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Back from Philadelphia
Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 11:37AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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me with other fellow filmmakers from the short film program

I'm just back from Philadelphia, had a great time there looking around and attending the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival.

I spent a day traveling around the downtown, visiting places like the city hall, Chinatown, Museum of Art (the Rocky steps), UPenn and more... Check the photo album I just uploaded for pics.

The film festival was great, it's a growing fest (this year was the 2nd one) but everyone was passionate about the screenings and cared about the films, so I definitely enjoyed it!

Rocky is like legend in Philly..

You can still feel his influence today, these kids're running up the steps, imitating Rocky...

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Jaine
posted on Friday, Oct 23, 2009 12:15PM [Report]

did you run up them?
rottendoubt
posted on Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 3:08PM [Report]

hahah i bet that happens multiple times each day...
peachey
posted on Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 12:00AM [Report]

heyy, rocky didn't invent running up the steps. lol. think peeps were doing that before the movie too. ;p I used to like running up Russian hill.

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"A writer, film reviewer, independent filmmaker, struggling artist..."

Kenji Lui, born in Hong Kong, is currently based in San Francisco. He first studied films at University of Southern California (USC) and later earned his BA in films from University of California at Berkeley (CAL).

As a big fan of Asian cinema, he started writing movie reviews and later founded Cinespot.com, one of the largest bilingual Asian cinema websites, during the time he was studying at UC Berkeley. His writings can also be seen on various commercial websites and publications.

Kenji is also an independent filmmaker, some of his short films like "Yellow Fish", "Thereafter" and "Dedicated" to… have been screened at various film festivals around the world.

Currently, Kenji just finished directing his latest short film "Evolution", and he is writing a feature length script, a dream project he is hoping to have a chance to direct in the future.

=====Q and A=====
First question people asked when they gotta know my education background: Why did you leave USC and go to Cal?

Ans: Yeah USC was cool, I even met George Lucas in one of my classes, but yeah it also sucks, coz they are all too "Hollywood", also the tuition was dreadful. I didn't want to be in debt for more than 10~20 years after graduation... On the positive side, Cal is not bad, with its very strong independent and experimental spirit... oh yeah and I didn't have to pay a buck... You see that's the dilemma for some very broke college students trying to pursue a career in filmmaking.

If anyone wants to know more about my perspectives on filmmaking, and also on cinema in general, please check out my movie reviews and writing (weekly column) on Cinespot.com. (Most of my recent stuff are in Chinese though...)

Some of the stuff I enjoy: Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Hayao Miyazaki, Michelangelo Antonioni, Vittorio De Sica, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, George Lucas, Sergei Eisenstein, Kim Ki-duk, Park Chan-wook, Stephen Chow, Johnnie To, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Jia Zhang-ke...random favorites other than the works of the people above: Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, City Lights, M, Street Angel, Singin' in the Rain, Rear Window, Witness for the Prosecution, Fist of Fury, Private Eyes, Yellow Earth, Christmas in August, Attack the Gas Station, Juliet in Love, Il Mare, Goodbye Dragon Inn

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