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Hollywood fears, audiences cheer

Posted in cinema, comics on Nov 22nd, 2007

Khmer dubbed version of "Manuh Pingpeang" 3 - "Man Spider" 3. Keo Kalyan's reaction: http://kalyankeo.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-weekend.html In more literate countries like Malaysia there are subtitles allowing the watcher to use this as a language learning tool. In Cambodia the media industry is dependent on a small corps of dubbers and translators (no subtitling) so ...

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The Cambodia Channel

Posted in cinema, stuff, Uncategorized, visual art on Nov 6th, 2007

Jason Rosette, the muscle behind Cambofest has set up a new video portal: CAMBOTUBE. I highly recommend Dean's 'Moto Cambodia'/Commute video. Puts the podracing scenes in Star Wars to shame. http://www.cambotube.com/play.php?vid=93 Tags:video,cinema,cambodia,khmer

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All Clichés Are True

Posted in academia, cinema on Aug 21st, 2007

When this movie appeared on the DVD racks I was happy to give it a look. There is a whole genre of 'Teacher improves tough class' films, from 'Stand and Deliver' all the way back to 'The Blackboard Jungle'. This film though, takes place at Wilson High School in Long Beach ...

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Cambodian Cinema Cowboy Zombies

Posted in cinema, Other Goodies on Aug 13th, 2007

I had it all planned out: skive off work at 4:30, and catch the dubbed Chinese Thai flick pictured here. Alas, over the weekend they'd changed the picture at Cinema Lux. Foiled. I'll have to wait for the video. I'd put off seeing the film, my anglophone friends were disinterested, ...

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La Terre des âmes errantes – film screening

Posted in cinema on Feb 27th, 2003

French Cultural Centre Siem Reap Presents Rithy Panh Earth of the Wandering Hearts Tuesday March 4 6:30 pm Centre culturel français Siem Reap Rithy Panh, réalisateur présente La Terre des âmes errantes Mardi 4 mars à 18h30 salle du CCF

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