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Monday, November 20: A return and a shortened work week, hurrah!
My work took me to Las Vegas for Comdex, the biggest computer trade show in America. It was a busy week, but the great part is that this week, the American holiday Thanksgiving means I only have to work parts of three days. I'm looking forward to catching up on watching and (re)viewing a whole bunch of HK movies. Last week there were a large number of new releases from Tai Seng, but I'm still working on what I bought two months ago and still searching for a friendly Asian video store within a reasonable driving distance.
I watched one American film recently. I really liked Frequency (a thriller with heart) and the DVD made me wish that all Hong Kong films could look and sound so good. I picked up Once a Thief, the TV version directed by John Woo, for $5.00 (half-price). It's full frame and the video looks very good. The sound level is set so high, though, that I nearly blew out my ears. The movie blew away my friends back in 1995 (I missed it on TV), but watching the first 15 minutes the other day, I felt . . . sad. It looked like a blueprint for M:I 2. More on that topic, and my self-involved continuing reevaluation of HK cinema, in the coming weeks.
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