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...League, told the Houston Chronicle, "We still have grave concerns," and the ADL elaborated on them in a press release. This breach rankled other leaders, who signed a group letter sent privately to the ADL (a draft of which was obtained by TIME): "The Passion is a powerful and graphic film ... We do not all agree on the effect, presentation or accuracy of the film. [But] we are deeply disappointed in and saddened by the tactics employed by Rabbi Eugene Korn and the Anti-Defamation League ... We call on Rabbi Korn and the ADL to apologize to Mel Gibson...
...seen this crew before: the shaggy-haired musician in a black suit and a skinny tie; the set designer in a too tight vintage T shirt and a handmade denim skirt; the graphic artist in reissued Levi's and hard-to-find Nikes...
Both born in 1971--Alas in Istanbul and Piggott in Bangor, Wales--they met in England in 1994 after stints in the worlds of classical music and graphic design, respectively. "Marcus was a photographer's assistant, and I had a little design shop," says Alas. "We did some tests, and some were cool, so we showed them to [the London cult fashion magazine] Dazed and Confused, and next thing you know, they had published them." Alas and Piggott now count among their credits some of the fashion world's most influential advertising campaigns, including recent ones for Lancome, Hugo Boss...
...easy to underestimate graphic novels--after all, they look just like their less evolved forebears, comic books, and if that's not bad enough, they have been saddled with that awkward name. (Maybe it would help if we called them tragic books?) They get sold in comic-book stores or shelved in that corner of Barnes & Noble that buzzes with preteen X-Men fans, a place where self-respecting adult readers fear to tread. No wonder Pekar wrote American Splendor for 27 years before mainstream America finally took notice. The graphic-novel business is reportedly worth about $100 million...
...Royston Tan respectfully disagrees, and he has the footage to support his dissent. The 26-year-old director's new film, 15, explores the dark side of the Singapore story. Shot with a cast of actual public-housing kids rather than actors, 15 mixes graphic realism with quick-cutting, music video-style camerawork to reveal what it's like to be young, alone and angry in a city that refuses to acknowledge your existence. The movie sold out its initial run at this year's Singapore Film Festival, took home many of the major awards and was recently selected...