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Film: Remembering Amache

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We were right to fight the war against Japan until our victory; it was nonetheless a profound error to place Americans of Japanese descent into camps during that war. See, also, Revisiting a World War II Internment Camp, as Others Try to Keep Its Story From Fading @ New York Times.

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Film: F for Fake

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Toward the end of his career, Orson Welles filmed F for Fake, about frauds of various kinds. The full movie is embedded below. One can’t say it’s his best film, but it is among the most intriguing films Welles or anyone else ever made. Odd, but captivating:

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Film: West Coast

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Photographer Thomas Tepstad Berge spent three years capturing footage across the western coast of Norway, traveling between the two cities of Stavanger and Bergen. He paired his final, beautiful collection of time-lapses and hyperlapses with a song by the Norwegian artist Foreground Set. If you’d like to see more of Berge’s work, visit his Facebook page.…

Business, Film, Poll

Friday Poll: Godzilla as Tourism Ambassador?

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Godzilla as Japanese Tourism Ambassador View image | gettyimages.com One reads that the [f]ire-breathing, building-stomping Godzilla was welcomed to Tokyo on Thursday, but as a sign of prosperity rather than destruction. The violent radioactive monster was appointed special resident and tourism ambassador for Shinjuku ward, known for its bars and noodle restaurants. A Godzilla-size head…