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Through his work with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Taiwan's Lin Hwai-min has become one of Asia's most highly acclaimed choreographers, pioneering the genre of Chinese contemporary dance. His pieces incorporate striking imagery from diverse aspects of Chinese culture, including classic literature and Taiwanese history. Here are some of his inspirations...
...Dream of the Red Chamber This literary classic was a major source of inspiration through many of my works. It's about decay - a glorious jubilation that gives way to precarious darkness. It's a book that has everything...
...Salinger may have hated visitors, but he sure loved lawyers. The famously reclusive author fended off all attempts by others to adapt his writings, particularly his masterwork, Catcher in the Rye. He even said "no" to Steven Spielberg regarding a film version of his classic novel. But now that the elusive Salinger is gone, what will happen to his iron-fisted control over his writings...
...money. The festival, then called the U.S. Film Festival, began in Salt Lake City in 1978 as a way for founders Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle and Cirina Hampton Catania to attract more filmmakers to Utah. Redford was its first board chairman. The inaugural event focused on retrospectives of classic American films, with a few awards given to new works. It was moderately successful, with long lines for screenings and a few high-profile panelists like actress Cicely Tyson, but the organizers were left in the red - prompting them to hold another festival the following year to break even...
...more ways than one, it was classic Brett Favre: a coolheaded march down the football field with only seconds left on the clock, in a tied championship brawl. And then an interception at the critical moment, leading to an overtime defeat. The NFC Championship game on Sunday night - a Superdome epic between the New Orleans Saints and Favre's Minnesota Vikings that ended in a 31-28 win for the Saints, sending them forward to meet Indianapolis in the Feb. 7 Super Bowl - had many breathtaking twists and turns, yet it didn't take long for one question to dominate...