A group of Singaporean filmmakers including Anthony Chen, Boo Junfeng, Royston Tan and Kelvin Tong has issued a statement protesting the local ban of Tan Pin Pin’s documentary To Singapore With Love.
The documentary examines the lives of Singaporean exiles, including trade unionists, student leaders and Communists, who left Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s due to their fear of being imprisoned under Singapore’s Internal Security Act.
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (Mda) classified the film yesterday as “Not allowed for all ratings”, on the grounds that it undermines national security. The classification means that the film can’t be shown or distributed in Singapore.
The group of 38 high-profile filmmakers and members of Singapore’s arts community expressed their “deep disappointment” at the Mda’s decision and called on the government body “to release their version of the events in question”, rather than banning the film outright (see full statement below).
To Singapore With Love...
The documentary examines the lives of Singaporean exiles, including trade unionists, student leaders and Communists, who left Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s due to their fear of being imprisoned under Singapore’s Internal Security Act.
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (Mda) classified the film yesterday as “Not allowed for all ratings”, on the grounds that it undermines national security. The classification means that the film can’t be shown or distributed in Singapore.
The group of 38 high-profile filmmakers and members of Singapore’s arts community expressed their “deep disappointment” at the Mda’s decision and called on the government body “to release their version of the events in question”, rather than banning the film outright (see full statement below).
To Singapore With Love...
- 9/11/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Deadline has learned that Fox is developing the graphic novel Incognito into a feature film. The script is being written by Robert Schenkkan. If you like me have never read this graphic novel I have the comic synopsis for you from Wikipedia;
The comic is set in a world in which larger-than-life pulp heroes and villains have existed since the early 1800s. The original super was an escaped convict named Kenneth Lee who went by the name the Black Death. His powers came from a radioactive object which landed in New England over 200 years ago. Other notable supers include the descendants of the soldiers who were chasing him including the Doc Savage-esque "Professor Zeppelin," the Shadow-esque "Lazarus". After WWII, the Sos agency created by Zeppelin has kept most stories about the supers out of the news.
The comic deals with former science villain Zack Overkill, who is in the Witness...
The comic is set in a world in which larger-than-life pulp heroes and villains have existed since the early 1800s. The original super was an escaped convict named Kenneth Lee who went by the name the Black Death. His powers came from a radioactive object which landed in New England over 200 years ago. Other notable supers include the descendants of the soldiers who were chasing him including the Doc Savage-esque "Professor Zeppelin," the Shadow-esque "Lazarus". After WWII, the Sos agency created by Zeppelin has kept most stories about the supers out of the news.
The comic deals with former science villain Zack Overkill, who is in the Witness...
- 4/30/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
When DJ Am survived a fiery plane crash last September, he suffered severe second- and third-degree burns on his scalp and arms. But the accident left him with more than physical scars - the popular deejay struggled with the mental and emotional side effects until the end of his life. A few weeks after the crash in 2008, DJ Am (real name: Adam Goldstein) told People, "I had a terrible nightmare ... there was someone with an aerosol can trying to light me on fire. I woke up and I was like, 'Oh my God. This is going to happen forever.' " Goldstein sought therapy,...
- 9/4/2009
- by Eunice Oh
- PEOPLE.com
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