CHAMPAGNE X- THAI FILM GODDESS
BY ANTONIO PINEDA
Peter Rnic, character actor extraordinaire, waits for me in front of the Kings Table. Peter is conspiring to put Sawadee Pattaya Tv on the map. The Amsterdam Connection, Ron and Donovan, cameramen on the shoot hover about waiting for the arrival of Champagne X. The Dutch Connection and I reminisce [...]
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THE BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL I consult my vestuary and select a black 3 button suit with slim lapels ,constructed by bespoke tailor to the stars, Lucky Ricky. A crisp white cotton dress shirt with French cuffs, is complimented by a skinny black tie emblazoned with Jolly Rogers, and initialed [...] CAMERON DIAZ – MAN, WOMAN, FILM THE MOTION PICTURE Pearson and Diaz Producer, actor, director Cameron Pearson invites me inside his well appointed penthouse in a trendy area of Bangkok. In 1999 he shot Man Woman Film on location in [...] :: SEEKING :: BANGKOK BABYLON, DAVID CARRADINE RIP I wander by the old Madrid pub in Bangkok. Set in the heart of Patpong, the oldest entertainment area in Bangkok, the Madrid and Sarika steak house were once the watering holes for CIA spooks back in the day. I ascend the stairs of Sarika , Joe Cummings, editor [...] I am a blogger on the scene in Bangkok at the hotel where Carradine died and am blogging about this on http://magickpapers.com/blog ICON OF AN AMERICAN FILM DYNASTY The announcer for the BBC breaks the story on TV. David Carradine was found dead in the Swiss Hotel on Soi Nailert. The film star was [...] BY ANTONIO PINEDA Francis Ford Coppolla is bringing to the big screen an adaptation of ”On The Road” by Jack Kerouac . BrAzilian film director Walter Salles will direct. Salles read the book in his late teens , much influenced by the substance, he re-read it 20 years later. The Beat culture has experienced resurgence. Salles attributes [...] TANGO POET IN BANGKOK BY ANTONIO PINEDA His Excellency the Argentine Ambassador Don Felipe Frydman invites me inside Casa Argentina, his Residence, to celebrate a poetry reading by Vietnamese-American poet, artist and tango dancer, Mong-Lan. She and her husband Joe Arden are preparing the final touches for the reading. The tango salon has been converted into [...] DAVID WINTERS, ARMAND ASSANTE AND CIRO ORSINI IN BANGKOK Film producer- director David Winters sits behind the desk of his penthouse office. He brandishes an oversize foot-long pen, writing down notes or observations, the bay window overlooks a panoramic view of the lake hard by the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre. He is in the [...] received from Richard Rubacher Rubacher has been studying people who have learned to “be alive, [...] LE SALON DES TANGO The motorcycle taxi whips down soi 49, winds past Samitivej Hospital and deposits me at the entrance to a small sub-soi. A plaque against a wall marks the residence of His Excellency Don Felipe Frydman, Argentine Ambassador to Thailand. Felipe greets me at the door, a mirror by the entrance [...] The death of the Spanish dictator Generalissimo Franco in 1975 ushered in extreme changes in society. The political compass swung from extreme right to left, and from the ashes of fascism emerged the phoenix of a new art movement, La Movida Madrilena. This glorious epoch intrioduced new faces and injected modern values in Spain. The premier [...] HIGH ART AND UNDERGROUND BANGKOK RADIO Once again it is time to resume the guise of bespoke poet. I suss out my vestuary designed by my bespoke tailor in Bangkok Lucky Ricky. Black silk suit and shirt are complemented by blue tie. I am back in black, bespoke spake Zarathustra. quoth the poet evermore. [...] BY ANTONIO PINEDA Bangkok author Richard Rubacher and I roll off the BTS train at Siam Station and wend our way to La Scala, venue for the Bangkok International Film Festival. We go to a desk where Umberto, a charming bloke from the Italian Embassy, issues us VIP passes. La Scala is a marvelous piece of [...] UBRADIO.NET–UNDERGROUND MUSIQUE ELECTRONIQUE I contract a motorcycle taxi outside the Grace Hotel in Bangkok to take me to Khao San Road, the Bohemian sector of town. The motorcycle rages and swerves through traffic, it is a sultry eve , the rainclouds above dark, thunder booms signalling the advent of rain. [...] OCEAN FANTASIES AND DREAMS F-Stop gallery in Bangkok was the venue for an exhibit of underwater photo imagery by Alex Wu. A totally unique art form creates new sensations via a lense by combining water and modern imagery tecniques. Alex was born in Singapore, educated in Toronto and Vancouver and resides in Bangkok. He [...] ON LOCATION WITH KING NARESUAN BY ANTONIO PINERA AND GREG PEEK The taxi deposits me at the casting center for Naresuan 3 on the outskirts of Bangkok. It is 3 am. A young Thai dude named Eddie, who studied at Washington State greets me. A minivan awaits to transport us to Kanchanaburi for a two day film [...] by Antonio Pineda and Matt Superfisky with Edits by John Long Dusk falls over the Chao Phraya River. I stand at the dock waiting for the boat to ferry me to the Oriental Hotel. I am to meet an American gigolo in Bangkok, as he is now a professor of literature at [...] These are my links for November 18th through November 19th: WordPress Themes. WordPress Themes Tutorials. Blog Design. – WordPress Themes & WordPress Blog Design for Small Business. Michael D. PollockWe design powerful, easy-to-use web publishing platforms – sometimes known as blogs or content management systems – that make it easier for small business owners to connect [...] These are my links for November 14th through November 17th: Adrian Belic at Thailand Film Fest – “An extremely inspiring film that is also hilarious, exciting and heart-wrenching. Not only are the three men unbelievably good willed, they are enjoyable characters filled with lovable quirks and wonderful stories to tell.” – Christopher Campbell |
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