Saturday, September 4, 2004

Links The Best Critical Thought on the Web. Thanks to Roger for the kind Mediaburn mention. 8:43:40 PM

Brandon Chalk at Copenhagen Brandon Chalk reviews KETCHUP-EFFEKTEN at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. Teenage angst meets Sweden. Thirteen year old Sofie starts a new school with hopes of being popular and running with the "in crowd." After being invited to a party, her drinking leads to fatal consequences and she passes out in front of her classmates. A series of degrading photos are snapped by Mouse, the hoodlum ringleader, as everyone looks on. When the photos begin making their way around school, Sofie decides to take matters into her own hands. … [Brandon Chalk blogs Copenhagen] [Cinema Minima] 8:39:07 PM

Light + Shadow (September Sun) Light + Shadow. [Ottmar Liebert] 8:36:33 PM

Wilfred Lobo Blogs Bollywood Cinema Wilfred Lobo reviews Bollywood: new releases copied from Hollywood. <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/find?q=HUM KAUN HAI" TARGET="x" TITLE="HUM KAUN HAI in Internet Movie Database" STYLE="text-transform:uppercase">HUM KAUN HAI is yet another copy of Nicole Kidman film, <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/find?q=The Others" TARGET="x" TITLE="The Others in Internet Movie Database" STYLE="text-transform:uppercase">The Others. HUM KAUN HAI did not answer any questions for me. Instead, it left me asking, "theatre mein iss waqt hum kyun hai?" Why are we in this theatre? … [Wilfred Lobo blogs Bollywood] <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/find?q=RAKHT" TARGET="x" TITLE="RAKHT in Internet Movie Database" STYLE="text-transform:uppercase">RAKHT chills only in parts. It is a copy of a Hollywood film, <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/find?q=THE GIFT" TARGET="x" TITLE="THE GIFT in Internet Movie Database" STYLE="text-transform:uppercase">THE GIFT. Although unnecessarily violent, RAKHT is well-made, with its share of scary moments and good item numbers. [Wilfred Lobo blogs Bollywood] [Cinema Minima] 8:31:15 PM

'A British Columbia Waterfall' by Dave Winer Today's movie: A British Columbia waterfall. [Scripting News] 8:25:21 PM

Mike Atherton on London Cinema Mike Atherton reviews THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES and other films showing in London. The last good movie I saw was THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, writes Cinema Minima's London Correspondent Mike Atherton. I last saw Gael Garcia Bernal in Almodóvar’s <A HREF="http://us.imdb.com/find?q=BAD EDUCATION" TARGET="x" TITLE=" in Internet Movie Database" STYLE="text-transform:uppercase">BAD EDUCATION (a terrible melodramatic waste of time) so wasn’t sure what to expect of him as a young Che Guevara. As it was he was often overshadowed by Rodrigo De la Serna. The movie keeps the political aspect to a minimum concentrating instead on the friendship of the two leads as they make their way across South America. [Mike Atherton reports from London for Cinema Minima] [Cinema Minima] 8:21:51 PM

'The Washington DC of Virginia' Outsourcing fund-raising calls to India. I reported back in September 2003 that an Indian newspaper reported a local company receiving an outsourcing contract from the Republicans for fund-raising calls. The Republicans denied this at the time. Dvorak has an update. The Telegraph - Calcutta Indian voices in Bush pitch - Geography error blows lid off campaign outsourcing The Texas outfit may have actually got away with its outsourcing exercise if it had not been for the poor training given to Indian telemarketers who handled the job. Sources here said the India-based operation was exposed when one American who received a fund-raising phone call on behalf of the Republican Victory Committee wanted to know where the call was coming from. “The Washington DC of Virginia,” the caller answered. Washington, the US capital, is actually in DC, short for District of Columbia, and Virginia is its neighbouring state. [Joi Ito's Web] That's the American spirit! But why stop there? Let's get Indian politicians as well... See, I would have never noticed, because Caller ID takes care of 95% of solicitation calls and I am hanging up on the remaining 5%. [Ottmar Liebert @ INJournals] 11:42:03 AM

Now Online - Green Day's 'American Idiot' Recommended. Thanks to DoneWaiting.com for the link. It definitely jams with the Mediaburn thing we've been doing here. I think it even rides with that wave I called "Expressionist Fab Culture / EFC". And hey, MTV will probably play it too... New Green Day Video. You can watch the new video for Green Day's "American Idiot" right here, in glorious Quicktime. Their new album comes... [donewaiting.com :: music commentary] 7:16:26 AM

What Happened to MTV? Remember way back when Michael Nesmith from the Monkees gave us the MTV concept? - G.S. MTV Is So Over. last night's VMAs were so atrociously durst on so many levels that ACTUALLY INVITING Fred Durst to the ceremonies would've made for better television. I couldn't agree more. MTV better watch out. Fuse is closing in fast on their tired act. I had thought that MTV would have something cool planned ... [Greedy Girl] 7:01:39 AM

Zell Miller, 'Slash and Burn Politics' " the GOP couldn't wait to distance themselves from Senator Miller" [Daypop Top 40] 5:54:03 AM