Date posted: August 20, 2006
I finally had a chance to see Three Times by director Hou Hsia Hsien. It is an amazingly beautiful movie. It's not exactly an action movie, as a matter of fact not much happens, but because of that small gestures become loaded with meaning. The final shot of the first episode is simply magnificent. Period.
Date posted: August 17, 2006
On a Sunday afternoon I queued about 45 minutes to get into the Musée du Quai Branly, that was because I didn't want to queue for more than one hour and fifteen minutes when I walked past in the morning. They've put up sign posts at the queue indicating the expected waiting time, which I found pretty nifty, so that's how I know.
Date posted: August 6, 2006
If a novel idea or product is successful, others will copy it. This is what happens in business, but also in science and the arts. When a new field of scientific inquiry is opened up, - the science of networks, string theory, social cognitive neuroscience -, scientists and PhD students flock there, because the chances of breakthroughs and getting an article published (profits in science) are still high. Thus there is a drive towards homogeneity and monoculture in capitalism.
Holland Animation Film festival 2008
As with every edition of the Holland Animation Film festival there were too many films. And also as with every edition the films ranged from hilarious, touching and stunning to boring, tedious and outright dreadful.
I'm a cyborg is yet another highly intelligent movie by Park Chan-wook. It's also a visual treat and in its own special way profoundly moving.
Supplementary material for my review of Gregory Clark: A Farewell to Alms; Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion; and Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes.
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