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Eleven directors of international repute each made a film intended to be precisely 11 min., 9 sec. and one frame long. Some were poignant (Sean Penn's, on a man living in the shadow of the Towers), some funny (Idrissa Ouedraogo's parable of African boys who spot an Osama bin Laden look-alike and try to cop the $25 million ransom). Several (from England, Bosnia, Egypt and Israel) pointed fingers at the U.S., saying, in effect, other countries have suffered atrocities for decades, so welcome to the club, America. No surprise that the film has opened in Europe...
...flying first class; they're taking the bus. The 27-seat motor coaches offer an alternative to airport-security hassles and delays, says Dale Bunce, CEO of ExecConnect America, the Aiken, S.C., company that operates the service. The trip costs $129 round trip and takes 2 hr. 40 min. (vs. $614 for a 1-hr. flight in coach). Bus travelers can watch cable TV and use Internet-access ports at each seat. And there's an attendant on board who gladly makes hotel and dinner reservations. According to Bunce, ExecConnect will expand to the Northeast and Southeast within a month...
...wants a better world, and it's important to stay idealistic. Besides, art must sometimes be an irritant to stimulate debate." Debate is at the heart of French filmmaker Alain Brigand's latest project, 11'09'01. He asked 11 directors to film self-contained segments lasting precisely 11 min. 9 sec. each plus one frame (a restriction that one participant, Indian director Mira Nair, called "French conceptual bulls__t"). Brigand describes the project - which also includes segments by Sean Penn and Ken Loach - as "an open dialogue. We have people from different cultures sharing the different implications they draw...
After my 45-min. flight, I served as part of an eight-person crew that helped the next passengers get aboard, then followed along in a truck to assist them once the balloon landed. When I was finished riding and crewing, all I wanted to do was go right back up for another ride. I was like a 3-year-old who had just got off the slide for the first time and was tugging on her mom's dress to let her try it again and again...
...deep-fried pork balls and buckets of KFC. More than 70 million Chinese are classified by the government health ministry as overweight, owing to the fast food and fast living that is playing havoc with upwardly mobile mainlanders' waistlines. "In the past, everyone was so poor," says Zhao Min, 28, a Shenzhen dentist who practices combined yoga/ballet three times a week. "People didn't have the time or money to spend on themselves, but at least they were healthier because they ate simple things and exercised because their work was strenuous. Today, some people may be wealthier, but they...