Absurdity, Allegory and China

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Entries Tagged as 'Paris'

One From the Grave

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

For those who can get the USA Network, tonight the American Film Institute (AFI) will air the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty. Since I miss everything else, this is one I won’t be sad to sit out. One of my favorite films is McCabe and Mrs. Miller – good acting, [...]

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Tags: Altman · Beatty · Paris · cemetery

Shooting Jacques Chirac

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Here are a few more photos from July in Paris, even a Mona Lisa.

I tried to get a photo of Nicolas Sarkozy packing his bags for his China trip, but his wife told me to come back in a few weeks. She was very friendly, though clothed. Disappointed. But I did get [...]

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Tags: Paris · photo

The Louvre

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

There are some things you do just because you do. And in retrospect you wonder why. Most Chinese weddings fall into this category. Visiting a relative on their deathbed just because you saw them once when you were five and they were, then, already older than dirt is another. Going to the Louvre in July [...]

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Tags: Beijing · Bush · Louvre · Olympics · Paris