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...film was Taiwan's pick for the 2003 foreign-language Academy Award, and hence is a perfect symbol of what's right and wrong with the island's film industry. Mostly freed from commercial pressure thanks to government support, the island's handful of directors have carte blanche to experiment and explore. They have produced some innovative cinema, but there's a reason why none of the eight Taiwan films made last year grossed more than $30,000 in Taiwan. Without the blatantly populist tradition that keeps even Hong Kong's indie directors grounded, filmmakers like Tsai seem to feel...
...ARRESTED. ABUBAKAR BA'ASYIR, 66, Indonesian Muslim cleric; on the day he was to be freed after serving 18 months for minor immigration offenses and document forgery; in Jakarta. Police claim they have new evidence that he is the leader of the radical group Jemaah Islamiah and that he approved a string of bombings, including the October 2002 Bali attack that killed 202 people. (Abubakar has consistently denied involvement in terrorist activities, and is suing TIME for a 2002 article that accused him of links to terrorism...
...went through a series of drummers with Barlow and Loewenstein at the songwriting core. Barlow had just been kicked out of Dinosaur Jr. after a nasty feud with Dinosaur Jr. frontman J. Mascis, whom Barlow then trashed on their 1991 album III on the song “The Freed Pig,” played mid-set at their Sunday night concert at T.T. the Bear’s Place. “Self-righteous but never right / so laid-back but so uptight.” The feud between the two has been among the most historic...
...about Barlow and Loewenstein’s frequent breaks to retune—many of the songs were in alternate tunings—and their absent human drummer. Barlow, the king of cool, brushed off these comments (and those about Mascis made during and after “The Freed Pig”) with a simple statement: “These are songs. They are written to entertain an audience. The people and situations are irrelevant. Take them and make them your own.” His forceful entreaty shut up the crowd and caused a moment of reflection about...
...They may have gone on their own, but they must consider how many people they caused trouble to." YASUO FUKUDA, Japanese government spokesman, justifying the government's deliberations over whether to bill the freed hostages for their flights home...