Youtube film essayist who talks about Asian and world cinema. YouTube: https://nitter.gq/t.co/xp6W4Y2zIV Patreon: https://nitter.gq/t.co/8x8XzVHH52
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Hi everyone. As you may have noticed, I'm no longer active on Twitter.
If you'd like to follow me on social media, I'll resume activity on these two platforms instead:
Does anyone know where this image came from? It depicts a hydraulic mill from the Song dynasty.
Supposedly, it's a scan from Cambridge Illustrated History of China, a book by Patricia Ebrey. If you know or have the book, please let me know the source.
Thank you!
Hi friends. YouTube just turned the thumbnail of my lastest video into an error grey box. Any one know how to fix this?
Reuploading, choosing the default images, changing image sizes, I tried everything and they all did Jack Daniels.
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Coming out of hibernation to tell you this:
Many viewers asked us where they can watch Hi, Mom (2021), a movie we covered a few years ago. Turns out, the entire film is on YouTube, legally, for free. Give it a watch, and prepare to cry!
youtu.be/9hGNmRzZ5Qo?si=2CDS… via @YouTube
#Barbie Review:
If you think the movie is unfair to men, telling men what they should and shouldn't do, mocking men for their hobbies, objectifying men, and it all makes you angry... Please, ask yourself:
Why didn't you get angry when women face the same thing every day?
<Rant>
Who came up with the idea that TVs and tablets should auto-dim their screens during dark movie scenes!? It's distracting!! What is wrong with you!
If I wanna see something so dark I don't know what's going on, I'd stare at the hearts of alt-right politicians, thank you!
New video! 20 years ago, a little movie called Ong-Bak came out, introducing us to superstar Tony Jaa, and changing the world of martial arts cinema forever.
What impact did Tony Jaa made? Come and let's talk about it!
youtu.be/wCvcsIKuY-E via @YouTube
Last couple of pics from my trip to China, and last couple of murmurs:
1) Even though I was in Hong Kong, I still got a scam call on my traveler SIM card. Truly nothing unites the human experience more than dealing with these asshats.
2) I rode the central escalator because it appeared in many movies.
And then I realized it only goes half way up the mountain. It ends in the middle of nowhere! The most convenient way to get back to downtown was to ride a tram up to Victoria Peak and then take a bus...
So, I watched it. It turns out to be an indie movie about a group of struggling people trying to find aliens.
Depending on your mood, this movie is either boring and uneventful, humorous and heartfelt, or, in my case, melancholic.
It's a strange experience, but a worthwhile one.
The reason Japanese games have so many "ancient alien race who uplifts humanity" may be shaped by Japanese history.
In Neolithic Japan, the Yayoi people from Asian Mainland introduced rice cultivation and iron age tech to Japan, transforming local culture in a blink of an eye.
In the case of the Zonai from #TearsOfTheKingdom, it may have also drawn inspiration from the legend of Xu Fu, who sailed to Japan under the order of Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
This would explain all the dragon imagery and Kanji style writing in Zonai aesthetics.
Bonus video! Since we were talking about Fast X, might as well review it. And let me tell you, it was one of the better theater experience I had, and it was all because people were talking in the cinema. No joke.
Patrons can now go to Patreon.com/AccentedCinema and enjoy the video.
