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...with the pressure by escaping, spending most of the next 10 years in self-imposed exile in Greece, Italy and the U.S., reading, writing and teaching. He returned to Japan in 1995 after the Kobe earthquake, which destroyed his parent's home, and the sarin-gas attacks by doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo. "I thought 1995 was a turning point for our society," Murakami recalls. "I didn't know if it was good or bad, only that everything had changed. At the same time, it was a turning point for me. I made up my mind that I had to commit...
...evidence provided by the films we see - separating the region?s customs from the exaggerations and outright lies in the movies. We can guess that Indian people don?t all sing, the way they do in Bollywood musicals. Hong Kong films (at least the ones that have achieved cult status) suggest that the triads run the town, the cops are all sadists and you can?t walk down Connaught Road without getting beaten or eaten. Hongkies will inform you that it?s not quite like that: the place is bustling but civilized. You will tell them that Rob Schneider does...
...much to love - the glamour, the beauty, the clothes. And so much to hate - the glamour, the beauty, the clothes. It's not surprising that the industry teems with disgruntled staffers, many of whom hope one day to get their revenge. Wayne Hemingway, designer of the now- defunct cult label Red or Dead, gets his chance to diss the London fashion scene this month, when Britain's Channel 4 begins airing his series, Revolt in Fashion. Like most fashion documentaries, it tells us what we already knew: that the business is less about art than about money...
Lindh's sad story and his quest for meaning resonate because they are, unfortunately, all too familiar. I have known many people like Lindh, including a few in my own family. During the '70s, one of my brothers ran off and joined a religious cult. In the process, he disowned my family. Another brother, a Vietnam vet, has immersed himself in the Bible to the extent that everything else in his life has foundered. He won't take care of his basic needs because he believes these are the "last days." Ironically, in the search for meaning, one's soul...
...like blood sports with supper, Beloye Solntse Pustyni (White Sun of the Desert, also the name of a Soviet cult film) has cockfights on Monday along with good traditional Central Asian dishes such as plov, a rice pilaf with chicken and seasonings...