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April 13 - 19, 2001
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Ringu rings some familiar, eerie bells
By Kimberly Chun
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the video store, Ringu (Ring) appears. The 1998 Japanese film based on the popular novel by Suzuki Koji is now available for rent at Le Video in San Francisco, and for purchase through Crimson Cult Video. A crazy-eyed, eerie hybrid of Videodrome and Twin Peaks, with a little Night of the Living Dead and X-Files thrown in for spooky measure, Ring is said to be Japan’s most successful horror film ever, spawning a scary number of tie-ins: a sequel, a prequel, a Korean remake and merchandising up the yin-yang.
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Shadow Magic
First Sino-Taiwanese film collaboration comes to Bay Area
By Justin Lowe
As the world enters a new millennium filled with hi-tech innovations in digital video and high-definition TV, director Ann Hu looks back nearly 100 years to the introduction of cinema in China with her first feature, Shadow Magic.
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Neela’s LitPicks:
New books for you to read. I’m the One I Want and Life in the Cul-de-Sac.
Vietnam’s Dylan Dies:
Anti-war singer/songwriter was his country’s most beloved musician and activist.
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