Demetri Martin intros the trailer from director Ang Lee’s upcoming film “Taking Woodstock. The film is based on Elliot Tiber’s memior, Taking Woodstock. The comedy tells the story of Mr. Tiber, who played a key role in turning the Woodstock event into the huge event it is remembered for. Ang Lee is not known for comedies so it will be interesting to see how he directs this film. The film is set to hit theaters on August 14th 2009.
Taking Woodstock Trailer from director Ang Lee
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Hyphen Magazine is turning 6. With so many independent publications struggling these days, they are proud to still be alive and kicking. (KoreAm Journal is in trouble and AsianWeek ceased publication earlier this year.) Congrats to Hyphen Magazine. If you wanna celebrate with the Hyphen crew in San Francisco, vist Hyphen Magazine for the party info here.
Here’s a commercial that Hyphen did last year playing off the Mac vs PC commercials.
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PWNED
Here’s Ryan Higa’s word of the day “Pwned”. Learn what the word Pwned means. Pretty hilarious way to illustrate the word pwned.
Word of the Day – Pwned (If the video does not play, try watching the HQ version.)
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Cold Tofu is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diverse images of Asian Pacific Americans through comedy and to developing multiethnic talent through education and performance. Check out their video “Chinatown Rhapsody” below. (FYI – the Forbidden City Nightclub in San Francisco Chinatown was huge back in the day.)
If you like the video and you’re in the Los Angeles area, you can see Cold Tofu live. Get details here.
Chinatown Rhapsody
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Watchmen has been out for a few weeks now. By now, you should know that one of the Watchmen screenwriter is Alex Tse. We have a few other videos of Asian Americans behind the scenes of Watchmen including Director of Photography Larry Fong and Prop Master Jimmy Chow.
Larry Fong – Director of Photography for Watchmen
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Jimmy Chow – Prop Master for Watchmen
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Update: CAAM just added an interview with Watchmen screenwriter Alex Tse
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The day after the ISA SF Concert, all the performers went to the 4Cthepower event to teach kids about the tricks of their trade from music to art to film making. As the 4Cthepower event wrapped up, Jin offered the kids a opportunity to battle him. There were several takers including Wong Fu Productions’ Philip Wang. Check the battle of Wong Fu Productions vs Jin. (don’t forget the “Jin, do my voicemail” Contest)
Wong Fu Productions vs Jin (If the video does not play, you may need to watch in HQ.)
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