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...century godown. Its elegantly proportioned halls that once stored spices now display antique ships from all over the archipelago, such as a sleek kora kora war boat from the Maluku Islands, and finely detailed models of modern freighters. In the market around the museum, visiting sailors stock up on rope, rain gear and pirated VCDs...
...visually rich, steeped in the verdant colors of the postmonsoon tropics. A veteran village hangman, who lives on the fringes of society and is haunted by the memory of an innocent's execution, is called into duty one last time. He is a killer, no doubt, but the consecrated rope he uses to hang his victims also has the power to cure sickness. Is he an agent of karma? A mere government functionary? Or a willful sinner whose well-paid job trades in the blood of the blameless? The film is vintage Adoor, a picture-perfect set piece that entertains...
...narratives they scrape together to forget or to testify to their suffering and the memories they cling to in order to preserve their sense of self and humanity. The sensation of brushing against a woman’s leg in a train ride and the spectacle of a tight-rope walker comprise two of the nights’ most subtly compelling and spine-tingling stories...
...Lightweight ladder --Rope with grappling hook --M-16 rifle...
...cars jammed to the gills, pickups loaded high. The family of Michael Ibrahim was stuffed into an Opel Vectra (11 people) and a beat up Nissan pickup (five in front, five small children perched on top of a mountain of the family's possessions tied down with yellow nylon rope in the back). A baby cradle was tied to the top of the truck. They were leaving Erbil and heading to the Duhok area. "We're afraid of [the Iraqis] using chemical weapons," he said. They were leaving only his brother behind, to protect the house, and he would come...