i got an email from surrogate brother in l.a. today. so while i work on making these other pics smaller, here's something to keep you entertained in the meantime. he always has the insight into these kinds of things. and for years i've been telling him that instead of being an architect, he should be one of those people who storyboards movies...he is the best.

"I've recently discovered the "Korean New Wave", a bold and inventive brand of cinema emerging from the homeland of my parents. These films are getting all sorts of international recognition but have yet to be seen in the United States.

I've attached a pic from "Oldboy", the recent winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. This movie is one of the best movies you'll never see. Univeral has bought the rights to the movie, but will not be showing it in theaters. Instead they will remake it into an Americanized version (meaning they gonna replace all the asian people with white people and call it a new movie).

This movie floored me. It's been a long time since I had seen a movie that was utterly unique and original. It was exilerating, painful, funny, and quite disturbing. Beautiful and Ugly. "