who am i ? ( traditional chinese : 我是誰 ; simplified chinese : 我是谁 , also known as jackie chan 's who am i ? ) is a 1998 hong kong action comedy film directed by benny chan and jackie chan , who also starred in the lead role .

the film was released in hong kong on january 17 , 1998 .

who am i ? ( 1998 film )

i watched who am i ? once before , probably back in the late 90 ' s , when this was originally released , since i forgot most of it . however , i was under impression that i didn ' t think much of who am i ? the first time i saw it , so i wasn ' t expecting much from this movie . hell , i was actually surprised when i saw this movie on couple of top 10 jackie chan movie lists !
: observe , lord burghley , i am married . . . to england .
“i don ' t believe in elitism . i don ' t think the audience is this dumb person lower than me . i am the audience . ”
“if i’d gone through something like that , i’m not sure i’d be able to talk about it . ”
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“iris” was written for the 1998 film city of angels starring nicolas cage . john rzeznik explained :
still , i must be clear : this is a good and powerful film . if i am dissatisfied , it is because it contains the promise of being more than it is .
michael fassbender : ‘i was a bit of a worrywart . i’ve tried to work on that’
norn ms . desiccation of the precorneal film . i . corneal wetting - time .
i thought this was fun . i don ' t know why people whine about it so much .
in spite of its extraordinary power , the film was denounced by cuban authorities as counterrevolutionary and — in a fit of revolutionary bitchiness — informally dubbed “i am not cuba” ! the kind of “pure art” approach represented by the film has always been problematic to the marxist mentality , but i am cuba is truly revolutionary in every sense .
creech jl , do lt , fatt i , radke cj . in vivo tear - film thickness determination and implications for tear - film stability .
i came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass . . . and i ' m all outta bubblegum !
the soundtrack of i am cuba features a female narrator who ties together the episodes with yevtushenko’s poetry , which plays on cuba’s split identity : “don’t avert your eyes . look ! i am cuba . for you , i am the casino , the bar , hotels and brothels . but the hands of these children and old people are also me . ” the music in the film continues this motif ; peasant folk tunes and african rhythms compete with raucous early ‘60s rock tunes , “exotic” jazz , and nightclub ballads ( “amor loca” ) .
tarantino worked on a world war ii script during this period . the screenplay
became big and sprawling . it was some of the best stuff i & apos ; ve ever written , but at a certain point , i thought , & apos ; am i writing a script or am i writing a novel ? & apos ; i basically ended up writing three world war ii scripts . none of them had an ending ,
he later explained to vanity fair .
but let me tell you this ! what a freaking surprise was this ! ! oh man ! i had so much fun with this one . . . so - much - fun ! ! ! who am i ? is classic jackie chan movie ! its full of funny…
“when i met her , and she was this very beautiful girl , i just had to go , ‘ok , ok . it’s film . deal with it’ . i’m still going to see gawky , geeky hermione in my mind . ”
radcliffe did a screen test which astounded rowling . “i found it incredibly moving , ” she said . “at that point , i didn’t have a son . and i phoned david up , and i said , ‘he’s great , he’s fantastic . ’ i did say to david , ‘it’s like watching my son on screen’ . because after all harry feels like this ghostly son that i’ve had . ”
ezra edelman’s epic o . j . : made in america leads the best documentary category and the film has also been nominated for best picture . joining edelman’s film for best documentary are two other race - centric films , 13 th and i am not your negro .
since the inaugural screen actors guild awards , 107 actors have told their stories , typically closing with their name and the signature line ,
i am an actor .
pk : in july , you screened the film for vietnamese audiences . what was their reaction to the film ?
action star jean claude van damme plays a fashion designer who must join forces with a c . i . a . agent to combat terrorism .
he said in an interview : “i got asked to do it with my back to them , and they still laughed . so i did it round the other side of the cathedral and shouted my lines , but they still laughed , so filmmakers said “we’ll do the voice with somebody else” . then i did a little filming and i went home and i got the money . ”
in his final presidential debate , donald trump said the supreme court would “automatically” overturn roe vs . wade once he became president , “because i am putting pro - life justices on the court . ”
doane mg , lee me . tear film interferometry as a diagnostic tool for evaluating normal and dry - eye tear film .
hich would be fitting , considering she always considered harry her fictional son , and didn’t look wholly unlike geraldine somerville , who briefly appeared as lily potter when harry stands in front of the mirror of erised in the film . however , rowling declined . she later said : “the filmmakers did ask me to play lily potter in the mirror of erised scene in the first film , but i really am not cut out to be an actress , even one who just has to stand there and wave . i would have messed it up somehow . ”
i , daniel blake is nominated for best british independent film and ken loach is up for best director . photograph : everett / rex / shutterstock
i happened to arrive at the idea . if i hadn & apos ; t done it , someone else would have ,
said shigetaka kurita , who now is a board member at dwango co . , a tokyo technology company .
a husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9 year - old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be .
a film of the early years of the reign of elizabeth i of england and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch .
when his secret bride is executed for assaulting an english soldier who tried to rape her , sir william wallace begins a revolt against king edward i of england .
“i was the perfect guy to do harry potter . i remember leaving the meeting , getting in my car , and driving for about two hours along mulholland drive just so angry . i mean , chris columbus ' versions are terrible . just dull . pedestrian . ”
a boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist .
film producer jon peters is an interesting character in schnepp’s film . peters had the rights for the superman franchise , and during his interviews ,
: well , considering i ' ve never seen anyone get it right , . . .
a seasoned fbi agent pursues frank abagnale jr . who , before his 19th birthday , successfully forged millions of dollars ' worth of checks while posing as a pan am pilot , a doctor , and a legal prosecutor .
a friendship is formed between an ex - gangster , and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
was written and directed by jackie chan himself , he also stars in the movie . he is a special forces agent who was accidentally dropped from a soaring helicopter and he plummeted to the earth so fast and hard that it gave him a shot of amnesia . now , jackie chan is wanted just about everywhere because he is a missing person , but he has to deal with the enemies who have a mysterious disk because they want to kill him . on top of that , he really doesn ' t remember anything because of the amnesia , he doesn ' t even know who he is .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
is a great jackie chan action movie . parts of it such as when jackie is trying to help a man cure a snake bite and he chews up a plant that makes his mouth numb , are funny . other parts of the movie such as when jackie makes his first escape from his enemies from the top of a tall building , the fighting scenes , and the car escape sequence are nonstop and edge of the seat action .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
has some of the best and most exciting action ever seen in any movie . the plot is understandable enough and the acting isn ' t bad either . but the action sequences are what you ' ll never forget about this movie . if you like great martial arts movies or action movies , i definitely recommend getting
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
note : that was a copy of my amazon review from the year 2000 . i need to see more jackie chan movies .
despite their ubiquity , they started in 1998 with one man : a 25 - year - old employee of mobile phone carrier ntt docomo who created the first set of 176 in one month as he rushed to meet a deadline .
a young f . b . i . cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer , a madman who skins his victims .
ken loach’s i , daniel blake is up for seven prizes at the british independent film awards , including nominations for best film and best director . american honey , adult life skills , notes on blindness and under the shadow received six bifanominations each .
3 . the real hallie and annie had cameo roles in the film . annie plays the towel girl who brings elizabeth the first - aid kit at the hotel , while hallie plays the girl at camp walden who asks where the navajo bunk is .
owling first encountered watson through the phone , when she spoke to her during a later stage of the audition process . the author recalled : “it was really lucky i spoke to emma first before i met her , because i fell absolutely in love with her . she spoke to me for about 60 seconds without taking a breath and i just said to her , ‘emma , you’re perfect’ . ”
i ' ve a personal bias for jackie chan film in that no matter how bad everything else is , jackie will stand out and make it worth the rest of it .
roger corman is a film director and producer who helmed b - movie classics and helped launch the careers of james cameron , john sayles , ron howard and others .
the first draft of i am cuba was a scene - by - scene re - creation of the cuban revolution . kalatozov and his screenwriter , the poet yevgeny yevtushenko , wisely scrapped this in favor of a more aesthetic approach . the finished film divides roughly into five episodes that chronicle the island’s recent colonialist and revolutionary periods .
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i make a journey . you make a journey . we make a journey together .
a chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
, was a little punchy as he introduced the film . his delirium made sense when he told the audience that—in true indie film fashion—he had been up all night fixing the audio and rendering the film . the version of his film the audience was about to see , he explained , was “99 percent there . ”
, he was struck by her , and asked her to audition for the film which she did , and landed a co - starring role in the film .
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is uttered 23 times in the film .
lemp ma , hamill jr . factors affecting tear film breakup in normal eyes .
norn ms . semiquantitative interference study of fatty layer of pre - corneal film .
vanley gt , leopold ih , gregg th . interpretation of tear film breakup .
i saw it with no prejudice , meaning i ' d never heard off it before , seen no trailers or anything . i switched on the tv and saw rob schneider and jean - claude van damme in the same film . interesting . grant it there ' s not much in the storyline . but the cinematography especially and special effects were very good . there was comic relief from rob and action from jean - claude van damme . and it had the beautiful lela rochon thrown in on top . overall , i thouroughly enjoyed watching the film becasue of it ' s smooth and comical style !
] it seems the things i ' ve wanted in my life i ' ve never had . and so it ' s no surprise that living only leaves me sad . happiness , where are you ? i ' ve searched so long for you . happiness , what are you ? i haven ' t got a clue . happiness , why do you have to stay . . . so far away . . . from me ?
actor steven seagal makes popular action movies such as the 1998 hit under siege . he studied martial arts in asia and opened an academy in the u . s .
pk : you’ve translated the film into vietnamese and will screen it online , uncensored .
norn ms . desiccation of the precorneal film . ii . permanent discontinuity and dellen .
yokoi n , komuro a . non - invasive methods of assessing the tear film .
i can seemingly never get tired of watching jackie chan perform what he does ! what dedication to his craft .
danjo y . diagnostic usefulness and cutoff value of schirmer’s i test in the japanese diagnostic criteria of dry eye .
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film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter , who takes them along on his quest to capture the world ' s largest - and deadliest - snake .
martial - arts megastar jackie chan wrote , directed and stars in this action - comedy . secret agent jackie ( chan ) leads a commando group to africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful - - and lethal - - new energy source . when jackie develops amnesia after a plane crash , he fights to regain his memory and continue his assignment . who am i is packed with excitement and , of course , jackie ' s unique brand of gymnastic martial arts .
jackie chan , a top secret militant soldier , crashes into the south african jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists ( who were experimenting with a powerful mineral ) has gone awry . waking up in a village of local natives , chan has no memory of who he is , thus being addressed as
who am i
. his journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists . with no memory , chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary .
owling’s insistence on a british cast also ruled out robin williams , who was keen to play hagrid . the good morning vietnam star told the press at the time of the film’s release : “there were a couple of parts i would have wanted to play , but there was a ban on american actors . ”
a corrupt cop named sam handles negotiations between two triad leaders who plan to join forces . however , he meets a suspicious bald man named tony , who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business .
some jackie chan films are better than others . some have good plots but lack the mind - boggling fights that others provide in droves . then there are those which have stories which are so bad that they make your head hurt , but enough balls - to - the - wall action to make up for their less than perfect plots . who am i ? is one of the latter .
this list is my memory chart of all the asian cinema films and short films i ' ve seen so far .
: i just put that up as a joke . that ' s probably the hardest geometry equation in the world .
digital messaging was just getting started , and so i was thinking about what was needed ,
said kurita .
well , being a longtime fan of the godzilla / gojira films as a youngster , i remember seeing this with great anticipation . i , unlike a lot of people , was not at all disappointed . this film was exactly what i was hoping it would be at the time . sure , it certainly wasn ' t as charming or as funny as the films i loved as a kid , but it was a lot of fun . i loved the action scenes , the look of the monster was crazy to me , and the plot was simple enough for a first time viewer to get right into . seeing it again 10 years later , i had the same reaction . my opinion of this film hasn ' t changed one bit . i guess everybody ' s complaints stem from how this has no charm or any kind of attempt at being cute or original . i guess that ' s understandable , but i still don ' t see what everybody ' s problem is . this was supposed to be a fun , exciting , and action packed thrill ride . that ' s all it is , no more , no less . i personally think that it succeeds at what it achieved to be perfectly . matthew broderick may not exactly be an action hero , but his character sure was quirky and funny . jean reno was as good as usual .
danjo y , hamano t . observation of precorneal tear film in patients with sjogren’s syndrome .
mathers wd , lane ja , zimmerman mb . tear film changes associated with normal aging .
mcculley jp , shine w . a compositional based model for the tear film lipid layer .
rieger g . the importance of the precorneal tear film for the quality of optical imaging .
norn and lemp also described a second phenomenon where dry spots were noticed in the precorneal tear film immediately after lid opening . this was referred to as a wetting time of zero ( norn 1969b , 1969c ; lemp 1973 ) . pflugfelder et al interpreted this second phenomenon as a deficiency in the mucin layer of the tear film ( pflugfelder et al 1998 ) .
jet li is a champion martial artist and chinese film actor . he starred in the once upon a time in china film series and in the critically - praised , international hit hero .
kurita shrugs that off . the dozen - member team designing i - mode was making something for japan long before smartphones .
patel s , wallace i . tear meniscus height , lower punctum lacrimale , and the tear lipid layer in normal aging .
xu kp , yagi y , toda i , et al . tear function index . a new measure of dry eye .
5 . joanna barnes plays the wicked girlfriend in the original 1961 the parent trap . she plays the wicked girlfriend ' s mother in the 1998 version . both characters are called vicky .
since the ocular surface sensitivity is reduced in advanced ocular surface disease ( adatia et al 2004 ) , and the tests currently used are far from being perfect , these are poorly associated with subjective symptoms ( bjerrum 1996 ; schein et al 1997 ; hai et al 1998 ; pflugfelder et al 1998 ; nichols , nichols , et al 2004 ; lin et al 2005 ) .
this is one of the best movies i ' ve ever seen , but i would hesitate to recommend it to people whom i don ' t know pretty well . it explores aspects of life and living ( and suffering ) that most films avoid or actively deny . and it does so brilliantly . the characters are vividly real , and there is such a strong sense of situations unfolding in real time that it ' s truly mesmerising . i felt like a fly on the wall , eavesdropping on conversations i could never hear otherwise . i think many people would absolutely hate this movie , partly because it doesn ' t pass judgement on behaviours that are repulsive to the bulk of humanity , and partly because it exposes us to them at all .
since tear interference color has been known to indicate lipid film thickness , several trials have been performed with the aim of quantifying interference images ( norn 1979 ; guillon 1982 ; korb and greiner 1994 ; doane 1998 ; king - smith et al 1999 ; khamene et al 2000 ) .
and we showed scenes of the anti - war movement , and one of the veterans , nguyen ngoc , said , “when i first watched the film , it gave me much greater respect for americans . i came to understand so much more about just how conflicted and how traumatized the united states is by this war . i used to ask myself , ‘how come the united states after 40 years still can’t get over the vietnam war ? ’ i considered it a weakness . actually now , having seen this film , i believe that the way in which the united states hasn’t ever really been able to leave the vietnam war behind is actually a great strength . it’s a nation that’s always asking itself about its own history , questioning its past and asking questions about what it’s done and why it did it . ”
the unforgettable images of the old man cutting what appears to be luminous sugar cane against a black sky point up another of i am cuba ’s breakthroughs — the use of infrared film to obtain jaw - dropping levels of black - and - white contrast . these shots , featuring ordinary people played by amateur actors , emphasize the dazzling primacy of the land over those who briefly inhabit it , and reflect the filmmakers’ idea that complex characterization must be subjugated to the struggle by “real people” to maintain the land against corrupt influences .
kollywood actor ajith kumar , popularly known as thala ajith made his first film debut in a minor role in the 1990 tamil film en veedu en kanavar . however , his professional career began in 1993 through the telugu film prema pusthakam . ajith made his major tamil cinema debut through amaravathi in which he played the lead role . the film turned as an average movie at the box office .
novick and burns arranged for the film’s translation into vietnamese , ensured web access via pbs , and held public screenings in hanoi and ho chi minh city over the summer . i spoke to novick about the process of making the film , and the reaction from an overseas audience with a very different public memory of the war .
for tarantino , film is an all - consuming passion . although he had a long - term relationship with actress mira sorvino , he chose to focus on his career over his personal life—at least for the time being .
when i & apos ; m doing a movie , i & apos ; m not doing anything else . it & apos ; s all about the movie . i don & apos ; t have a wife . i don & apos ; t have a kid . nothing can get in my way . . . i & apos ; ve made a choice , so far , to go on this road alone . because this is my time . this is my time to make movies ,
he explained to gq .
a homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings .
- all the world ' s a screen - shakespeare on film ( 2016 ) . . . himself
chen s , wang ij . effect of tear film stability on fluctuation of vision after photorefractive keratectomy .
craig jp , tomlinson a . importance of the lipid layer in human tear film stability and evaporation .
johnson me , murphy pj . changes in the tear film and ocular surface from dry eye syndrome .
sharma a , ruckenstein e . mechanism of tear film rupture and its implications for contact lens tolerance .
in addition , rb stains marx’s line ( i . e . , the mucocutaneous junction of the lid margin ) in most eyes (
toni erdmann , the handmaiden , elle , the salesman , and neruda have all been nominated in the best foreign language film category . neruda is jackie director pablo larraín’s second nominated film on this year’s list .
two detectives , a rookie and a veteran , hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives .
quentin tarantino was born on march 27 , 1963 , in knoxville , tennessee . he is the only child of connie mchugh , who is part cherokee and part irish , and actor tony tarantino , who left the family before quentin was born .
a woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted .
when i wrote it , i was thinking about the situation of the nicholas cage character in the movie . this guy is completely willing to give up his own immortality , just to be able to feel something very human . and i think , ‘wow ! what an amazing thing it must be like to love someone so much that you give up everything to be with them . ’ that’s a pretty heavy thought .
korb dr , greiner jv . increase in tear film lipid layer thickness following treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction .
shapiro a , merin s . schirmer test and break - up time of tear film in normal subjects .
tamer c , melek im , duman t , et al . tear film tests in parkinson’s disease patients .
the oversized gamekeeper was one of the characters for which rowling had a specific actor in mind : namely , robbie coltrane , who said yes ( namely on behalf of his offspring ) and became the first adult cast in the film .
this is the fifth time loach has been nominated as best director at the bifas , although he has not won since the inaugural edition of the awards in 1998 , when he won for my name is joe .
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
some initially opposed making emoji a unicode standard , according to yasuo kida , a technology expert who was involved in their adoption .
also michelle ferre can ' t act even a bit , but she ' s incredibly charming and i wish she ' d done more films .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
there they were , something i & apos ; d been involved with , although i & apos ; m neither an artist nor a designer ,
he said .
the museum saw value in the design that had the power to change people & apos ; s lifestyles .
hello publicists , critics , loyal readers , and everyone else who can see this . at this time , the new governing committee are working with web designers to make a new , improved , better site for the online film critics society .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
the online film critics society is one of only a few truly international film critics organisations . reflecting the global membership of the ofcs , 10 films not released in the us have been selected by the membership for special note .
hong kong international film festival , a three - week event , is held in late march to early april .
bron aj , tiffany jm . the meibomian glands and tear film lipids . structure , function , and control .
this unforgettable reconstruction of the life of the island , from the jazzy rhythms of the decadent batista era to the heroics of the revolution and its aftermath , recalls the work of leni riefenstahl and eisenstein in its transformation of agitprop into art . the eisenstein connection is no accident — the russian team that created i am cuba were attempting the same kind of aesthetic treatment of history as eisenstein , and they worked with some of his collaborators . but the filmmakers of i am cuba differed from their mentors in perhaps the most fundamental aspect — the visual . whereas eisenstein used cutting and dynamic composition in films like potemkin , kalatozov and his visual collaborators use a moving camera — a handheld eclair — to bring their story to scintillating life .
the nominations for best international independent film are all high - profile choices : maren ade’s comedy - drama toni erdmann was a palme d’or favourite ; moonlight and manchester by the sea are likely oscar contenders ; mustang was nominated for best foreign film at last year’s oscars ; and hunt for the wilderpeople has become new zealand’s highest - grossing film .
in 1996 ; plus burton’s batman—michael “birdman” keaton—was also initially criticized by diehard fans who worried about “mr . mom” playing the caped crusader .
the world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures , but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity .
the philosopher’s stone was known as the sorcerer’s stone to us audiences ever since september 1998 , when the american edition of jk rowling’s book was published . it was decided that the film versions would reflect the different titles , so every scene in which the words “philosopher’s stone” had to be re - shot with the cast saying “sorcerer’s stone” instead .
8 . a scene in which hallie meets the queen in london was cut from the final version of the film .
santodomingo - rubido j , wolffsohn g . comparison between graticule and image capture assessment of lower tear film meniscus height .
three recent views of cuba : the repressive , fragmented , poverty - stricken last gasp of modern communism offered by the u . s . media ; the wonderland of repudiated gay and “counter - revolutionary” culture in movies like strawberry and chocolate , a 1993 feature film set in pre - mariel 1979 ; and the glittering pleasures — social and spiritual — of the reclaimed island shown by what is surely the supreme masterpiece of the poetic documentary form , mikhail kalatozov’s 1964 russian - cuban coproduction i am cuba .
aviva is thirteen , awkward and sensitive . her mother joyce is warm and loving , as is her father , steve , a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time . the film revolves around her family , friends and neighbors .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
in 1954 , a u . s . marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer , who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane .
a convicted rapist , released from prison after serving a fourteen - year sentence , stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him .
loach’s film , which won the palme d’or at cannes this year , is about a man trying to negotiate britain’s labyrinthine benefits system . as well as the nominations for best film and director , it has picked up nominations for actors dave johns and hayley squires , who are also competing for the most promising newcomer award . loach’s longtime collaborator paul laverty is nominated for best screenplay .
growing up , this was the one i always remembered liking more than his others , so i’m glad that’s still true . the last twenty minutes are the best and then at the end of the outtakes , they show jackie doing the macarena with a bunch of kids from south africa , so what’s not to like ?
goto t , zheng x , klyce sd , et al . a new method for tear film stability analysis using videokeratography .
korb dr , baron df , herman jp , et al . tear film lipid layer thickness as a function of blinking .
lee jh , kee cw . the significance of tear film break - up time in the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome .
mengher ls , bron aj , tonge sr , et al . effect of fluorescein instillation on the precorneal tear film stability .
rolando m , refojo mf . tear evaporimeter for measuring water evaporation rate from the tear film under controlled conditions in humans .
novick has been co - directing documentaries with burns since the duo’s 1998 film , frank lloyd wright . for the the vietnam war , she conducted interviews with 35 vietnamese citizens , the majority of them over the course of three production trips to the country . sarah botstein , who produced the series , says novick’s unique mixture of “empathy , kindness , and energy” helped her get these subjects to open up , as did her unerring focus on the human , rather than the political , component of the history .
i don ' t know how i missed this in theaters , but i watched it for the first time tonight . i almost gave it a 10 , because this is as good as the suspense / action drama gets . somebody on the dvd special features called it
. . . a combination of crimson tide , the french connection , and 3 days of the condor .
from my list of favorites i ' d also say it has aspects of marathon man , the fugitive , and the firm . will smith , whose work does not thrill me 100 % of the time , is terrific , and gene hackman could not have been better . they also receive support from some great character actors , many of them uncredited ( a fact which blew me away ) . my enjoyment was enhanced by being familiar with hackman ' s the conversation , in which he plays harry caul , one of the world ' s greatest audio surveillance men . his hideout / office in enemy is reminiscent of caul ' s digs , and the photograph which the bad guys have on file for him is of his character from the conversation . i sort of wish they ' d named the new character caul , giving long - term continuity to the story . i ' m running off at the fingers here , so i won ' t elaborate on the location , direction , etcetera , but will end with see this film !
the white house is using its official twitter handle to target democratic lawmakers who have criticized president donald trump ' s immigration policies , . . .
he was next seen in the epistolary kadhal kottai ( 1996 ) . the film was a blockbuster and won three national film awards including the award for the best tamil film in 1996 . his subsequent films ullasam ( 1997 ) and kaadhal mannan ( 1998 ) were moderately successful . during the period 2003 to 2005 , ajith had acted in a few films as he concentrated more on his racing career . he had his only success with attahasam ( 2004 ) around this time . in 2006 , he returned after a sabbatical through varalaru . he played three different roles , one of which includes a classical dancer . his performance was critically praised , and he went on to receive his third filmfare award . the film was his biggest blockbuster then .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
efore terry gilliam was even in the picture , steven spielberg was attached to the film , but he had very different plans . warner bros initially teamed up with dreamworks , which is co - owned by spielberg , on the film for financial reasons .
if you want a better sci - fi film go see dark city . a better levinson movie ? try wag the dog .
director , producer and screenwriter francis ford coppola is best known for creating the godfather film series starring marlon brando and al pacino .
marquardt r , stodmeister r , christ t . modification of tear film breakup time test . in : holly fj , editor .
escaped convict sam gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict clydie - a widow with two young children . nobody knows who sam is .
after jackie brown , tarantino took a break from filmmaking . he starred on broadway in 1998 in a revival of wait until dark with marisa tomei . it was a bold move for him , as he had never done professional stage work before . tarantino played a thug who terrorizes a blind woman ( played by tomei ) , and the critics were less than impressed . the reviews for the production were brutally harsh , and tarantino was devastated . he felt people on the street were recognizing him as
the one whose acting sucks . i tried not to take it personally , but it was personal . it was not about the play—it was about me , and at a certain point i started getting too thin a skin about the constant criticism .
10 . marva kulp sr and marva kulp jr are named after nancy kulp , who played one of the camp counselors in the original the parent trap .
a man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the dolphin hotel . soon after settling in , he confronts genuine terror .
the online film critics society’s governing committee said , “we’d like to congratulate all involved with moonlight for the power and humanity of this extraordinary film . topical and relevant , it is a timely reminder of that which unites us being greater than that which divides us . ”
various effects that appeared as green film scratches ( but were not , in fact , scratches ) showed up periodically over the credits .
king - smith pe , fink ba , fogt n . three interferometric methods for measuring the thickness of layers of the tear film .
nemeth j , erdelyi b , csakany b , et al . high - speed videotopographic measurement of tear film build - up time .
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and dan gilroy ; producers jon peters and lorenzo dibonaventura ; costume designer colleen atwood ; and numerous artists who worked during the film’s pre - production . cage , however , declined to be interviewed . which is a shame , because cage is depicted as a serious comic book fan ( he named his son kal - el after all ) who wanted to work with burton to bring a new and interesting spin to the george reeves and christopher reeve models .
what we get , finally , is a series of well - drawn sketches and powerful scenes , in search of an organizing principle . the movie needs sweep where it only has plot . and norton , effective as he is , comes across more as a bright kid with bad ideas than as a racist burning with hate . ( i am reminded of tim roth ' s truly satanic skinhead in “made in britain , ” a 1982 film by alan clarke . ) kaye wanted to have his name removed as the film ' s director , arguing that the film needed more work and that norton re - edited some sequences . we will probably never know the truth behind the controversy . my guess is that the post - production repairs were inspired by a screenplay that attempted to cover too much ground in too little time and yet hastens to a conventional conclusion .
new territories has the hong kong heritage museum , which will appeal to those who have a serious interest in chinese culture , and the hong kong railway museum .
tarantino finally returned to work on his world war ii script . in 2009 , he released the long - awaited inglourious basterds , which focused on a group of jewish - american soldiers out to destroy as many nazis as possible . he had wooed brad pitt to play the leader of the
basterds .
some of the reviews were mixed , but tarantino seemed unfazed by any negative comments .
i respect criticism . but i know more about film than most of the people writing about me . not only that , i & apos ; m a better writer than most of the people writing about me ,
he explained to gq magazine . he clearly may have known best in this case , as the film was nominated for eight academy awards , including two for tarantino ( for best director and best original screenplay ) .
tarantino loathed school , choosing to spend his time watching movies or reading comics rather than studying . the only subject that appealed to him was history .
history was cool and i did well there , because it was kind of like the movies ,
he told entertainment weekly . after dropping out of high school , tarantino worked as an usher at a adult film theater for a time . he also took acting classes . tarantino eventually landed a job at video archives in manhattan beach , california . there he worked with roger avary , who shared his passion for film . the two even worked on some script ideas together .
russian authorities have sent a new extradition request to greece for a russian cybercrime suspect who is also sought on criminal charges by the u . s . . . .
the online film critics society’s governing committee said , “this year’s nominations and films recognised represent the rich variety of films on the global stage in 2016 . over 150 titles were long listed for best picture , over 100 for best foreign language film and over 30 titles for best animated feature .
wes craven is a horror film director , screenwriter and producer known for projects like swamp thing , nightmare on elm street and the scream series .
modern cinema , co - presented by sfmoma and sffilm , is an ongoing film series exploring the dynamic forces interacting between cinema’s past and present .
glasson mj , stapleton f , keay l , et al . differences in clinical parameters and tear film of tolerant and intolerant contact lens wearers .
mengher ls , bron aj , tonge sr , et al . a non - invasive instrument for clinical assessment of the precorneal tear film stability .
nichols jj , nichols kk , puent b , et al . evaluation of tear film interference patterns and measures of tear break - up time .
three weeks later mayall gets the call that his part had been cut out of the film , which he later derided as “crap” , but he was paid regardless , and received tickets to the premiere . he couldn’t go , so he sent his children instead - who came out convinced that he was playing hagrid .
after two less successful efforts , jackie chan & apos ; s first strike ( 1997 ) and mr . nice guy ( 1998 ) , chan scored another box - office hit with rush hour ( also 1998 ) , an american - produced action comedy . in rush hour , chan employed his english - language skills as a chinese police officer alongside a streetwise los angeles cop , played by the rising comedian chris tucker . in 2000 , chan starred in shanghai noon , another action comedy that was set in the old west and co - starred owen wilson and lucy liu .
east and west : china , power , and the future of asia ( macmillan ) , chris patten . the memoirs of chris patten , the last governor of hong kong . published in 1998 , patten provides his account of hong kong in the final years before the handover to china .
the lives of guards on death row are affected by one of their charges : a black man accused of child murder and rape , yet who has a mysterious gift .
a thief , who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream - sharing technology , is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a ceo .
kurita & apos ; s challenge : ntt docomo & apos ; s
i - mode
mobile internet service limited messages to 250 characters , which cried out for some kind of shorthand .
pulp fiction was both a commercial and critical success . in the united states , it earned over $ 108 million at the box office , becoming the first independent film to do so . pulp fiction won the prestigious palme d & apos ; or award at the cannes film festival in 1994 and received seven academy award nominations , including best picture and best director . for his work on the film , tarantino took home the award for best original screenplay , an honor he had to share with former collaborator roger avary . the two had a falling out over the writing credits for the film .
la la land and moonlight top the nominations for the 2016 online film critic society’s awards with 7 nods each , including best picture and best director .
actor / director / producer jackie chan ' s unique blend of impressive martial arts and screwball physical comedy has helped make him an international film star .
khamene a , negahdaripour s , tseng sc . a spectral - discrimination method for tear - film lipid - layer thickness estimation from fringe pattern images .
wang j , aquavella j , palakuru j , et al . relationships between central tear film thickness and tear menisci of the upper and lower eyelids .
i am really confused as to why
sphere
has the reputation it has . sure , it ' s narrative can get clunky but the film has some intriguing ideas . dustin hoffman , sharon stone , samuel l . jackson , liev schreiber and peter coyote are all good here and the visuals and atmosphere are essentially claustrophobic and creepy .
sphere
is no where near grade - a filmmaking but it ' s consistently interesting and gripping . if you are looking for science - fiction pulp of higher caliber you really can ' t go wrong with
sphere
. . . or maybe you can judging from the critics . . .
ln : it was really the same process in vietnam as it was here—i wouldn’t differentiate that much between people’s reluctance or enthusiasm about doing this . a lot of it is just connecting with someone and doing your homework , knowing a lot about them and their experience and whatever the environment that they were living in that you’re interesting in talking about . the people we talked to in vietnam were not reluctant . i guess that’s the best way to say it , or they wouldn’t have talked to us . they seemed extremely open to the idea . the only reason we were surprised was because we had no idea what to expect . we were surprised to find how open people were to talk about such a painful subject : just the scale of tragedy there , how many people were killed , how small of a country it is , how everybody was affected , the real horrors of the war . if i’d gone through something like that , i’m not sure i’d be able to talk about it .


the killing of america is a 1982 american documentary film directed by sheldon renan and leonard schrader .

the film was premiered in new york city in february 1982 and was recently shown at the 2013 fantasia festival .

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the killing of america is a documentary , from 1981 , examining the phenomenon of violent death in the us , covering murders , serial killings and political assassinations .
bbc america has ordered killing eve , a spy drama based on the luke jennings novelles , from fleabag ' s phoebe waller - bridge .
two years after exiting abc ' s grey ' s anatomy , the actress has booked the starring role in bbc america spy thriller series killing eve .
the killing of america ( 1981 ) directors : leonard schrader , sheldon renan plot : a documentary of the decline of america . it features a lot a great footage ( most exclusive to this film ) from race riots to serial killers and much - much more .
kombo yannick is one of the many african asylum seekers braving the longer latin america route to the us .
: while you watched this movie , five of us were murdered . one was the random killing of a stranger .
“while you watched this movie , 5 more of us were murdered . 1 was the random killing of a stranger . ”
another day in the death of america is published by nation books on 4 october in north america . to pre - order a copy for $ 16 . 89 , go to
to watch full episodes , you must have a cable provider that supports bbc america ' s full episode service and you must have bbc america as part of your cable package .
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the audience is treated to the spectacle of decomposing corpses being unearthed , and fresher ones being dissected in an autopsy room . there are still photographs of murder victims that leave nothing to the imagination—and there are plenty of things in the killing of america that are even more obscene .
preface and acknowledgments map of mexico and central america map of south america key terms and acronyms by country introduction : a political culture of murder part i . the practice of political murder in latin america 1 . targets and victims 2 . dirty war mechanics 3 . bodies of the slain part ii . justifications , associations , and consequences 4 . dirty warriors on dirty war 5 . international collaborations and the conflicted roles of the united states 6 . the enduring appeal and continuing challenge of political murder in latin america and beyond appendix—political murder in latin america : individual country narratives notes bibliography index
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u . s . label severin films has officially announced and detailed its upcoming blu - ray release of director sheldon renan ' s documentary the killing of america ( 1981 ) . the release will be available for purchase on october 25 .
u . s . label severin films has confirmed that it will release on blu - ray director sheldon renan ' s documentary the killing of america ( 1981 ) . the release will be available for purchase this october .
in america , the rich are getting richer . isn ' t that great ? . . .
every 20 minutes . japan , england and west germany with a combined population equal to america have 6 , 000 murders a year and america has 27 , 000 a year .
and the division of the narrative arc into two seasons created problems for “the killing” beyond the question of closure ( which was really more of a marketing and publicity issue than a creative one ) .
there is dignity in the work people do here , and that kind of work has lost favor in america’s elite society .
“most of america’s china factories closed years ago , but we’ve been in this region since 1893 , ” mcilvain explains .
killing eve is produced by sid gentle ltd . for bbc america with waller - bridge serving as showrunner and executive producer . sally woodward gentle and lee morris also executive produce with colin wratten serving as producer .
jodie comer ( the white princess , thirteen ) has been cast in a lead role opposite sandra oh in killing eve , bbc america ’s eight - episode dramatic thriller series written by fleabag’ s phoebe waller - bridge .
the murder rate is one thing but america also scores very badly in other areas of concern compared to many other developed nations . yep , america has issues , huge issues and in some respects lags behind africa , eastern europe and parts of asia .
alaska air has announced 3 new transcon routes that will use both their own and virgin america aircraft .
downward dog alumna kirby howell - baptiste has booked a series - regular role opposite sandra oh in killing ev e , bbc america ’s eight - episode dramatic thriller series written by fleabag ’s phoebe waller - bridge .
killing eve is produced by sid gentle films ltd . for bbc america with waller - bridge serving as showrunner and executive producer . sally woodward gentle and lee morris also executive produce with colin wratten serving as producer .
since its release , the killing of america has surfaced in different , condensed versions and renan laments that his original cut , which he says featured more “elegiac” passages that helped break up the film’s darkness , has mostly been unseen in recent years . even then , though , renan admits that the killing of america , in any incarnation , “is a little bit of a sledgehammer . [ schrader and yamamoto ] did not want me , in any way , to mediate or make it a do - gooder thing . ”
fifteen years ago , as social media started connecting us in ways we never imagined , america looked up and across at the other america ; as they looked back at each other , neither side was terribly pleased .
this is an edited extract from another day in the death of america , published next week by guardian faber at £16 . 99 .
“america is the only industrialised nation with a higher murder rate than countries at civil war , like cambodia and nicaragua . an attempted murder every 3 minutes , a murder victim every 20 minutes . japan , england and west germany , with a combined population equal to america , have 6 , 000 murders a year . america has 27 , 000 . in the 80 years of this century , america has had more than a million murders . more than all of her fatalities in all of her wars . ”
u . s . arms sold to saudis are killing civilians in yemen . now the trump administration is set to sell them more
i guess you don ' t know what draconian means , because america has the most lax gun laws in the developed world .
renan and schrader shared a curiosity about violence’s hold on people . but when asked about his intentions for the killing of america , renan , who turned 75 this year , says simply , “we were just trying to make a commercial picture about something that bothered all of us . ”
cutting the killing : an interview with editor lee percy ( 1080p ; 16 : 09 ) is a really fun piece and will be of special interest to fans of roar .
' killing eve ' marks the actress ' first series - regular role since exiting abc ' s ' grey ' s anatomy . '
renan’s reaction to making the killing of america was merely a precursor to the public response . when the film had its premiere at l . a . ’s nuart theatre in 1981 , renan estimates that a third of the audience walked out . “they didn’t realize what kind of impact it was going to have , ” he says , looking back at the screening . even though plenty of the footage was already familiar to people by that time , like zapruder’s capturing of jfk’s killing , “it hadn’t been put together [ in that way ] . ”
in the comic - book universe , death is not always final . but even if captain america turns out to have met his end in print , he may not disappear entirely : marvel has said it is developing a captain america movie .
and we’re rolling ! filming has commenced on bbc america’s all - new eight - part thriller , killing eve , penned by phoebe waller - bridge and starring sandra oh ( grey’s anatomy , sideways ) and jodie comer ( the white princess , thirteen ) . based on the ‘villanelle’ novellas by luke jennings , killing eve follows two fiercely intelligent women — a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down . we can expect this series to be full of sharp humor ( waller - bridge’s specialty ) , originality , and high stakes action . killing eve is filming on locations including paris , tuscany , berlin and london and will debut on bbc america in 2018 .
h . h . holmes was the alias of one of america ' s first serial killers . during the 1893 columbian exposition , he lured victims into his elaborate ' murder castle . '
events may unfold at about the same pace in the two shows , but they seem to move faster and more chaotically in “the killing . ” whether it’s the luxury of longer episodes or simply a matter of style , “forbrydelsen” is full of interrogations , briefings and discussions that impart information and guide us through the story . “the killing” reduced many of these scenes to curt exchanges or off - hand remarks delivered in passing .
but resurrections are not unknown in the world of comics , and marvel entertainment editor in chief joe quesada said a captain america comeback wasn ' t impossible .
a documentary of the decline of america . it features a lot a great footage ( most exclusive to this film ) from race riots to serial killers and much - much more .
london – august 23 , 2017 – filming has commenced on bbc america’s all - new eight - part thriller , killing eve , penned by phoebe waller - bridge and produced by sid gentle films ltd . based on the ‘villanelle’ novellas by luke jennings , killing eve follows two fiercely intelligent women – a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down . starring sandra oh ( grey’s anatomy , sideways ) and jodie comer ( the white princess , thirteen ) , the series – a combination of brutal mischief making and pathos – is filled with sharp humor , originality and high stakes action . killing eve is filming on locations including paris , tuscany , berlin and london and will debut on bbc america in 2018 .
the us murder rate has thankfully halved since 1982 , but many of the social blights the film identifies remain pressing concerns in the united states today , from school shootings to unlicensed firearms . now that even the killing of america’s most searing images pale in comparison to those available on a litany of shock sites , a film once known for its sensationalism comes off as surprisingly level - headed .
the first comparison to be made between the two shows is a simple matter of mathematics . season 1 of “forbrydelsen” consisted of 20 episodes , each close to 58 minutes long ( without commercials ) . season 1 of “the killing” comprised 13 american - length episodes of about 45 minutes each — roughly half the total running time of the danish season .
during the two years renan and his team were putting together the killing of america , new high - profile shootings would occasionally occur , including lennon’s assassination and the attempt on reagan’s life the following year . “it’s like , ‘you can’t keep up with it , ’” renan remembers thinking . “but it’s one of those things that tells you that you’re doing the right thing . ”
john cross jr . was the pastor at a birmingham church that was bombed in 1963 , killing four girls . the event was a turning point in the civil rights movement .
investigating the 1893 world’s fair that turned chicago into h . h . holmes’ killing ground , jeff and amaryllis discover an unexpected connection to the ripper in the city’s police archives .
sarah barnett , bbc america president commented : “bringing phoebe’s remarkable writing to life with this genius cast and crew is enthralling . killing eve promises to be an original – blackly funny and joltingly affecting , glamorous and startlingly realistic , a vivid and colorful noir thriller . ”
former texas homicide detective james leavelle gives a first - hand account of one of america ' s most shocking moments in this bonus clip from
jfk declassified : tracking oswald .
matthew shepard’s horrific death at the hands of redneck homophobes shocked america and changed its laws . now a different truth is emerging , but does it matter ? julie bindel reports
captain america has undertaken his last mission — at least for now . the venerable superhero is killed in the issue of his namesake comic that hit stands wednesday , the new york daily news reported .
this hard - to - find 1982 documentary about america’s addiction to guns and violence gets new life 35 years after its initial release .
now with its release on dvd and blu - ray , a 35 - year - old movie no longer seems dated or forgotten . from its footage of then - president lyndon johnson making an appeal for sensible gun legislation to the scenes of shattered onlookers reacting to mass shootings or tense hostage situations , the killing of america feels like it could have been made yesterday—it’s only the names and the massacres that have changed .
renan put the killing of america experience behind him , eventually losing his only vhs copy of the movie , but the film itself didn’t vanish . beyond its success in japan , which renan bases partly on that audience’s attraction to the movie’s gruesome spectacle , the documentary also began to develop a following in australia—a country , it’s worth pointing out , that banned semiautomatic weapons in 1996 , all but ending gun murders in that land . when renan flew from portland to los angeles to be interviewed for electric boogaloo , the 2014 documentary about cannon films , he discovered from the australian crew that “it turns out that [ the killing of america ] is this huge sleeper in australia . every college kid has seen it . most dorm rooms have a copy . ”
in the first 80 years of the 20th century america has had more than a million murders , more than all her fatalities in all her wars . no place seems safe not even the street ; no person feels safe not even the president . not long ago the american dream seemed to come true : big cars , big houses , big everything . but not everyone could get an equal share of the dream . though it seemed impossible they existed side by side - america the beautiful and america the violent . the turning point was november 22 , 1963 , the day the american dream of freedom was wedded to the american nightmare of murder , the day when john kennedy was assassinated .
whose streets ? sabaah folayan and damon davis’s documentary , acclaimed at sundance for its immediacy , captures the anger of residents and activists in ferguson , mo . , in the wake of the killing of an unarmed black teenager , michael brown , by a white police officer .
despite the composure of his writing , there is passion in younge’s condemnation of a system that renders the poor and the dark in america invisible . in illuminating the stories of some of these people and of their communities , younge has provided us with a beautifully told and empathic account that wrenches at the heart even as it continues to engage the brain .
an investigation into the gruesome details of holmes’ infamous murder castle leads to the discovery that he may have been killing victims all over chicago and beyond ; while a report surfaces that the ripper may have killed in the u . s .
with all the arms they have given to saudi arabia , the saudis have achieved nothing after more than two years but killing civilians and destroying infrastructure ,
he complained bitterly .
hotly debated , and brady of course would carry the scars of this shooting for the rest of his life .
this proves that america has never been the guardian of democracy and human rights , like it tries to portray itself ,
said mohammed aiyash , the 40 - year - old editor of a now - shuttered sana newspaper .
naturally , in that light , it was only a matter of time before lanthimos came to the united states of america , a place that spent 2016 swinging the pendulum between logic and emotion and eventually settled on madness . america is a place where lanthimos’ wry provocations have been enacted on a mass scale , where “dogtooth” has become less of a metaphor for the way we live now than a precocious abstraction of a country that’s been lied to and left to self - harm . in other words , “ the killing of a sacred deer ” has to up the ante , and it does . this is lanthimos’ most scattered and sedate film , but it’s his scariest as well .
taking as its central thesis the idea that the united states has an irrepressible systemic tendency towards violence , the film ( and its almost laughably stern voiceover ) offers a whistle - stop tour of more or less every terrible thing that happened in the country throughout the 60s and 70s . cinematic agit - prop at its most overt , the killing of america surveys assassinations , spree killings and death cults in a sustained attempt to bludgeon its audience over the head with the us’s sheer ugliness .
in 2016 , waller - bridge also penned channel 4 comedy crashing , if you ' re looking for another waller - bridge fix while you wait for killing eve .
the british board of film censors took a dim view of the genre , initially banning and later censoring its first entry , 1962’s mondo cane . the notorious 1978 compilation faces of death ( warning , contains grim footage ) , meanwhile , wound up on the british government’s infamous list of prohibited “video nasties” . even the genre’s most ( grudgingly ) critically respected work , 1982’s the killing of america , wasn’t submitted to the board until two decades after its completion , making this week’s release of a restored version on blu - ray , dvd and vod a rare opportunity to see the film in all its disquieting glory .
oh ' s casting marks a coup for bbc america as the actress continues to remain in high demand , fielding offers from broadcast networks , cablers and streaming outlets .
in august , msf said it was evacuating its staff from six hospitals in northern yemen after a coalition air strike hit a health facility operated by the group , killing 19 people .
that so many of the film’s grisliest sights are now available to view online may dampen its impact , but it also strengthens the killing of america’s argument that grotesque violence has become so culturally routine as to be almost unremarkable . most haunting are the spectacularly gruesome events that time has still somehow managed to forget . one genuinely unbelievable sequence tells the obscure story of tony kiritsis , an indiana man who , in 1977 , attached a sawed - off shotgun to the head of his mortgage broker and then held a press conference .
this is one of those releases where the supplements outweigh the inherent
worth
of the main feature .
an easy way to understand the wisdom of the ancient stoics . learn and apply the art of living .
this is not a story about politics but rather one about people , bigotry and why america is in such turmoil with itself over , well , itself .
we really need him now ,
said simon , 93 , who worked with artist jack kirby to devise captain america as a foe for adolf hitler .
on saturday 23 november 2013 , 10 children died after being shot . it was just another day in america . in an exclusive extract from his new book ,
a group of 30 volunteers has collected more than 1 , 200 dead bodies from beneath of the rubble of the destroyed city .
making a killing : guns , greed , and the nra tells the stories of how guns , and the billions made off of them , affect the lives of everyday americans . it features personal stories from people across the country who have been affected by gun violence , including survivors and victims ' families . the film exposes how the powerful gun companies and the nra are resisting responsible legislation for the sake of profit - and thereby putting people in danger .
bbc america announced today that award - winning actress , sandra oh ( grey’s anatomy , sideways ) , has been cast in the title role of the network’s highly anticipated original scripted series killing eve . produced by sid gentle films ltd , the eight - episode drama comes from phoebe waller - bridge ( bbc u . k . and amazon’s fleabag , u . k . channel 4’s crashing ) . killing eve is a dramatic thriller revolving around a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down . it is a combination of brutal mischief - making and pathos , filled with sharp humor , originality and high stakes action . it will debut in 2018 .
gillian slovo’s latest novel , ten days , is published by canongate . another day in the death of america is published by guardian faber ( £16 . 99 ) . click here to buy it for £12 . 50
the economy is collapsing ; government employees have not been paid for months ; prices for food and fuel have skyrocketed ; half the country ' s health facilities are closed and a raging cholera epidemic is killing hundreds .
in the course of those 13 episodes the american show departed in many details from the original . but the similarities between the two — in premise , cast of characters and broad outline of the story — were much more pronounced . watching “forbrydelsen” it’s clear that despite the hedging comments of the american producers , it was ordained that “the killing” would not solve its mystery in one season , and that it would need a full second season to wrap things up .
excellent book , connects the events leading to the decline of our standard of living , and who is behind this degrading of humanity .
initially , the killing of america sets up the narrative that the american dream and violence are wedded to one another and , given that the documentary focuses primarily on the 20th century , that the two were married when president kennedy was shot in november of 1963 . it’s an interesting proposition , but one that refuses to acknowledge less contemporary events ( at least to its time of making ) , such as the two world wars , the assassinations of earlier presidents , the country’s civil war , early 20th century gangsters and so on . it’s reductive because it favours the narrative that the filmmakers want you to process , which makes for an entertaining movie but inevitably reduces its argument’s legitimacy .
i’ve been reading all of the news and reaction to alaska airlines plans to euthanize the virgin america brand , likely by 2019 . i , too , have been struck with emotion about this news breaking . but out of the dozen pieces i’ve read , no one seems to share the same reception as mine .
killing ground in a thriller from australia , a camping couple encounter an empty tent and a child wandering without his parents . from the trailer , it looks as if they stumbled onto a crime in progress .
holmes & apos ; life as one of america & apos ; s first serial killers has been the subject of many books and documentaries , including the devil in the white city ( 2003 ) , by erik larson . the book is in the process of being adapted for the big screen , with hollywood heavyweights martin scorsese and leonardo dicaprio tapped to direct and star , respectively .
but the chronicling of actual killing took its toll on the filmmakers . “a lot of the things that i did on this film seriously messed me up , ” says renan with a rueful chuckle , recalling his time going through the los angeles coroner’s office’s files , even observing autopsies . “it’s hard to explain , ” he says of the experience of compiling the footage for the film . “it just really made part of you go dead . i basically had , like , ptsd . ”
, while chuck riley ' s sonorous narration gives background information while also occasionally offering brief data points as to how many guns were in america at the time of the documentary ' s making ( i ' m sure the numbers have only increased exponentially in the intervening decades ) .
based on the novellas by luke jennings , bbca’s killing eve centers on two women ; eve is a bored , whip - smart , pay - grade security services operative whose desk - bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy . villanelle is an elegant , talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her . killing eve topples the typical spy - action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women , equally obsessed with each other , go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse .
last june the first season of “the killing” on amc ended without a bang . a gun was pointed at a murder suspect’s head , and then there was a quick cut to the credits . the explosion came later , when complaints poured in that the show had failed to solve the season - long mystery the network had advertised with the teasing slogan “who killed rosie larsen ? ”
america does stand out amongst the ' industrialised ' , ' developed ' nations as a pretty grim and dangerous country . in that sense it ' s quite a dark place ; comparing apples with apples .
it was just another day in america . and as befits an unremarkable saturday , 10 children and teens were killed by gunfire . they died in altercations at gas stations , accidents in bedrooms , standing on stairwells and walking down the street , in gangland hits and by mistaken identity . like the weather , none of them would make the national news because , like the weather , their deaths did not disturb the accepted order of things . every day , on average , seven children and teens are killed by guns in america . firearms are the leading cause of death among black children under 19 , and the second greatest cause of death for all children of the same age , after car accidents .
after several weeks of outrunning authorities , holmes was finally apprehended in november 1894 . during his time in custody , he gave numerous stories to police , once admitting to killing 27 people . convicted in 1895 , holmes appealed his case but lost .
in his 2015 book , between the world and me , ta - nehisi coates writes to his son about the danger to black bodies in america , and about the sting of his own father’s leather belt , which was the result of his fear of what might befall his son in the face of such dangers . this is a world that younge also explores as he writes of the “cocoon world” in which black parents try to wrap their children in the hope of keeping them safe . and yet in the impoverished communities where most of these victims exist , younge shows how this effort is often fruitless .
while rothenberg did not say all of west virginians talked funny or were uneducated , the implication of “a lot of” hits home here .
there are images of strong real violence , including an image of a man being shot in the head . there are also verbal references to the violent acts of a number of serial killers .
doesn’t leave the audience with a rousing call to action , or an uplifting end - credits song . the best you’ll get is “imagine” playing over footage from the public memorial service after john lennon’s 1980 killing , with a note that two people were shot during the vigil . what’s remarkable about
the second was that if you really wanted to know the answer , or an answer , all you had to do was watch “forbrydelsen , ” the danish show on which “the killing” was based . it revealed who killed nanna birk larsen , rosie’s european antecedent , way back in 2007 .
it’s an exercise i recommend , even if you have no interest in “the killing . ” season 1 of “forbrydelsen” is excellent , if conventional , television in its own right . it’s easy to understand why the show has been a hit around the world in its original form . and if you are , or were , a fan of the american series , watching its forerunner will give you a better understanding of the challenges involved in the adaptation .
phoebe waller - bridge , writer , showrunner and executive producer , said : “i’m hugely excited to have started filming killing eve . it’s looking fantastic and our cast , led by the indomitable sandra and jodie , are to die for ! ”
, about the 1966 shooting at the university of texas . these films and others join the ranks of michael moore’s oscar - winning 2002 film
the conflict between yemen ' s government and the houthi rebels escalated in 2015 with the intervention of an arab coalition in support of hadi .
“he wanted to turn the audience into murderers , ” renan says of schrader , who died in 2006 at the age of 62 . “he wanted [ viewers ] to recognize that in themselves , ostensibly so that they would do something about it . ” later in our conversation , renan makes the point another way : “everybody thinks about killing people , in their mind . and everybody is guilty of all kinds of transgressions , in their mind .
sandra oh has the ability to go from wrenching to funny to total mess with a genius lightness of touch . phoebe’s vision is absolutely original , and sandra is utterly perfect casting we think for this key role ,
bbc america president sarah barnett said .
renan himself hadn’t seen the movie for years until he attended a recent screening . he was amazed how well the killing of america held up . and he still believes the movie’s value is in its asking of questions and its insistence that we take a hard look at how we’ve come to accept violence in our culture . what once was disdained as a cheap exploitation film now feels terribly prescient , and startlingly vital and urgent . “naiveté is a very poor strategy for survival , ” renan says about his film . “it’s better to know what things really are . ”
shocking and eye - opening , the killing of america is a documentary that has taken too long to make it to our screens , not necessarily because of its quality as a story - telling device , nor necessarily for the political angle its filmmaker’s have presented , but more because of the truth of the story that makes this at once relevant to its intended early 80s release date audience and indeed our contemporary landscape . this movie may have been banned from release in 1981 , but chieko & leonard schrader’s documentary passion project has finally managed to find distribution and , like any good documentary , still successfully entices an audience and questions their moral values and principles all at once .
no wonder then that , underneath the paranoia and shock that reverberate through the killing of america , there’s also curiosity , even sadness , about the unspoken connection between americans’ thirst for violence and the easy availability of powerful weapons . “ [ violence ] is a discussion which is part of the american character—that’s how deep it is , ” renan says . “we have done terrible things in building this country , and then we paper over it . we don’t think about it . we don’t think about the violence that we ourselves experience and grow up in . we don’t think about the fact that at least one in every four women is raped . it’s just astounding what we don’t think about . ”
stereotypes are peculiar things . they make targets out of those who are different , be it in language or traditions . and it appears appalachia remains the last minority population in america for which it is socially acceptable to question intelligence , speech pattern , the way people dress . their uniqueness .
this is not an unforeseen or coincidental result of forces beyond our control ,
o ' brien said .
it is a direct consequence of actions of the parties and supporters of the conflict .
four years ago , for a moment , there was considerable interest in the fact that large numbers of americans were being fatally shot . on 14 december 2012 , 20 - year - old adam lanza shot his mother , then drove to sandy hook elementary school and shot 20 small children and six staff dead . mass shootings comprise a small proportion of gun violence , but they disturb america’s self - image in a way that the daily torrent of gun deaths does not . “seeing the massacre of so many innocent children … it’s changed america , ” said the democrat senator joe manchin , who championed a tepid gun - control bill . “we’ve never seen this happen . ”
jimenez has faced a barrage of criticism since the publication of his book and has had readings to promote the book boycotted . jimenez claims , however , that many of his critics have not actually read it . the advocate , america’s leading lgbt magazine , published a piece last year entitled : “why i’m not reading the ‘trutherism’ about matt shepard” . jimenez has been accused of being a revisionist , a criticism usually reserved for extreme rightwing ideologues that deny the holocaust , and labelled a homophobe .
sally woodward gentle formed sid gentle films ltd . in september 2013 to produce original and innovative television drama and feature films . the indie is currently in production on the third series of the hugely successful bafta - nominated the durrells for itv and in production on killing eve for bbc america , written by phoebe waller - bridge ( fleabag , crashing ) and based on luke jennings ‘villanelle’ novellas , set to debut in 2018 . sid gentle films ltd . have also produced the critically acclaimed adaptation of len deighton’s epic ss - gb starring sam riley and kate bosworth for bbc one , as well as neil gaiman’s likely stories for sky arts .
so while many are upset about the idea of , at worst , their ticket prices going up thirty bucks or fewer flying options out of their local airport , there are virgin america employees literally in tears wondering about their future , how they will put food on the table , and what the heck happened to their loved brand that they worked so hard for .
could history’s two most notorious killers actually be the same man ? jeff mudgett , great - great - grandson of america’s first serial killer and expert con man , h . h . holmes , and ex - cia operative amaryllis fox team up to investigate the theory that holmes was britain’s infamous murderer , jack the ripper .
the jack the ripper letters contain an unexpected link to h . h . holmes ; scotland yard’s list of credible suspects uncovers a key detail of the manhunt ; and eyewitness accounts reveal the face of a killer .
its absolutely disturbing how some of these people believed that they were doing the right thing by killing others , and how some found it amusing to do so . i liked the documentary though because it did shed some light as to why these people did what they did even though some of their reasoning are just not right . that ' s just my opinion though .
audio commentary with director sheldon renan is available on the english version of the film .
the first ever u . s . release of perhaps the most controversial documentary in history
from fleabag creator phoebe waller - bridge , killing eve is a dramatic thriller that revolves around a psychopathic assassin and the woman charged with hunting her down . the eight - episode drama , picked up to series in november , will debut at a date to be determined in 2018 .
having watched the full first season of “forbrydelsen” doesn’t necessarily mean that i know where the second season of “the killing” is going to go , let alone who’s going to end up being the killer . but assuming that the american show continues to track the danish series in a general way , it’s safe to say that season 2 will be quite a bit more violent than season 1 , with several characters , perhaps major ones , joining rosie larsen on the obituary page before the mystery is solved .
“the killing” has all of those elements , but they couldn’t play out and build in a linear fashion over the course of 20 hours as they do in “forbrydelsen . ” the danish show can get a bit slow and melodramatic at points — and clarity of structure does not make implausible coincidences more believable , it just makes them more obvious — but it offers a kind of formal , old - school satisfaction that the jumpier , more cryptic ( as opposed to more mysterious ) american adaptation has lacked .
it ends a long run for the stars - and - stripes - wearing character , created in 1941 to incarnate patriotic feeling during world war ii . over the years , an estimated 210 million copies of
captain america
comic books , published by new york - based marvel entertainment inc . , have been sold in a total of 75 countries .
guns were more available in brandon and tyler’s world than for any of the day’s other victims . in much of rural america , guns are an everyday part of life , for recreational and practical reasons . “being a rural community , we have problems with everything from skunks to critters , ” sheriff biniecki explains . “it’s not uncommon for a farmer to have a firearm handy . ”
) has never been released , distributed , televised nor made available for sale in the usa . america is the only industrialized nation with a higher murder rate than countries ravaged by civil wars , like cambodia or nicaragua . there is an attempted murder every 3 minutes and
in 1960 a lockheed electra plummeted seconds after taking off from logan airport in boston , killing 62 people . some 10 , 000 starlings had flown straight into the plane , crippling its engines . any bird in the wrong place can pose such a danger , but it is the ever - present starling that pilots fret over the most .
henry vii became the first house of luxembourg member to serve as king of germany in 1308 . in 1312 , he became the house of luxembourg ' s first holy roman emperor .
whisky galore ! in this remake of alexander mackendrick’s 1949 ealing studios comedy , the wartime residents of a scottish island that has run out of whisky face off with the commander ( eddie izzard ) of a ship that’s run aground , which happens to be carrying 50 , 000 cases of the stuff .
the stories that younge has uncovered are often sensational but he tells them without hyperbole and accompanies them with an analysis that lays bare the reality of being black and poor in america : in the everyday existence , for example , of the need for local organisations such as mothers of murdered offspring , or in the matter - of - fact presentation of the more than 20 % of children in chicago public schools who , in 2012 , are said to have witnessed a shooting , or in the disclosure that african americans are six times more likely to be incarcerated , twice as likely to be unemployed , and almost three times more likely to live in poverty than whites .
war machine working from “the operators : the wild and terrifying inside story of america’s war in afghanistan , ” a nonfiction book by the journalist michael hastings ( who wrote the rolling stone article about stanley mcchrystal ) , the director david michôd ( “animal kingdom” ) charts the changing fortunes of a united states general ( brad pitt ) with a dash of strangelove - ian mockery . other notable cast members include topher grace , anthony michael hall , tilda swinton , ben kingsley and lakeith stanfield ( “get out” ) .
as usual in the history of man ' s importation of species across oceans and continents , schieffelin was not thinking of long - term consequences . for the first six years after he released his birds they rarely strayed beyond manhattan . the first nesting pair , discovered in the eaves of the museum of natural history , across the street from central park , inspired jubilation .
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, a supposedly notorious documentary that appeared in the
dark ages
of 1982 . made in the wake of the assassination attempt on president reagan ( an event which is one of many vignettes included in the film ) , but before the horrors of columbine and too many other sad incidents to enumerate ,
at the end of a review prompted by the funeral attack , president obama blocked the sale of thousands of gps - guided
smart
bomb kits to the saudi military . those same weapons are among those that trump has now green - lighted , although much of the deal still requires congressional approval .
america ' s so - called
gun culture
tends to get a pretty intense public airing during election season , not to mention every time another mass shooting takes place , but for those of us who have been around awhile , the only mantra that seems to emerge from such discussions is
the more things change , the more things remain the same .
there ' s a rather salient example of that maxim in
the biggest victims may be the people that have been wearing the virgin america nametag . there have already been some layoffs , but nothing in the news is making mention of whether more will head out the door . “in an airline merger , it’s common for most non - operations management employees at the acquired airline to be laid off . though some of the folks on virgin america’s marketing and product teams may end up at alaska , i expect most will not , ” says henry harteveldt , travel industry analyst at atmosphere research group . when an airline brand is sent out to pasture , there are often layoffs , requests of employees to move to another city , or others simply changing their clothes while they keep on keeping on , these are game changers that truly affect people’s livelihoods .
the bustling capital , which is jammed with people displaced by fighting elsewhere , has been spared the worst of the war . but residents live in fear of the coalition jets that roar overhead , unleashing their payloads into densely packed neighborhoods and military installations on the outskirts of the city .
again , this is not to say that alaska airlines is another big bad airline . their efforts to grow and expand could be the best thing for the traveling public , and virgin america employees that are able to stick around may enjoy fruitful , long lasting careers . i genuinely wish them all the best .
interview with mondo movie historian nick pinkerton ( 1080p ; 14 : 48 ) gets into some of the
shockumentary
aspects of the piece .
this week for friday photos , we take a look as some of the many great photos of special liveries uploaded to the nycaviation photo hangar .
of blood spewing from his head . brady of course would give his name to the brady bill , something that ' s
the need to readjust plotlines to fit into significantly shorter episodes was mirrored by the need for a season - ending climax at what represented the halfway point of the story . so it’s not surprising that the scene of belko , family friend and employee of the larsens , trying to assassinate the politician darren richmond was a wholesale addition , with no equivalent in the original . ( the addition of the scene also suggests , for reasons that i won’t go into , that the american series might change the identity of the killer , a shift that wouldn’t be too difficult given the unusually large cast of characters and abundant red herrings . )
perhaps the most striking difference between the two productions is their respective emotional temperatures : danish cool versus american heat . not that there isn’t the same amount of grief , anger and shame in “forbrydelsen” as there is in “the killing” ; it’s just expressed with greater reserve . the children who act out do so more politely ; adults who scheme and fight do so with more compunction . some of this may be national temperament and some of it , again , may be the exigencies of short - season character development . as the victim’s mother , the danish pernille larsen starts out shell - shocked and gradually builds to anger while the american mitch larsen starts out in a rage and stays there .
look past the rage , though , and it becomes clear that winograd has an important case to make . in peta ' s response to me , schinke wrote ,
winograd dishonestly and viciously attacks all open admission shelters , those that do not shut the door to any animal , even those for whom peaceful release is a mercy .
this is another way of saying that because peta accepts so many dire cases , cases in which euthanasia may very well be justified , it should be excused for killing over 99 percent of the animals under its care . winograd , however , argues persuasively that peta euthanizes far more than just the unadoptable cases . in the following excerpt from his blog , he reveals that newkirk admits to killing animals that are
adoptable
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americans only got them selfs to blame . why not try to get rid of all the guns oohh nooo its in the constitution so you
need
them i dont feel sorry for anyone getting murdered there you chose to have the right to weapons every attempt to remove that right is attacked and stoped then live with the consequences . im just happy i am not an american living in america
in an effort to reassure the public , the law established the assassination records review board to consider all decisions of whether to postpone the declassification of the records . by the time it concluded in 1998 , the board had forced the release of thousands of previously secret documents from the cia , fbi , secret service and other federal agencies , as well as congressional investigations into the assassination . some of these documents showed that evidence had in fact been withheld from the warren commission , presumably to hide the failure to detect—and prevent—a plot to kill kennedy .