Would You Boycott Hollywood for China?

People post more than graffiti and stickers in random places in NYC. You can spot fliers for guitar lessons, guys with vans that want to help you move, and police department notifications stapled and taped to parking meters, street lights, trees, bike ramps, and anything else that's rooted in place. I spotted this on a street lamp on West 3rd and Sullivan. Not sure if you can read the whole thing, but it seems to be a rambling rant claiming facts without sources. According to this, Hollywood (specifically Tom Hanks and James Cameron) is willfully ignoring genocide. I guess the author of this flier wants a movie made about Korea and communist China. But, I can't begin to imagine how many genocides have yet to have major motion pictures made about them. Central America, the former Yugoslavia, Africa; there are entire continents that deserve to have their stories told. But the sad truth is that most people don't care, or can only be depressed by so many movies in one year. I wonder if this person isn't simply a jilted actor or screenwriter. But, I put this question to you. Do the atrocities performed by the Chinese in Korea deserve a movie treatment? Would you watch such a film?

Damages Film Shoot

The film business is alive and well in NYC, it would seem. Spotted the remnants of a Damages TV shoot today on Broadway and 3rd St. I know someone who works on the show, he seems to think I'd enjoy the programming. And I do love Glenn Close. But, the last thing I need is yet another TV drama addiction. However, now that I know they're shooting in my hood, maybe I'll have two keep my eyes open.

Film Shoot: Jingle Jangle Morning

Made famous by Bob Dylan and The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man is a film in progress, and it's shooting in my neighborhood. The posters are up between MacDougal and 6th Avenue on 3rd street, which may prove to be a problem for the bums that sit there every morning and maurading the hood every evening. Maybe they can make some dough as extras?

Although I can't seem to find anything on what this movie/TV show/video is online, I'm sure someone out there knows. Perhaps it's about those bums. Are they really our pied piper's of the village, come to lead us out of town? Regardless, it's got the following lines stuck in my head. So, now I'm sticking them in your head.

"To dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, with all the memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, let me forget about today until tomorrow."