war drums is a 1957 american western film directed by reginald le borg and written by gerald drayson adams .

the film stars lex barker , joan taylor , ben johnson , larry chance , richard h. cutting and john pickard .

the film was released on march 21 , 1957 , by united artists .

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war drums <EOT> war drums - feat . phat kat & guilty simpson by quakers | free listening on soundcloud

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no longer a tool of war , battle drums have since become a form of folk art ; their powerful , resounding beat still rouses an exhilarating heroic spirit . these chinese drums are played with straightforward rhythms and clearly defined dynamics . they are essentially used to express the spirit of the chinese people .

war drums , first used on the battlefield , were employed both to direct and galvanize the troops . different beats guided the soldiers into different formations , with one rhythm for “attack” and another for “retreat , ” for instance .

what if the recent drums of war are a sign of china’s weakness and not its impressive new strength ? “when xi tells his troops to be ready for war , it’s really an admission that they’re in disarray , ” says the defense attaché . “he’s saying , ‘you guys are drunk , fat , and happy , siphoning off all the money into private accounts , and you need to get real . ' ”

barker plays the noble indian chief who reluctantly wages war on the white man after a treaty which promised his people peace was broken . when a brief and bloody war threatens to doom barker and company , sympathetic white man johnson aids the chief in escaping to the hills with his tribe rather than see them forced onto a reservation . noble but dull .

in this western , a peaceable indian leader is forced to hit the warpath when the avaricious anglos break the treaty which promised peace . the war is brutal and the indian ' s people are losing . fortunately , a good - hearted anglo helps the little band escape to the hills so they do not have to live on a reservation .

“no other great power today enjoys china’s ability to dedicate such vast amounts of capital and personnel so dynamically to such a wide range of new programs , ” says andrew erickson , an expert on pla technology at the u . s . naval war college’s china maritime studies institute . “china enjoys unparalleled flexibility and adaptability and could increase production rapidly if desired . ”

mexican girl riva comes between two friends , apache chief mangas and trader fargo , both of whom love the girl . she weds mangas to the disappointment of fargo and the dismay of mangas ' s tribe . fargo brokers peace between the apache and the white settlers , but unscrupulous gold - hunters trigger war . it is up to fargo to prevent a bloodbath .

“promoting people into positions is always a very sensitive question , ” says a retired officer , the son of one of the pla’s most decorated commanders and who was himself working at the pla’s general staff department , the operational command center , when xi was at the central military commission in 1979 . “this is why xi is coming to power using a very strong voice on the diaoyu islands , ” he says . “he was asking them to prepare for war … like deng . ”

but the specter of war is not the only possible explanation for xi’s saber rattling and demands for combat readiness . for even as japanese leaders and u . s . officials were publicizing their concerns this winter about a region on the brink of naval conflict , it became clearer that xi and his close military confidants are squarely focused on domestic politics . indeed , gen . liu yuan — the same reputedly hawkish princeling general thought to be close to xi , who had blasted corruption in the military — counseled in an essay published feb . 4 in state media that china’s dream of modernization had twice been shattered by war with japan . “today , our economic construction has arrived at a critical moment . we must never let it be broken by an incident , ” he wrote , referring to the diaoyus . “the u . s . and japan are scared of us catching up , and they will do anything to contain china’s development , so we must not be fooled . ”

the people’s liberation army was founded as an arm of the chinese communist party on aug . 1 , 1927 , when it began a quarter - century of nonstop warfare . today it occupies a central place in party history and mythology for helping to defeat the occupying japanese , drive the kuomintang nationalists to taiwan , and push u . s . - led forces back to the 38th parallel in the korean war . it added an air force and navy shortly after the 1949 founding of the people’s republic .

the backstop for all these new platforms and capabilities is the pla’s strategic missile force , which possesses conventional ballistic missiles that can destroy satellites in space , plus as many as 400 nuclear weapons . the dizzying display of hard power is sending fear and awe throughout the asia - pacific region . but xi , it seems , is unconvinced that all this shiny hardware can be effectively deployed by an organization that was designed for civil war and adapted in recent decades as a political force to ensure the party’s grip on power .

mangas coloradas ( lex barker ) , an apache chief , and white trader luke fargo ( ben johnson ) are bound by friendship and their mutual love for riva ( joan taylor ) , a mexican - native american girl rescued from horse thieves . riva marries mangas , who teaches her the warrior ' s ways , and she later warns the apaches of an ambush by white soldiers . when fargo , who did not intend an attack , is injured , riva helps him - - a kindness he must choose whether or not to return when war with the apaches erupts .

fanell , in comments that went largely unnoticed outside the small circle of china military specialists , spelled out in rare detail the reasons the united states is shifting 60 percent of its naval assets — including its most advanced capabilities — to the pacific . he was blunt : the chinese people’s liberation army ( pla ) navy is focused on war , and it is expanding into the “blue waters” explicitly to counter the u . s . pacific fleet . “i can tell you , as the fleet intelligence officer , the pla navy is going to sea to learn how to do naval warfare , ” he said . “my assessment is the pla navy has become a very capable fighting force . ”

xi , then , has ultimately chosen to defend the communist party against internal political threats rather than prepare it to face external military threats . there is little doubt the communist party has been sharpening its identity in a post - communist world by defining itself against the west , fanning nationalist fervor , and promising a restoration of china’s ancient grandeur . xi thus has little choice but to keep pumping enormous resources into a war machine if he is to justify his party’s continuing monopoly on power . “this dream can be said to be the dream of a strong nation , ” xi told sailors on board the destroyer haikou . “and for the military , it is a dream of a strong military . ”

then , too , there is the very real risk that if china or japan miscalculates over the senkaku islands and actually does spark a war , china may lose . that , at least , is the assessment of several military analysts with whom i spoke , who believe japan’s disciplined , professional forces would prevail even without direct u . s . intervention . more broadly , i have heard growing doubts about china’s actual fighting capabilities in some sections of the chinese military , foreign diplomatic corps , and u . s . academia , many of whose members are revising their views on the pla . “our assessment is they are nowhere near as effective as they think they are , ” a beijing - based defense attaché from a nato country told me .

it’s not just corruption . more than three decades of peace , a booming economy , and an opaque administrative system have taken their toll as well , not to mention that the pla is one of the w orld’s largest bureaucracies — and behaves accordingly . “each unit has a committee with a commander , political commissar , and deputies , to the point they have a meeting now for everything , ” says nan li , associate professor at the u . s . naval war college’s china maritime studies institute . li told me that pla military universities have even been reduced to printing textbooks that instruct commanders how to transcend the tyranny of committee - style decision - making . “that shows how much the pla has been defeated by — corroded by — peace , ” he says .

even before formally taking office , xi launched a wide - ranging program of inspecting troops , cementing key military relationships , and muscling up against japan , his associates say . on nov . 15 , his preparatory work was rewarded by his appointment as not only general secretary of the communist party but also chairman of the central military commission . the latter was a title that had eluded his predecessor , the lackluster hu jintao , for two years after hu became party secretary , a symbolism lost on no one . almost immediately after xi’s elevation , he announced a high - profile austerity campaign , attacking the military’s culture of banquets , ceremony , and pomp . he demanded that his soldiers focus on their mission . “we must ensure that our troops are ready when called upon , that they are fully capable of fighting , and that they must win every war , ” xi said during a tour of military forces in southern guangdong province in december .

that’s where china’s rapidly escalating territorial showdown with japan , its largest trading partner and still the world’s third - largest economy , comes in . in september , the japanese government bought the disputed senkaku islands , or diaoyu islands as they are known in china , from private owners to prevent them from falling into the hands of tokyo’s governor at the time , a hawkish nationalist provocateur . but china responded with fury . it launched a propaganda blitz against japan , facilitated protests and riots across china , and escalated its maritime and air patrols of the disputed area . for xi , according to his close family friend , the otherwise baffling diplomatic crisis that resulted has offered a priceless opportunity to “sort the horses from the mules” and mobilize willing generals around him . claims that xi has exploited or even orchestrated the brinkmanship with japan might seem preposterous to outside observers , given that a miscalculation could lead to war . but the logic is compelling for those who have grown up near the center of china’s endless and unforgiving internal struggles .

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an indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief .

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china ' s new leader is using the military to consolidate his power . but has he unleashed forces beyond his control ?

some were shocked to hear the extent and intensity of china’s carefully orchestrated maritime provocations , especially coming from an officer whose job may make him more of an expert on beijing’s naval maneuverings than anyone outside china . others wondered whether the pacific fleet was simply playing the washington game , perhaps lobbying for a greater share of the u . s . military budget or wider authority to act by magnifying the threat .

but it may well be that the most contestable of fanell’s assertions were about the chinese military’s capabilities , not its provocations . for the question on many minds , both in washington and beijing , is this : can china actually fight ? and the person most anxious to find an answer happens to be the man who just became china’s fifth leader since mao : xi jinping .

“the people’s army is not merely an organ for fighting ; it is also an organ for the political advancement of the party , ” mao once said , in another statement whose truth has been confirmed by all his successors . xi may be able to build a military that is either modern and capable or loyal and political . but many in china now believe he can’t have both .

it won’t be for lack of trying . in the west , xi’s assumption of power has largely been covered as an economic and political drama : can he keep china’s booming markets on track ? will he tame the country’s toxic levels of official corruption before demands for political reform derail him ? is he a reformer at all ? what these accounts often miss are xi’s very deliberate moves to build a military power base for his presidency .

politics have always played a key role , and the pla retains a soviet - style dual command structure . a powerful political department sits at the center of the organization , while political minders shadow commanders at every level of the enormous hierarchy . with its crucial role at home as well as internationally , the pla today boasts 2 . 3 million active - duty personnel , and its capabilities have been greatly strengthened by two decades of double - digit budget increases , enabling it to invest in everything from its first aircraft carrier and stealth fighter jets to the world’s only anti - ship ballistic missile .

despite the hype , however , high - ranking insiders have come forward to say the chinese military is rotten to the core . formal hierarchies are trumped by personal patronage , coordination between branches is minimal , and corruption is so pervasive that senior positions are sold to the highest bidders while weapons funding is siphoned into private pockets . “corruption has become extremely institutionalized and significant , ” says tai ming cheung , director of the institute on global conflict and cooperation at the university of california / san diego . “it makes it much more difficult to develop , produce , and field the weapons systems required to achieve world - class power projection . ”

nor is the military necessarily 100 percent loyal to its political masters in the communist party — a terrifying prospect for a new leader trying to consolidate his power . in theory , the pla has always been subordinate to the civilian side of the party , but the actual command linkages are largely limited to its top leader and sometimes his deputy . in 2012 — in the wake of the political destruction of xi’s potential rival , bo xilai , who boasted extensive informal ties within the military — the drumbeat of official demands that the pla demonstrate the proper obeisance to the party and the party’s outgoing general secretary , hu , suggested the chain of military command might be more fragile than commonly understood .

xi’s associates point out that his first real job , as personal assistant to the secretary - general of the central military commission , gave him a ringside seat for studying the art of accumulating power as demonstrated by one of the world’s great strongmen , deng xiaoping . although most recall deng today as the architect of china’s economic reforms , the initial foundation of deng’s political platform was the military , where he enjoyed prestige unparalleled by any other post - mao leader . he tightened his “grip on the gun , ” as communist party insiders put it , by mobilizing the military for an invasion of vietnam in february 1979 . deng , still technically vice chairman of the commission but already its most powerful leader , initiated , planned , and managed an invasion that was militarily disastrous , costing tens of thousands of chinese lives and blowing out the budget deficit , but nevertheless left him with a more professional fighting force and firmly in command .

he ensured this grip on power by closely managing the military’s upper echelons . by 1980 , after a reshuffle when incumbent central military commission chairman hua guofeng was out of the country , 15 of the 22 top military region posts were held by generals who had fought directly under deng , says historian warren sun .

none of this was lost on the young , ambitious princeling xi jinping . after all , hua was xi’s nominal boss at the time , yet deng swept him aside . the lesson learned ? “without the gun in your hand , who will obey you ? ” as xi’s close family friend puts it . “so the first thing xi did after his rise was seize military control . ”

xi has taken charge at a moment when china has been building up its military power as never before , surprising the united states and shocking its neighbors with the speedy development of new hardware and the aggressive manner in which it has deployed those tools to support its expanding ambitions . top u . s . intelligence analysts and generals have admitted to being caught out by the 2011 flight - testing of china’s new j - 20 stealth fighter . they were dumbfounded by china’s subsequent deployment of the east wind 21d , the world’s first anti - ship ballistic missile , dubbed the “ assassin’s mace ” in china and “the carrier killer” in the west . and now china is on track to nearly triple its fleet of maritime strike aircraft by 2020 , according to the u . s . congressional research service . its naval weapons — and capabilities — are proceeding even faster .

china is simultaneously developing and producing seven types of submarine and surface warships . that’s after a decade in which it quadrupled its number of modern submarines , including nuclear submarines designed to carry nuclear - armed ballistic missiles . it has massively expanded production of corvettes , frigates , amphibious ships , and destroyers . in september , china launched its first aircraft carrier , which it has flagged as a training platform for others to come .

deeply and repeatedly into key u . s . government departments and top u . s . defense , media , and technology companies . along with probing infrastructure vulnerabilities and spying on commercial transactions , they have reportedly pilfered military designs and technology .

mandiant , an it security firm , reported in february that it had traced 141 specific cyberattacks to a single pla unit based in shanghai . the pla has been tasked with “systematic cyber espionage and data theft against organizations around the world , ”

indeed , the crisis with japan seemed to come exactly in tandem with xi’s ascension last fall . in september , xi disappeared for a fortnight , missing top - level meetings ( including with u . s . secretary of state hillary clinton ) for reasons that remain unexplained . he re - emerged looking healthy and happy on sept . 15 . a day earlier , according to a report in the japanese newspaper asahi shimbun that cited a “source close to the communist party , ” xi had assumed control of a special cross - agency and military task force to manage the diaoyu dispute . china immediately increased air and maritime patrols in the area .

for the remaining three months of 2012 , roughly once each day , a chinese government plane flew southeast toward the japanese - administered islands . with equal regularity , when the plane crossed an “identification” line nearly 100 miles east of the chinese mainland , japan tried and failed to make radio contact and then scrambled f - 15 eagle fighters from its air self - defense force . the chinese planes would each veer east at about the 28th parallel and then north , out of harm’s way , without crossing into japanese - controlled airspace or encountering approaching japanese fighters , according to western defense officials . that’s the way it happened on 91 occasions between october and december , according to japan’s defense ministry .

but on dec . 13 , the 75th anniversary of the nanjing massacre and a day after chinese media reported that xi had called for “ real combat ” awareness during a three - day tour of a pla warship and live - fire tank drills , a low - flying china marine surveillance y - 12 twin - propeller plane crossed the 28th parallel . it kept flying southeast and penetrated japanese airspace — the first such episode since japan began monitoring half a century ago — and took a snapshot of the largest of the disputed islands out of its left window , a photo that was published widely in the chinese state media the following day . on dec . 16 , a new japanese government led by shinzo abe , who had promised to stand up to china , was elected in a landslide . abe immediately increased surveillance over the disputed area and reportedly loosened the rules of engagement so that japanese vessels could approach much closer to chinese vessels .

on jan . 10 , with xi firmly in control but now up against a more assertive japanese administration , chinese and japanese surveillance and fighter planes tangled above disputed oil fields north of the senkakus . on jan . 14 , the

reported that the general staff department had ordered all units to prepare for battle , in what may have been the first such warning since deng’s debacle in vietnam . on jan . 18 ,

” steps to challenge japanese administration of the senkakus . it did little good . on jan . 19 a pla navy frigate responded by locking its missile - control radar on a japanese self - defense forces helicopter around the same disputed oil fields , according to japanese accounts . on jan . 30 it was a similar story , this time with a japanese ship in close proximity , according to more detailed japanese accounts that were backed by the united states but denied by china . western military officials and diplomats have told me that they have evidence , including from electronic intercepts , that shows that the movements of chinese boats and ships were micromanaged by the new task force chaired by xi .

the world still knew nothing of these dangerous confrontations when captain fanell gave his remarkable speech in san diego the following day , jan . 31 . asia’s two heavyweights — america’s key ally and its global rival — were one itchy trigger finger away from exchanging live fire on the water while chinese j - 10 and japanese f - 15 fighters were buzzing overhead , according to western military sources . “if you are the japanese captain , you would have an incredibly uncomfortable choice to make very quickly , ”

who has been following the dispute closely . “you’re seconds away if that thing decided to fire . ” what had been hypothetical musings about the pla’s combat capability took on a more urgent tone .

to many observers , however , his speech seemed to confirm that china’s provocations against japan were in fact “evidence of profound domestic insecurity rather than rational policy , ” a beijing diplomat who closely studies china’s military machinations told me . “it is the fact of party control , ” he says , “that makes the pla weak . everything else — the corruption , the risk aversion , the hierarchy — is a symptom of that . ”

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an apache chief encounters a mexican woman while on a raiding mission , and marries her , despite the objections of some of his followers . however , the tough young woman has no interest in the traditional life of an apache woman , and learns to fight as one of the tribe ' s warriors . meanwhile , brutal gold miners encroach on their territory , leading to a bitter conflict . western , starring joan taylor and lex barker .

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go go tales is an independent 2007 film by abel ferrara .

ferrara based the film on the killing of a chinese bookie , directed by john cassavetes .

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go go tales <EOT> a highly personal movie , go go tales finds ferrara in a frenzied yet pensive mode .

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ferrara : i wrote it way back : mary , go go tales , and the king of new york prequel that i’m trying to do next—they all kind of came together . you never know when the inspiration is going to come . we were here in cannes seven years ago , trying to get money for go go tales .

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scenes of a go - jek jacket being burned on the streets made headlines and some go - jek drivers were hurt during the demonstrations .

but there is good news for ferrara fans . his 2007 film go go tales is finally getting a theatrical run , albeit a very limited one , as part of new york city’s anthology film archives tribute “abel ferrara in the 21st century . ”

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if , at this moment , perhaps i’m thinking go go tales may very well be ferrara’s masterpiece , it’s because of all of the above — a fight for the uncommodified body . yet the final sense one’s left with isn’t melancholy , but defiance .

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scope : a few of us critics have compared go go tales to a prairie home companion —they’re both very personal ensemble movies about show business and performance . and the club ambience is reminiscent of killing of a chinese bookie . did you have those films in mind ?

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a screwball comedy centered on a manhattan go - go dancing club , where a financial struggle between the owner , his accountant and his silent partner brother threatens the business ' s future .

for the first question of the go go tales press conference at cannes , moderator henri behar asked abel ferrara to describe ray ruby’s paradise lounge , the manhattan strip club where his new film is set . “it’s a place where you go and they wait on you and you’re in a tuxedo and every drink is 40 euros and up , ” said ferrara , who was clutching a bottle of bud under the table and trying without success to be discreet when he swigged from it between answers . he paused , then drew the connection : “a little bit like cannes . ” behar arched an eyebrow : “where do you see go - go dancers in cannes ? ” ferrara replied : “everywhere i go . ”

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abel ferrara has a ball with “go go tales , ” a puckish and perpetually lively night out at a new york strip club that’s faring no better than its sweaty , stressed - out impresario . ferrara is in a wonderfully loose and comedic mood after the complex spiritual dramatics of “mary , ” expanding his fascination with big american dreams and [ … ]

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unlike the film that “go go tales” most touchingly references — john cassavetes’ “the killing of a chinese bookie” — a more hopeful end for ray is ironically proposed , until a smashing closing shot that once again brings the entrepreneur’s fantasies crashing back to terra firma , and focuses in on dafoe’s drooping , suddenly frowning visage even as he holds a share of the $ 18 million check .

written and directed by abel ferrara ; director of photography , fabio cianchetti ; music by francis kuipers ; production design by frank decurtis ; costumes by gemma mascagni ; produced by bellatrix media and go go tales inc . at the anthology film archives , 32 second avenue , at second street , east village . running time : 1 hour 36 minutes . this film is not rated .

singapore - based nsi ventures , which is part of the northstar group , first invested in go - jek in 2014 .

go go tales is ferrara ' s valentine to the times square go - go dancing clubs where he used to hang out as a young man . nostalgically , he recalls : " i ' d get in under the tent as the house director , and once inside , the first hit of seeing the girls never failed to blow my mind . they were truly fabulous : tall , cool , and g - stringed out . maybe it was the combination of near nude women , writhing in front of the well dressed guys , to music that always sounded better there than anywhere else , which makes the memory so long - lasting and vivid . "

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i haven ' t stopped thinking about this film . just watched its 1970 ' s ancestor , " killing of a chinese bookie " ( also about a pathetic but lovable strip joint owner who screws everything up gambling ) , and kept wanting to be watching " go go tales " instead . i certainly hope it ' ll get a second chance and receive a wider audience down the line ; it ' s one of ferrara ' s masterpieces .

ferrara : i don’t think we’re that funny , or we’re more unintentionally funny . no , no , no , we were going for the jokes . there’s a story about the marx brothers—how they’d go on tour , start in providence or new haven or new york , and go across the country with the writers in the theatre and see if they could get two laughs a minute , a guaranteed two , like , ha ha ha laughs a minute . and they kept writing and writing across the whole country , and when they got to l . a . they’d shoot it . and we could do that kind of thing with go go tales because it’s real time . we could get those actors and perform it as a wooster group special .

" the population explosion here has created the most congested city in the world , " says the founder of indonesian motorbike taxi and delivery business go - jek .

my tongue is ineffectual in its pivots ; phi phi leh recedes in the darkness behind us . we go through strange rituals to prove things to ourselves in life .

customers can use the app to book a motorbike taxi , order food delivery , cleaning services , and even door - to - door beauticians and masseuses . go - jek has just launched go - car and after partnering with some of indonesia ' s biggest banks , the firm is in the process of making its payment system cash free .

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background newscasts in " southland tales " are also constantly referring to earthquakes , wild fires and " red tides . " these are all references to the seven plagues that precede the destruction of babylon .

i didn’t bother him when he stood up to go . the events that transpired as i tried to leave the verandah make so little sense that they are somewhat difficult to recount .

much less literally than in “mary” ( in which modine played a film director whom ferrara etched in unflattering autobiographical detail ) , the metaphor of filmmaking as a crazy capitalist gamble — with the clear implication that capitalism itself is an arena of mad self - destruction — comes through in “go go tales” with spirited effervescence . throwing all caution to the wind and encouraging his cast to improvise a large percentage of the dialogue , ferrara has made a film of considerable risk and bolstered by a supreme confidence that all will turn out alright in the end , much like ray himself .

travelers’ tales publishes books about the world and life - changing experiences that happen on the road . the best travel writing , volume 11 is our latest collection of great stories guaranteed to ignite your wanderlust .

figures , it begins right after i leave , end of may and ends the day before i go back again in august . this sounds fantastic . and i have to miss it ! wah !

type of story please read at least one issue of tales to go to get a sense of what we publish . in general , we’re looking for personal , nonfiction stories and anecdotes—funny , illuminating , adventurous , frightening , or grim . stories should reflect that unique alchemy that occurs when you enter unfamiliar territory and begin to see the world differently as a result . previously published stories are welcome , as long as you retain the copyright .

i might add that there’s no need to read the endnotes at all if you prefer your travel tales to be self - contained and seamless . one reading strategy might be to read all the stories first , then go back and dip into the endnotes of the chapters that most interested you . these annotations don’t form a comprehensive body of work—they only exist to comment on the chapters in question—so they can be read ( or ignored ) at your discretion .

his firm , go - jek , which was launched in 2011 as a simple motorbike courier business , has evolved into a multifaceted service delivery and app - based transport provider . and it ' s taking jakarta by storm .

the tangent universe is an alternate reality to our own . you could argue that all of " southland tales " occurs in the tangent universe - - hence the film ' s alternate history of the past three years , and its weird mishmash of pop culture . in " donnie darko , " the world ends when the tangent universe collapses , which may also be what happens at the end of " southland tales . " why that happens when the taverners touch , only richard kelly knows .

" the power " is a pretty hilarious piece of work . it has a similar plot to " southland tales , " but with different characters and more gratuitous product placement . its story overlaps with the movie , so it explains some of the back story .

" before [ we had investors ] i couldn ' t afford myself , so i had to go work for other people , " he says . " i came onboard full - time in 2014 and we launched the app in 2015 . "

“that’s not the point , ” i insisted . “the adventure is in going to a place where you aren’t supposed to go . the charm is in living the novel backwards—going to an exclusive and secretive beach that also happens to be famous . ”

shot in late 2006 and shown out of competition at the cannes film festival in may 2007 , “go go tales” is the latest fiction film from mr . ferrara , one of the great undersung american independents . it’s a measure of the lamentable state of independent distribution in this country that the movie , despite receiving some critical support at cannes , never hooked an american buyer , which is why it’s opening in new york at the anthology film archives as part of a special program . that five - title series , “abel ferrara in the 21st century , ” also includes “mary , ” an unhinged 2005 fiction about the making of a jesus movie , and “chelsea on the rocks , ” the director’s 2008 docu - tour through the demimonde haunt known as the chelsea hotel .

if you know me , you know i don’t promote stories of “startup heroism” — those thrilling tales of late nights , fueled by coffee , working everywhere and everytime , for 3 - 5 years until the acquisition ship comes in and you retire with your riches to “mojito island” .

ronald walks up to martin kefauver ' s hummer , which is parked near the ocean . martin has just learned that he ' s been drafted to go to iraq and is about to shoot himself in the head . ronald persuades him not to commit suicide , and the two decide to go to mexico . cindy meets vaughn smallhouse at a restaurant and gives him a copy of the sex tape . when vaughn threatens her , she tells him that she has multiple copies , then tasers him in the balls .

initially operating from a small apartment with a few staff taking calls for deliveries " from mostly family and friends " , go - jek has transformed itself into a mobile app service with some 200 , 000 freelance drivers together with hundreds of other service providers .

most all the endnotes contain insights about the writing of the story itself . in this way , marco polo didn’t go there might well serve as a quirky travel - writing textbook , since each story is offset by an annotated peek into its own creation .

there’s one more bit of crucial information . go go tales is a new york story—or , more precisely , a story about a classic new york fear and emblem of failure : being forced out of new york—that was filmed entirely in rome , at cinecitta . it’s the first time this hometown boy , one of the great new york filmmakers , has ever had to find a stand - in for his city : a fact that , in the context of this particular film , is at once sad , apt , heroic , and redemptive . ferrara has made a movie about the price of independence that is independent to the core . the film is anything but whiny , but there’s undoubtedly a righteous indignation burbling here : ray never gets any respect , and the director , you can tell , identifies .

no ! i hope this doesn’t put you off staying in hostels – or hotels for that matter ! sometimes , things can go bad , but out of the hundreds of hostels i’ve stayed in , only a couple of times have i had real hostel nightmares .

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fairy tales have happy endings . they may be dark and scary but the prince always finds cinderella and little red riding hood susses out the big bad wolf . right ? all too often many assume that fairy stories are , have always been and should be all about the happily ever after .

harris explores art from velázquez to picasso , architecture from the phantasmagoria of gaudí’s sagrada familia to the cool suspension spans of santiago calatrava . she tells tales of formidable spanish women , from a fourth - century b . c . goddess to a queen who wrested spain from the moors , and to twenty - first - century winemakers who have elevated spain’s toro and rueda onto the world stage . literary , sexy , whimsical , and spiritual , 100 places in spain every woman should go is for the smart and curious traveler who wants to see spain , her way .

so before we get to go into the woods we should take care not to get too comfortable in the cosiness of the cottage fireside – and remember the dark truth in the history of the fairy tale and the continued possibility of invention , innovation , subversion and disruption .

pokémon go , launched by nintendo in the us and australia on 5 july , involves spotting little animated monsters on a map , catching them with your poké ball by flicking your finger at your screen , and . . . barring a handful of other features , that’s about it .

the other great attraction in “go go tales , ” though she’s not on screen nearly enough , is the actress and sometime director asia argento , who enters wearing her pretty scowl and tethered to a rottweiler . she certainly gives it her all ( well , she keeps on her stockings , leather panties and pasties ) as one of the strippers , instantly earning her character’s introduction as “the scariest , sexiest girl in the world . ” ms . argento , who delivers a fantastic star turn in another out - of - competition film here , olivier assayas’s underappreciated “boarding gate , ” has the kind of intense screen presence that could bring out the fire department . actors are paid to emote and recite lines , but ms . argento bares body and soul , throwing herself into both mr . ferrara’s and mr . assayas’s films as if her life depended on it . maybe it does .

a moroccan called majid * got in touch with migrant tales who was deported in october despite marriage to a finnish woman . the finnish immigration service ( migri ) claims that the marriage was arranged , but he denies such a claim . he is presently awaiting a decision by the administrative court to overturn migri’s decision .

ferrara’s 16th feature—and his second , after mary ( 2005 ) , since he decamped for rome a few years ago—is his first flat - out comedy . the press book name - checks wilder , sturges , and capra , and he described it in a 2002 interview ( it took years to get this project off the ground ) as “ cheers meets the killing of a chinese bookie . ” but as you might deduce from that little exchange with behar , go go tales is also an allegory : a portrait of the artist as a hustler , a gambler , a performer , a dreamer , an addict , a throwback , a holdout , and , of course , a purveyor of good old - fashioned t & a , navigating the screw - or - be - screwed questions common to all exploitative professions , indeed to modern capitalist systems . you could say this one comes from the heart .

the theatrical cut of " southland tales " has been extensively reedited - - a subplot has been excised , additional special effects shots have been inserted , a new explanatory sequence opens the movie - - and critics have been considerably kinder to it . as andrew o ' hehir put it , the recut film " transcends its adolescent awkwardness and approaches being magnificent . " but even with the changes , the film is still almost impossible to understand , a trait that probably hasn ' t helped its box office . it ' s too bad , because " southland tales " is one of the more interesting and ambitious american films in recent memory .

again , we ' re not entirely sure . but if " southland tales " follows the same logic as " donnie darko , " as laid out in that film ' s dvd extras , when the fourth dimension is corrupted , it causes the creation of two parallel universes : the tangent universe and the primary universe .

critics have always found it easy to dismiss ferrara—to chuckle at his drunken buffoonery and write off his films as scraps of underbelly anthropology . that attitude reared its head at cannes this year . despite being invited to open the quinzaine , go go tales quite predictably received a midnight slot out of competition and many viewers reacted as they had been programmed to : the hollywood reporter ’s reviewer proclaimed it “dunderheaded” ; a few high - profile critics and programmers were only too happy to announce that they walked out . even those who called it a “return to form” are somewhat misstating the case . this may well be ferrara’s best film in years but on the basis of the blackout ( 1997 ) , r - xmas ( 2001 ) , and mary , it isn’t “form” so much as the american film industry that has deserted him ( the funeral was his last film to receive a proper us release , in 1996 ) .

the country of birth listed on tania’s american passport changed four times in four successive renewals . until the first time , she believed your country of birth was a fixed point . today she knows better . go with her as she journeys through time and history looking for answers , and finding some .

once krysta departs , boxer receives a phone call from starla instructing him to go to the santa monica pier . boxer gets into a convertible and drives off . the baron phones simon theory ( kevin smith ) , an old bearded man , and instructs him to " remove the body from utopia three . "

furry tales provides an imaginative solution by drawing on the community’s existing resources to connect people and services to the natural world and , therefore , each other . we have a long successful history of working closely with care homes , day care centres , gps and other nhs services , all of whom say there is a need for this service .

since 2006 the editors of travelers’ tales have run a writing competition to find the best travel story of the year : the solas awards . over those years , thousands of stories have come across their desks , from writers famous and unknown , covering all corners of the globe with stories of adventure and discovery , love and loss , humor and absurdity , grief and joy . in this collection appear all of the top prize winners of the first ten years , stories that bring readers along for journeys that are inspiring , uplifting , and , very often , transformative . these tales are powerful , moving testaments to the richness of our world , its cultures , people , and places .

in the hopes of helping you make sense of the movie , we ' ve decided to unravel " southland tales " as we ' ve done for " mulholland drive , " " the wire " and , of course , " donnie darko . " if you haven ' t seen the movie and don ' t want to have it - - or the graphic novels - - spoiled , you should stop reading this right now . using the graphic novels , the book of revelation , friends and whatever else we could find , we ' ve pieced together everything you need to know ( or at least everything we ' ve been able to figure out ) about " southland tales . "

go go tales begins with ray daydreaming on a couch in his office while a ballerina ties her slippers . this poetic interplay of images gives the impression that , to ray , dreams are his only medium for success . his desire , then , to win the lottery—by any means possible—is his way of forcing those dreams to fruition , and implicit in his deceitfulness is a need to maintain a sense of integrity while exploiting a callous capitalist system . how interesting that lilian ( miles ) , despite her repeated threats to sell the paradise to bed , bath and beyond ( do not miss miles’s performance of the song “bed , bath and beyond” during the closing credits ! ) , is comfortable hanging out inside the paradise . she’s probably blowing hot air because she understands that ray , like ferrara , is a relic , and keeping the paradise afloat is a means of preserving a lost new yorkness . ( pity that the film doesn’t feel as if were actually filmed anywhere near the big apple . )

fairy tales started as a spoken tradition and were written up by the grimm brothers and charles perrault for families – not exclusively for children . what’s more , they contained predatory wolves who had to be killed , children who were abandoned and wicked , and wayward witches . jack zipes demonstrates in his study of red riding hood that often in early versions the endings of the story weren’t so very happy and included our red - capped heroine sometimes defeating the wolf single handed , and in others being eaten all up . as angela carter showed us , these dark cautionary tales for young women were passed down by mothers and grandmothers for good reason . the stories functioned as warnings , life lessons about growing up as a woman .

latif is a great screen player . he succeeded to capture the pure emotion of a woman trying to save marriage that was arranged , not out of love . it ' s quite sad if you come to think of it . any woman would try to go out of it but not this one . wonderful screen play too !

" i probably wasn ' t the first to come up with the idea of go - jek , " 30 - year - old mr makarim admits . " a lot of people before me have thought of it as well . it ' s just that we were the first ones to execute this on a large scale . "

mr makarim refuses to discuss the firm ' s financials , but when asked if he would sell go - jek for the right sum , he says : " sell up ? well . . . our investors need to profit at some point from their investment , but i don ' t see a sale happening anytime soon . "

geckos tales is for anyone and everyone who wants to learn more about the big bad world . written by a crack team of well - travelled , good humoured and good looking folks , there ' s nowhere else on the web that will better serve your wanderlust . apart from maybe that magazine called wanderlust . those guys are pretty good at what they do .

macdonald took out a pen and wrote a phone number down on a napkin . “this is the number for sarah clark . she’s a publicist . you’ll have to go through her if you want to do any interviews . but at most you’ll probably just get an interview with me . ” he didn’t look too thrilled by this possibility .

" southland tales " opens on july 4 , 2005 , in abilene , texas . kids are shooting home video of their independence day barbecue . suddenly , a bright light appears through windows and a mushroom cloud rises in the distance : abilene has been nuked . we zoom out to a satellite view , revealing that another nuclear bomb has been detonated in el paso .

if " southland tales " is a semi - straightforward reinterpretation of the book of revelation , then baron von westphalen is the antichrist , sen . bobby frost is probably his false prophet , krysta now is the whore of babylon , the two witnesses are probably boxer santaros and roland taverner , the white horse is the levitating ice cream truck , and christ is ronald and roland taverner .

" southland tales " also borrows from " repo man , " which ends with a flying car . singer rebekah del rio , who ( as herself ) performs the " star spangled banner " onboard the mega - zeppelin , is also featured in david lynch ' s " mulholland drive . " jericho cane is the name of arnold schwarzenegger ' s character in " end of days . "

fairy tales are a uniquely adaptable and adapted form which continue to be renewed and transformed for new family audiences . for children today , the woods are an important imaginative realm , somewhere where the baddies can be good and goodies can be bad . we have to continue to invite our children into the fictional forests , to learn about the dangerous and wonderful world through the lens of fantasy .

furry tales offers a unique kind of support to hundreds of people living with dementia , varying mental and physical health conditions , hospital in - patients and those living in residential and nursing homes in east london . our grant funding runs out at the end of august 2017 , so we launched a crowfund campaign on crowdfunder on 23rd june ! our goal is to raise £8 , 000 in 4 weeks !

pokémon go shares geocaching ' s treasure hunt element , and the thrill that someone ( well , in this case an api ) has hidden something for you on a real street that you can visit . this lure has prompted apple and android users all over the world to bypass country restrictions to get access to the game before it is released in their country . (

the problem , however , is that i’m having trouble explaining why i want to go there in the first place . i arrived here yesterday morning to discover that all the affordable lodging on long beach had been sold out . welcoming the ascetic novelty of sleeping on the beach itself , i left my backpack with a friendly restaurant manager and set off to scope things out .

furry tales is our innovative project that delivers animal - assisted activities to elders in tower hamlets . we are passionate about linking nature & laughter in later life . we take small , furry and feathery animals ( guinea pigs , rabbits , chickens & ferrets ) to meet isolated older adults facing disadvantage . these creatures offer comfort physically and emotionally , and bring about much conversation , reminiscence and above all , laughter .

if ray doesn’t win the lotto , he’s screwed , but — in true ferrara fashion , where characters often go from bad to much worse — even when he does win ( in one of dafoe’s several explosive scenes ) , he’s still screwed . neither he nor jay can find the winning ticket among the stacks and stacks of tickets they’ve bought and squirreled away for safe keeping .

marco polo didn’t go there is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world . it is a unique window into travel writing , with each chapter containing a “commentary track”—humorous endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale . offbeat and insightful , this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers .

the catch , though , is you can’t do it from your bed or sofa . the game maps the pokémon onto real gps and street maps , so you have to roam around in the real world to find them . this is no candy crush on the tube , or days spent playing fifa in a darkened room . you have to “go” ( get it ? ) outside .

our routine each day was simple ; wake up with sunrise , swim , eat , read , relax , nap , go for another swim and join the small group of other travellers for dinner each night . everyone we met seemed to live by a similar beat . the island motto was to do less each day than we did on the previous , and we lived by it religiously .

with the internet , and going to europe , i feel like i grew up . you’ve got to be like a wall street broker , especially with the internet and digital , watching that tape every minute to know how the film business is going . there’s going to be a way , for the people who want to see my films , where i can go right to them with it .

the treer company is a german defense contractor that employs dr . inga von westphalen , a zeppelin designer and the baron ' s mother . in the " southland tales " universe , when war broke out following the nuclear attacks in texas , treer was contracted to build several mega - zeppelins to ferry troops and equipment across the world . kelly has said that this idea was inspired by a real u . s . army project .

interestingly , it’s gender stereotypes that offend most cultural theorists such as henry giroux , who accuse the animated versions of fairy stories in particular of being full of outdated ideology . certainly , early disney didn’t alter the blueprint of the early fairy tales – rags to riches , a happy ending , defeating the baddies – but it is far from cautious in confronting so - called adult themes such as death , jealousy and fear of responsibility .

in the end , having the courage to leave new york—once you do that , you find places . you find they want to shoot films in shanghai , korea . as long as you’re making films , it doesn’t matter , i don’t know if you even need language . there are a lot of ways to go . but the only way is where you’re working with people who respect what you’re doing .

the book of revelation is the last book in the new testament . it foretells the end of the world and the second coming of christ ( pilot abilene keeps reading it on the soundtrack ) . kelly has said in interviews that the film was partially made in response to the rise of apocalyptic evangelism in the united states . for " southland tales , " he loosely adapted the plot of the book of revelation and set it in an alternate version of the present day .

meanwhile , watching someone play isn’t far off from watching someone text in public . they walk slowly , starting and stopping , while staring obsessively at their phone . conversations are punctuated by squawks of “a bulbasaur ! ! ” a friend ' s desire to " go check out that park over there " turns a little sour when you realise it ' s rooted in the presence of a lake , and therefore the potential for snaring a water

no , it ' s not just you . but , then again , you probably shouldn ' t try to interpret " southland tales " too literally . it ' s filled with so many references and so much self - conscious irony that it ' s nearly impossible to make sense of it all . and then you would miss all the jokes and stop enjoying the dance sequences . it does get easier to understand , though , if you ' ve read the book of revelation .

the release of into the woods has set this myth on its bewitching way once again . the film is a disney adaptation of stephen sondheim’s musical intertwining of several well - known fairy tales , principally little red riding hood , jack and the beanstalk , rapunzel , and cinderella , and features more death than the typical tale , and other “adult themes” like adultery . predictably , its release has set the worriers worrying that disney’s version will have sugar - spun the original beyond all recognition .

ferrara : there was that period in the ’90s when all these guys sold out—harvey and all that . when every studio had an independent branch , it was the wrong way to go , 100 percent . you’re either going to battle them on that level or be a change on that level . you’re going to say , oh right , being a part of disney is going to help independent films ? that’s fucking bullshit , man . who are you kidding ?

imagine creating your italian dream vacation with a fun - loving savvy traveler girlfriend whispering in your ear . go along with writer susan van allen on a femme - friendly ride up and down the boot , to explore this extraordinarily enchanting country where venus ( vixen goddess of love and beauty ) and the madonna ( nurturing mother of compassion ) reign side - by - side . with humor , passion , and practical details , this uniquely anecdotal guidebook will enrich your italian days .

after the show , the celebration continues with the harambe nights street party , filled with music , characters , and live performers , encouraging everyone to join in and “go wild ! ” you can enjoy an all - inclusive buffet of sophisticated and flavorful african cuisine and gourmet desserts . exclusive lion king merchandise and collectibles will be available for purchase during the event , and you’ll want to stick around for a special finale to bid “kwaherini” to a magical evening that could only happen at disney’s animal kingdom !

but the main thing that struck me was the half - naked guy in the middle of the floor . passed out from the night before , not a pretty sight . climbing over him , which was the only way around him , i dumped my bags and popped into the en suite bathroom . it was a similar theme , basically mess everywhere and you certainly wouldn’t want to go in there to get clean ! since i was only booked for one night i couldn’t be bothered to change rooms but

in a sense , “postmodern” is a confusing appellation , since the word is used in slightly different ways when describing , say , literary theory , or interior design , or tv commercials . i use the word to describe the increasing placelessness that accompanies any information - age journey . many recurring themes of the travel tales in this book ( the weird gap between expectations and reality ; the challenge of identifying “authenticity” in post - traditional settings ; the realization that unexpected encounters help you better see places for what they are ) are the result of this dislocation .

harambe nights takes place every saturday from june 7 – august 9 , 2014 , with the welcome reception starting at 7 p . m . and a 7 : 30 p . m . show time . tickets are $ 119 for adults , $ 79 for ages 3 - 9 , plus tax . tickets with premium floor seating are $ 134 for adults , $ 94 for ages 3 - 9 , plus tax . capacity is limited , so you’ll want to go ahead and get your tickets by visiting urltoken or calling 407 - 939 - 1319 .

hello tracy , i believe and shawn can correct me if i am wrong but tbd means to be determined or announced . the food and drinks are included in the price . i am attending june the 7th . i am thrilled that i saw the information about it just days after if was announced but the more expensive closer seats were already sold out in less than a week . so , book , book , book if you want to go . it is a non - refundable ticket and not inexpensive so be sure you want to attend .

what follows is a hyperkinetic fox news - style summary of the following three years in the " southland tales ' " alternate universe : after the nuclear attacks in texas , the united states reinstates the draft , and by october 2005 , war ( sponsored by hustler and bud light ) breaks out with iran , syria , afghanistan , north korea and iraq - - where pilot abilene , the film ' s narrator , is injured in a friendly - fire accident . a blockade in the strait of hormuz impedes the flow of oil to the united states , causing an increased demand for alternative fuel sources .

unlike most of the longtail operators i met in ton sai , jimmy is a quiet , introspective man . when we were negotiating the trip yesterday afternoon , he nodded silently as i took out a dive - shop map of phi phi leh and told him where i wanted to go . at first i thought he couldn’t speak any english , but he cut me short when i tried to use my thai phrase book on him . “three in the morning , o . k . , ” he’d said . “i know loh saman bay . ” i suspect he is working to support a wife and kids somewhere .

to three girls bringing home “guests” , including the girl in the bunk underneath mine . as the bunk bed shook and i was completely unable to sleep despite asking everyone to go somewhere else , i just grabbed my stuff and decided it was the final thread . i complained to a staff member who gave me a full refund and i immediately left with my bags ready to explore the rest of the city ( albeit with my carry - on bag ) . i left on a bus to lisbon after discovering the fish market ready for a change . i still occasionally stay at hostels , but read the reviews carefully and avoid party hostels like the plague .

the film that is most obviously referenced is " kiss me deadly , " a 1955 film noir about a private detective who uncovers a plot to detonate a nuclear device . the movie plays in the background in several scenes , and in the " prequel saga , " krysta tells boxer it is his favorite movie . as in " southland tales , " a character in " kiss me deadly " picks up a stranger in the desert , and one of the main characters in the film is named after a poet . the name of dr . severin exx is a reference to the name of an evil doctor in the movie " kiss me deadly , " and boxer santaros ' convertible is the same car driven by ralph meeker in the 1955 film .

af : i grew up in the ' 60s , which was a creative time , so it wasn ' t that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera . i was born in the bronx , and then my father moved us to the country at an early age . but it was a creative country . my original screenwriter , nikky st . john , and this great writer , t . c . boyle , were from this town . mel gibson was from this town . pee - wee herman was from this town . hey , how about that group ? [ laughs . ] when you ' re surrounded by people like that , you ' d better do something .

logistics and marketing aside , however , i came to realize that “marco polo didn’t go there” was not just a statement of geography : intentional or not , it was a keen observation about the postmodern reality of far - flung lands . unlike marco , my travels were not a simple journey from home to the other and back . at any given moment in southeast asia , i was likely to run into a burmese shan refugee who could quote west coast hip - hop to illustrate his plight , a laotian hmong tribesman who’d recently visited his relatives in minneapolis , or a jewish - american buddhist who’d slept in suburban maryland thirty - six hours earlier . whereas marco had traveled into a mysterious and frightening terra incognita , i was traveling into a globalized asia that had long since been visited by the oracle of mass media and the shock troops of mass tourism .

ferrara : we wrote the part for walken and chris never really got it . willem and i had worked together in new rose hotel ( 1998 ) . we had our differences but he’s now also living in rome , and when he read it he got it . if you’re gonna have a film where someone’s got his name on the cuff of his shirt , that’s a pretty big ego you have to play . and he got it , he did it , he sang . it’s so sad he wasn’t there that night , but he’s shooting this movie [ paul schrader’s adam resurrected ] where he’s playing the head of the gestapo or a concentration camp . willem understands the idea with entertainment , that the show must go on , from a theatrical point of view , and he made it happen . we’ve been trying to make this film for seven years , but we never really had the guy .

the fact that the information commissioner’s office has launched an investigation into whether the metropolitan police service trident gangs matrix breaches the data protection act is welcome , but the dangers go beyond this . [ 1 ] the home office , local authorities and all other public sector agencies involved in the multi - agency approach to combating ‘gang - associated activity’ should , according to the irr , review procedures to ensure that they are not contributing to a form of racialised data profiling that has serious repercussions for the human rights of young people , particularly black boys and young black men . for there is evidence to suggest we are witnessing a continuation of the ‘windrush scandal’ , only , this time it is the grandchildren of the windrush generation that have been let down by the expansive scope of the ‘hostile environment’ precept , targeted now at inhabitants of certain neighbourhoods and particular estates in london and , in other areas of the uk . [ 2 ]

af : every one is a different story . the story with the blackout is unbelievable . there ' s a big lawsuit now in an l . a . bankruptcy court about it . we made a deal with destination films that set up a distribution system . they bought two or three films , including the blackout , raised $ 100 million , and never distributed anything . five years later , they ' re trying to go bankrupt , saying all that ' s left is $ 35 , 000 out of $ 100 million , even though they never distributed one film . now , i don ' t know what ' s going on . i ' d love to show you the paperwork . i ' m getting thousands and thousands of documents . i ' m just one of a ton of people this company screwed over . can you imagine these pricks ? they ' re basically trying to steal $ 100 million . it ' s a fucking robbery .