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That’s Mei Melancon, aka Psylocke from X-Men and model Jenny Shimizu comparing Blackberry notes in my kitchen. Jenny Shimizu is on the cover of GR10 and she’s on Make Me a Supermodel on Bravo. A superhero and a supermodel in my house at the same time. A strange day. Then there’s Harry Kim, also a supermodel and a superhero. He actually sort of is. We did some filming of a Q and A that went super silly. I’ll post that one which is for the Chicago Asian American Showcase. Dirty Hands will be opening that festival.
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I always trip out on this story about an English teacher who was murdered in Japan. The person who allegedly killed her, was her student, and he’s on the run. Japan is the size of California. There’s plenty of people, yet, there’s not that much space. How can a guy (Tatsuya Ichihashi) disappear in a country so small? How does one really just disappear? I have a stupid fascination with this, I don’t know why. He can’t use a credit card, can he get a job? Where does he get money? How does he interact with people? This guy went off the grid, changed his identity, and probably lives among people. Maybe he’s homeless. He’s either a genius or straight up lucky. Maybe this renewed effort will help. Link to the story. Second link to another.cafepress shirts with the guy’s face on it.
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I heard about this earlier in the week. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two journalists were detained in North Korea! I refrained from even talking about it, since it hasn’t come out in media yet, but I guess it’s official. Laura’s older sister is Lisa Ling, a wild newswoman and GR supporter. It’s obvious Laura’s on the same path of journalism. I hope they get back soon.link 1 cnn.com link 2 kcra.com
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To Answer your questions…
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Yeah, it was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I made film. That’s me with the shorter hair, in the back row, that’s my cousin Mike next to me with the shortest hair in 1997. Our film Sunsets played the festival in SF, and I think that’s where this shot was taken. That’s Chris Chan Lee on the left. He just came out with Undoing and made Yellow. Justin Lin next to him who made Shopping for Fangs and as you know many other films, including Fast and Furious 3, Rea Tajiri smiling – she made Strawberry Fields and lives on the east coast. Quentin Lee who co-made Shopping for Fangs on the bottom right. He’s still trucking along in cinema. Cousin Mike Idemoto was the lead in Charlotte Sometimes, and is slowly working on film projects. You can imdb search all of these folks to see what’s going on in their lives. It was a great time in 1997 – 11 years ago… I’m proud to say I was there, and it was the genesis of the current “wave” of Asian American films. Sunsets is all but forgotten now, the kids who are turning out feature projects on hi-def video have no idea what sound sync 16mm is all about. The BS we went through is still around for sure, but it’s a little bit better for everyone, I’m glad to have a part in that. Here’s where that link exists.
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