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Wang saves the movie from becoming a typical clash-of-cultures, mix-of-cultures, everyone-learn-something picture. As Fang, Wang could be playing himself. He seems so natural, that sometimes the movie seems like an documentary. And Wang's cinematographical direction is simply beautiful.
Both Guanglan and Iwai, who play Fang's wife and sister respectively, also seem to bring their own experience to their roles. In one particularly memorable scene, Grace and Mrs. Chao try to become acquainted even though neither can speak the other's language. Grace tries to make up Mrs...
Part of the whole reason I've consciously tried to come to school so far away, and am going even farther away to England next year--experiencing all these different cultures and meeting lots of different people--is that I eventually want to return back to Guam. So this is...
During his years at Harvard, the former Guggenheim Fellow has held several administrative posts, including head of the Core Curriculum Foreign Cultures subcommittee. He has also served on a Center for Middle Eastern Studies steering group.
Last year, Graham taught the popular course, Foreign Cultures 28, "The Religion and Culture of Islam."