Word: neon
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...tape of E.T. has Jiffy commercials and the kitschy neon logo for the CBS Sunday night movie interspersed, but is otherwise the original theatrical version, with both shits intact. It also has that classic scene with the young boy, Elliot, and his older brother. His older brother is teasing him about his discovery of something in the shed: “Maybe it was an elf or a leprechaun, Elliot...
...wore a wig and played Punkie, a semicrazed jilted girlfriend. That won Mok a best supporting actress award from the Hong Kong Film Academy. "She's not one of us and nobody knows what to do with her," says Kar-wai, Hong Kong's bard of nihilism and neon. "The Hong Kong Cantonese look at a young Maggie Cheung and see her as the girl next door. They look at Karen and can't identify." Mok has a monopoly on marginality in Hong Kong movies and she's adamant about its benefits: "Hong Kong directors want me to do roles...
...Tokyo artist Masato Nakamura, whose shrine of McDonald's arches recently graced the Venice Biennale, comments on a different kind of war?a cultural one. For his Sydney installation Minimal Selves, 2001, Nakamura liaised with eight convenience-store chains to reproduce their neon logos in a darkened gallery space. While such works might suggest the victory of Western corporate culture over Tokyo's skyline, the effect is peculiarly Japanese. Beautifully serene, not submissive, Nakamura's lightbox logos form a chapel in which the viewer can meditate on the future. Having grown up in "this neon generation," he says...
...also added ambiance,” said the Grille’s manager, Justin A. Erlich ’03. “We worked with the [Quincy House] superintendent to turn off the fluorescent lighting at night.” A neon “Quincy Grille” sign illuminates the area instead...
...neon lights really set the mood. It’s a whole new place,” said Sonia H. Kastner...