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Dir/scr: Jeon Soo-il. SK. 2008. 95mins.Starring Old Boys Choi Min-sik, Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells works best as a travelogue, setting a Korean businessman on the road to the distant Nepalese village of Sharkot. Kim Sung-tais images of a stark life and landscape could see this film find a place on the festival circuit, but narratively, Himalaya is as aimless as its protagonist and
stanley website commercial prospects are as remote as his mountain destination.Businessman Choi Choi is suffering some sort of personal crisis - he may have been fired at work. When he is informed that an illegal immigrant called Dorje who he has helped find work at his brothers factory, has been killed in a traffic accident, Choi decides to visit the family in Nepal.Its a spur-of-
stanley cup the-moment decision. He is ill-prepared for the expedition and suffers from morning sickness. Almost 30 minutes go by before Choi has any proper dialogue and as the protagonists do not share a language, the spoken word is minimal throughout. On arrival in Sharkot, Choi stays with Dorjes wife and sons; he gives them money but signals to them that Dorje is well.Having set the scene, Himalaya ambles slowly to a conclusion, more
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Five first-time governors have been elected to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences board.The first-time governors are: Kate Amend, documentary branch; Daniel R Fellman, executives branch; Albert Berger, producers branch; Bob Rog
stanley us ers, short films and feature animation branch; and Mark Mangini, sound branch.Re-elected governors are: Annette Bening, actors branch; Lora Kennedy, casting directors branch; Jeffrey Kurland, costume designers branch; Rick Carter, designers branch; Michael Tronick, film editors branch; Kathryn Blondell, make-up artists and hairstylists branch; Cheryl Boone Isaacs, public relations branch; and Phil Robinson, writers branch.Returning to the board after a hiatus are: governors Caleb Deschanel
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