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...Democrats still smarting from the 2000 election. But the subtitle explains all: ?22 Years of Deliciously Evil Hong Kong Cinema.? The bestial festival, which runs through Thursday the 14th, assembles films famous (Samo Hung?s ?Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind,? Ricky Lau?s ?Mr. Vampire?), infamous (?The Untold Story,? ?Dr. Lamb?) and unfamous (?Devil Fetus,? ?Bio Zombie?) from...
...Welcome, latecomers, to the world of Hong Kong?s Category III movies. In 1990 the local censor board established this rating for films that could be seen only by those 18 and older. Cat III films came in two main flavors. One was the luridly violent melodrama: ?The Untold Story,? for example, with Anthony Wong as a restaurateur who kills people and serves them up dumpling-style. The other was period fantasy with lots of simulated sex. In epics such as ?Erotic Ghost Story? and ?Liu Jai: Home for the Intimate Ghosts,? horny demons and succubi preyed on innocent maidens...
...impunity from one category to the other. They played cannibalistic or necrophiliac killers, crazed cops and deranged victims in Cat III movies, then went back to standard action movies. It was a surprise but not a shock when Wong won a Hong Kong Film Award as Best Actor for ?Untold Story.? In the States this would never happen; Michael Rooker, in a similar (much milder) role in ?Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,? was praised by critics but not even on the radar of Academy voters...
...highlight of the evening was a three-minute drum solo by Richards, “The Little Giant.” Richards quickly veered away from “Dream Untold.” It began slowly and built up momentum, until about a minute into the solo, Francis joined Richards, drumming from the front of the kit. Francis was followed by the rest of the band. At first they all seemed to be taking the spotlight from Richards, but as the solo went on, the erratic beats of the other three were incorporated by Richards, adapting to multiple beats...
...last month, dozens of student employees have been working without pay. A flawed computer system has left some students who toil in Harvard’s libraries, museums and research labs unpaid for untold hours of work. Even worse, the problems with the new PeopleSoft payroll system have been left to fester as administrators and computer consultants try to figure out what went wrong...