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...theatrical tradition of white actors in "yellowface" precedes movies, and the innate realism of films didn't discourage early actors. In 1919, the year Richard Barthelmess played the sensitive "chink" in Broken Blossoms, the Danish actor Warner Oland played his first Chinese in The Lightning Raider. Oland looked no more Chinese than, say, Bob Keeshan, yet he was cast "yellow" dozens of times, including in four films with Wong, and culminating in 16 Charlie Chan movies. When Oland died, in 1938, Missouri-born Sidney Toler was tabbed to replace him; he played the sleuth in 22 films, until his death...
...This year a special exhibition will be held at the Juan Carlos I Fairground focusing on the work of Mexican artists. Two in the spotlight are Francisco Toledo and Gunther Gerzso, whose work uses aspects of pre-Columbian icons and magical realism. Also at the Fairground will be an exhibition focusing on Scandinavian art. The fair will also feature the Black Box, a 250-sq-m, two-story-high new-media venue using video, 3-D projections and even artificial intelligence...
...space that specializes in photography and new media. This year a special exhibition will be held at the Juan Carlos I Fairground focusing on the work of Mexican artists. Two in the spotlight are Francisco Toledo and Gunther Gerzso, whose work uses aspects of pre-Columbian icons and magical realism. Also at the Fairground will be an exhibition focusing on Scandinavian art. The fair will also feature the Black Box, a 250-sq-m, two-story-high new-media venue using video, 3-D projections and even artificial intelligence. "ARCO is the most important week of the year for Spanish...
These individuals celebrate black intelligence and creativity and provide a veritable light at the end of the tunnel. They have combined “Ghetto CNN” realism with early hip-hop’s vitality and an American entrepreneurial spirit. They showcase ways that we can use hip-hop’s best traits to attack nihilism and alienation in America by challenging the prevailing discourse and undertaking political and economic ventures to create change. If our generation fails to reclaim its most powerful cultural achievement from those who would put profit before progress, we will undoubtedly...
Amenabar, only thirty-two, exhibits great directorial instincts. His constantly moving camera navigates the film’s space capturing shot after shot with finely-crafted composition. He takes risks in terms of narrative forms, mingling elements of magical realism and surrealism, previously explored to different ends in his last film The Others...