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Watch supershort Asian American films online!
Minute Movies is sponsored by the Asian American feature film "Robot Stories," which opens theatrically on Feb. 13 in NYC, Feb. 20 in DC, and Mar. 12 in LA.
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Aloha
01.16 - Posted by Editor
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"Aloha"
3.6 mb, 3 1/2 minutes, MiniDV color, 1999
Written and directed by Rea Tajiri
With Dagmar Stansova and James Saito |
Synopsis
On the deck of the Staten Island Ferry, looking out at the Statue of Liberty, a Czech immigrant woman contemplates suicide. When a mysterious man appears, a dance with "death" ensues.
Filmmaker Bio
Rea Tajiri is a New York based film and video maker whose works have been screened in the U.S. and abroad. She is a recent recipient of a Rockefeller Media Fellowship and was a visiting faculty member at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Her debut feature film "Strawberry Fields" won the Grand Prix at the Fukuoka Asian International Film Festival and received theatrical release through Phaedra Cinema.
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hi director!
atlast i could manage to see the whole film...if
u can bring out this 3 and half min.'s vibrance
in a full fledged screenplay...hollywood is urs..
hi rea tajiri!
how u? looks like a fantastic film but it's not downloading properly...im not sure whether u still wait here to hear our comments....if so..pls tell me how to download it fully...
peru:) india
Anyone notice the reference to the book "No No Boy?" Visceral, provocative.
I loved that the Asian is the American and the white woman is the immigrant. So well done - the symbolism of the Statute of Liberty and the ferry. There is dualism in so many themes - including Aloha.
Excellent! Bravo! This should be a reminder to all not to give up! Beautifully haunting.
Wonderful. I think the casting of an Asian man and a white immigrant woman was interesting too, though I'm pretty sure the film maker didn't attach any real significance to their ethnicities - they're just two actors, a man and a woman. One thing which is unquestionable is that both actors, and obviously the film maker, are very talented. Thumbs up.
Just beautiful. People dream of living a life they really want to live. I remember the frustration, the perserverance we need to get through another day.
Everything about this movie had meaning to me. It's good to hold on and have anyone even a ghost tell you to never give up. Thank You very much!
Just beautiful. People dream of living a life they really want to live. I remember the frustration, the perserverance we need to get through another day.
Everything about this movie had meaning to me. It's good to hold on and have anyone even a ghost tell you to never give up. Thank You ery much!
great performances. abstract yet moving. well done.
I really enjoyed this piece, because it is simple but elegant and expressive. I am a filmmaker as well and have you even had any interest in putting together a serious of these short short films I would be most interested.
Thank You
Ted
its amazingly MOVING.......
i live in new york and i am as well is a struggling artist and i love the idea how you have incorporated dance to your film and your actors are AMAZING as well...
i would love to collaborate with you ....
joseph pe
Hmm...
Great acting. Not too dramatic. Very realistic.
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