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More subtly, characters often give off a vague hint of "faking it," like they aren't convinced they belong in this gleaming world of flip phones, skinny jeans, and skyscrapers. But they definitely aren't convinced they belong anywhere else. Another theory is that US distributors of South Korean films simply like violent movies with an undercurrent of social dislocation and have artificially created the impression that all Korean films are sad and violent because they've ignored all the rom-coms, musicals, and family films. In fact, the Korean movies that distributors predicted would be the most successful stateside may say more about our current moment than anything on the peninsula. … [Read more...] about Fish monsters, barking dogs, and roach patties: The films of Bong Joon-ho

Of course, it's unclear right now as to which studios will be on board for Europe and whether iTunes will be carrying movies from US studios, European studios, or both. Either way, this comes as good news, if not a bit lacking in detail. We can't wait to see what comes out. … [Read more...] about Apple VP: iTunes films in Europe, for reals this time

We basically just had a theme song and an intro figured out, for what would either be short-form or half-hour. But I’m kind of glad it never got produced because I don’t know how you sustain that for a whole half hour, despite the fact that we had written out scripts that claimed to do it. I don’t know if that was sustainable. In retrospect, it’s kind of embarrassing. … [Read more...] about Perry Bible Fellowship’s Nicholas Gurewitch on making comics for the internet’s golden age

When we decided to bring the case, none of us had been online, and the ACLU did not have a website. We flew down to Washington so that someone we knew could show us the Internet. When we litigated the case in Philadelphia, we used a phone line to set up the Internet in the courtroom and show the judges what a website looked like. We made an effort to show them websites we thought they would find interesting. We also showed them chat rooms and bulletin boards and the WELL, an early social media site. I'm told that when we argued the case in the Supreme Court, only one of the justices had ever been online, and that several others were taken down to the court basement by their clerks and shown the Internet. … [Read more...] about How 7 words unfit for TV fostered an open Internet 20 years ago today

"Congress has not provided an all purpose get-out-of-jail-free card for businesses that publish user content on the Internet, though any claims might have a marginal chilling effect on Internet publishing businesses," the court ruled (PDF). The lawsuit by the unidentified victim "Jane Doe," the court held, "has nothing to do with Internet Brands’ efforts, or lack thereof, to edit, monitor, or remove user generated content. Plaintiff’s theory is that Internet Brands should be held liable, based on its knowledge of the rape scheme and its 'special relationship' with users like Jane Doe, for failing to generate its own warning." … [Read more...] about Website for models can be sued for not warning users about rapists