray day, on a generic East Coast highway. He wears worn blue jeans and a polo shirt that he seems uncomfortable in. His girlfriend SANDY,21, sits next to him. She’s eyeing him through flirty green contacts. SANDY Four years baby. […]
Tsotsi: A Humanist Revolution
This year’s Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film , Tsotsi, marks a revolution for “third-world” filmmaking. It contradicts the usual standards to which such films are held. This memorable film, made and set in post-apartheid South Africa is proof of the growing accessibility of the film culture. Director Gavin Hood has produced a piece […]
Joseph Stiglitz – Notes on his book-chat at The New School Univ. (NYC)
This is not a book review. I have not read Joseph Stiglitz’s book "Making Globalization Work." That being said… last night (12/05/06) Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz spoke at the John Tishman auditorium at The New School University (NYC) to a crowd of about 500. He shared some highlights from his new book "Making […]
Double-entendre Pontiff
Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Turkey, thanks to being under tight security including shutting down major arteries, snipers and security checkpoints in Istanbul and portions of the public transit system in Istanbul went off with nary a hitch, and the main demonstrations during the duration of his stay were either far afield from his itinerary […]
Israel, take a break
Last week a gaggle of awkward political bed fellows turned up for the Kadima party’s first annual conference. With no clear manifesto on domestic issues, and no consensus on how to handle the countries many security quandaries, Kadima is symptomatic of the national disorientation that is prevalent in Israel today. Israel‘s political ‘big bang’ saw […]