Site Updates: 2001

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• 12-13-01: more lyrical episodes, and some books:
  • Sumer and the Sumerians (Harriet Crawford, 1991)
  • Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty (Tr. Contogenis & Choe, 1997)
  • Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English (Patricia T. O'Conner, 1996)
• 12-10-01: book, The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse (Tr. Geoffrey Bownas & Anthony Thwaite, 1964)
• 12-08-01: book, The Sumerians (C. Leonard Woolley, 1929)
• 12-07-01: very serious reorganization of book reviews; now categorized by region of the world
• 12-06-01: a humongous update of the music reviews section; finally got around to putting all those old reviews up!
• 12-05-01: reorganized the Female Form in Metal section (with pictures)
• 11-30-01: book, Ancient Iraq (Georges Roux, 1992)
• 11-29-01: film, Spy Game (Tony Scott, USA, 2001, 7)
• 11-27-01: book, Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World (Jan Goodwin, 1995)
• 11-26-01: film, Bandits (Barry Levinson, USA, 2001, 8)
• 11-24-01: more lyrical episodes, a book review, Ancient Persia from 550 BC to 650 AD (Josef Wiesehöfer, Tr. Azizeh Azodi, 2001), and a film review, Monsters, Inc. (Peter Docter, USA, 2001, 7)
• 11-17-01: more lyrical episodes and film reviews:
  • From Hell (Albert and Allen Hughes, USA-Czech Republic, 2001, 8)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Chris Columbus, UK-USA, 2001, 8)
  • Jeepers Creepers (Victor Salva, Germany-USA, 2001, 8)
• 11-16-01: films
  • Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France, 2001, 9)
  • The One (James Wong, USA, 2001, 2)
  • Dear Summer Sister (Oshima Nagisa, Japan, 1972, 4)
• 11-15-01: (book) History of the Persian Empire (A. T. Olmstead, 1948)
• 11-11-01: (book) An Introduction to Japanese Court Poetry (Earl Miner, 1968)
• 11-01-01: significant additions to the page for Ono no Komachi and a new English poem, "We live together", (only in the collection)
• 10-30-01: added a page for poetry by Ono no Komachi and some new poetry by yours truly
• 10-29-01: (book) The Hidden War (Artyom Borovik, 1990)
• 10-22-01: new poems in the Lyrical Episodes and general collections
• 10-21-01: (book) Taliban (Ahmed Rashid, 2001)
• 10-20-01: (book) Women Poets of Japan (Tr. Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi, 1977)
• 10-18-01: two books
  • Po Chü-i: Selected Poems (Tr. Burton Watson, 2000)
  • Five T'ang Poets (Tr. David Young, 1990)
• 10-16-01: the English and Bulgarian collections of poetry updated!
• 10-15-01: FINALLY! gotterdammerung.org has its own domain name...
• 10-13-01: (film) Violence at High Noon (Oshima Nagisa, Japan, 1966, 8)
• 10-12-01: (book) Tales of Ise (Anonymous, Tr. Helen Craig McCullough, 1968)
• 10-11-01: (film) Kwaidan (Kobayashi Masaki, Japan, 1965, 7)
• 10-10-01: (book) The Diary of Lady Murasaki (Murasaki Shikibu, Tr. Richard Bowring, 1996)
• 10-08-01: (book) The Confessions of Lady Nijô (Lady Nijô, Tr. Karen Brazell, 1973)
• 10-07-01: (film) City War (Sun Chung, Hong Kong, 1988, 4)
• 10-05-01: film reviews
  • Temptress Moon (Chen Kaige, China-Hong Kong, 1996, 7)
  • Prison on Fire (Ringo Lam, Hong Kong, 1987, 7)
  • Prison on Fire II (Ringo Lam, Hong Kong, 1991, 8)
• 10-01-01: (film) Ghost in Love (Lee Kwang-Hun, Korea, 1999, 9); also added a page for Kim Hee-Sun.
• 09-28-01: three film reviews
  • Il Mare (Lee Hyun-Seung, Korea, 2000, 8)
  • La Belle (Yeo Kyun-Dong, Korea, 2000, 6)
  • An Eternal Combat (Yip Shing Hong, Hong Kong, 1984, 5)
• 09-26-01: (film) The Foul King (Kim Ji-Wun, Korea, 2000, 8)
• 09-25-01: two film reviews
  • Tell Me Something (Chang Yun-Hyun, Korea, 1999, 8)
  • Shiri (Kang Je-Kyu, Korea, 1999, 7)
• 09-23-01: two books
  • The Pleasures of Japanese Literature (Donald Keene, 1988)
  • The Kagero Diary (Michitsuna no Haha, Tr. Sonja Arntzen, 1997)
• 09-20-01: (film) The Sun's Burial (Oshima Nagisa, Japan, 1960, 7)
• 09-19-01: opinion and film review
  • What War Are We Fighting? Reconsidering America's objective in the wake of the terrorist acts
  • Spy Kids (Robert Rodriguez, USA, 2001, 5)
• 09-17-01: two films
  • Rat Race (Jerry Zucker, USA, 2001, 8)
  • The Musketeer (Peter Hyams, USA, 2001, 1)
• 09-16-01: updated my poetry section, added some prose as well
• 09-15-01: (film) Non-Stop (Tanaka Hiroyuki, Japan, 1996, 7)
• 09-14-01: a new section on Bulgaria, and about 25 poems added to the Bulgarian Poetry page (in Bulgarian only); and the film Cruel Story of Youth (Oshima Nagisa, Japan, 1960, 6)
• 09-10-01: (book) The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (Tr. George W. Perkins, 1998); and a new page dedicated to Japanese Classical Literature; added the Collection of Korean Films; and the VCD Collection (hopefully to remain small)
• 09-09-01: (film) Once Upon a Time a China (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1991, 8)
• 09-06-01: additions to the humor section, and film reviews
  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (Woody Allen, USA, 2001, 6)
  • My Heart (Bae Chang-Ho, Korea, 1999, 8)
  • Barking Dogs Never Bite (Bong Jun-Ho, Korea, 2000, 4)
• 09-05-01: (book) A New History of Korea (Lee Ki-baik, 1984)
• 09-04-01: no site updates for a week, due to my trip to San Franscisco, where, predictably, yours truly fell miserably ill and could not enjoy the city as much as it deserves. Fortunately, my wife came over from Salt Lake to administer the pills, so the time was not entirely wasted. I am definitely going back there, especially to the charming Chinatown and the ridiculously overpriced Japantown. I need a new kimono.
• 08-25-01: film reviews
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith, USA, 2001, 4)
• 08-24-01: a new poem, Leaves and Branches, and book reviews:
  • As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (Lady Sarashina, Tr. Ivan Morris, 1989)
  • The Selected Poems of Li Po (Li Po, Tr. David Hinton, 1996)
• 08-23-01: more film reviews
  • Joint Security Area (Park Chan-Wook, Korea, 2000, 8)
  • The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, Spain-France-USA, 2001, 4)
• 08-22-01: more film reviews and a book review
  • Memento Mori (Kim Tae-Yong and Min Kyu-Dong, Korea, 1999, 9)
  • Swordsman II (Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong, 1991, 7)
  • Yoshitsune (Helen Craig McCullough, 1966)
• 08-21-01: back from the Korean Film Festival in NYC, here are the reviews:
  • The Isle (Kim Ki-Duk, Korea, 2000, 8)
  • Christmas in August (Hur Jin-Ho, Korea, 1998, 5)
  • Attack the Gas Station! (Kim Sang-Jin, Korea, 1999, 9)
• 08-16-01: IMPORTANT NEWS: as of today, the menus should be cross-platform compatible. Let me know if they don't work on a modern browser. Also, film reviews
  • Rush Hour 2 (Brett Ratner, USA, 2001, 4)
  • Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1983, 6)
• 08-15-01: book and film revews
  • The Tale of the Heike (Helen Craig McCullough, 1988)
  • Jurassic Park III (Joe Johnston, USA, 2001, 4)
• 08-14-01: (film review) Memento (Christopher Nolan, USA, 2000, 9)
• 08-11-01: (film review) Himalaya (Eric Valli, Nepal & France, 1999, 8)
• 08-10-01: film reviews
  • The Road Home (Zhang Yimou, China, 1999, 8)
  • Planet of the Apes (Tim Burton, USA, 2001, 6)
  • Scary Movie 2 (Keenen Ivory Wayans, USA, 2001, 1)
• 08-09-01: no updates since July 22! Is the site abandoned? Nope, it's just that yours truly married his girlfriend of 11 years, the beautiful Margarita, and had to move most of our belongings to Salt Lake City, where she will be pursuing her Ph.D. in Computer Graphics. I just got back from SLC and will have to write a short account of the most horrible moving experience I've had. Mercifully, there will be no wedding photos, although I am tempted to display a picture of the worst-dressed clown who performed the ritual at City Hall in that bastion of high culture that is Rochester, NY. We might as well have been in Vegas! Anyway, I will be getting back on track shortly but there will be no DVD reviews for a while since all the home theater equipment is in SLC while I mope around in Rochester for four more months. I will be going to the movies though, so the reviews should be coming in soon.
• 07-22-01: (film) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, China, 2000, 10)
• 07-20-01: (book) The Magic Lantern (Ingmar Bergman, 1988)
• 07-18-01: books
  • Strategic Surrender: The Politics of Victory and Defeat (Paul Kecskemeti, 1958)
  • Sanshô Dayû (Dudley Andrew and Carole Cavanaugh, 2000)
• 07-15-01: update and film
  • (film) The Legend of Wisely (Teddy Robin Kwan, Hong Kong, 1985, 5)
  • (update) added pictures to the reviews of Bichunmoo and Soul Guardians
• 07-14-01: (film) A Hearty Response (Norman Law, Hong Kong, 1986, 6)
• 07-13-01: book and film
  • (book) The Love Suicide at Amijima (Donald H. Shively, 1953)
  • (film) Bichunmoo (Kim Young-Jun, Korea, 2000, 7)
• 07-12-01: (book) The Course of German History (A.J.P. Taylor, 1946)
• 07-08-01: book and films
  • (book) A History of Japan, 1615-1867 (George Sansom, 1963)
  • (film) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, USA, 2001, 5)
  • (film) Cats & Dogs (Lawrence Guterman, USA, 2001, 6)
• 07-03-01: (book) The Causes of War (Geoffrey Blainey, 1988)
• 07-02-01: (site update) Finally decided on being consistent with the Asian names in the film section. Now, everything is listed using some simple rules, which will hopefully reduce confusion.
• 07-01-01: (book) Ugetsu Monogatari (Ueda Akinari, 1776)
• 06-30-01: (2 books)
  • A History of Japan, 1334-1615 (George Sansom, 1961)
  • Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance (Douglass C. North, 1990)
• 06-29-01: here's how I made my video setup cosmopolitan
• 06-28-01: (3 books)
  • States and Social Revolutions (Theda Skocpol, 1979)
  • Democracy and Its Critics (Robert A. Dahl, 1989)
  • What Makes a War End? (H. A. Calahan, 1944)
• 06-24-01: (site additions/changes and a film review)
  • great new format for the DVD Collection: check it out!
  • the Reading Room debuts
  • Ashes of Time (Wong Kar Wai, 1994, Hong Kong, 8)
• 06-23-01: (film) Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954, 8)
• 06-21-01: (film) Nang Nak (Nonzee Nimibutr, Thailand, 1999, 8)
• 06-19-01: (2 books)
  • Second World War: An Illustrated History (A.J.P. Taylor, 1975);
  • Markets and States in Tropical Africa (Robert H. Bates, 1981);
• 06-17-01: (film) Swordfish (Dominic Sena, USA, 2001, 8)
• 06-15-01: (film) Tomb Raider (Simon West, USA, 2001, 1)
• 06-14-01: (film) Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay, USA, 2001, 2)
• 06-13-01: (site changes and 2 film reviews)
  • added the BULGARIAN CINEMA to the genre and to the film collection sections
  • Kaloyan (Dako Dakovski, Bulgaria, 1963, 6)
  • Hunter in the Dark (Hideo Gosha, Japan, 1979, 7)
• 06-12-01: (film) Once a Thief (John Woo, Hong Kong, 1990, 8)
• 06-11-01: (film) Working Class (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong, 1985, 6)
• 06-10-01: (2 films)
  • Magnificent Warriors (David Chung, Hong Kong, 1987, 7)
  • Evolution (Ivan Reitman, USA, 2001, 6)
• 06-08-01: it was a matter of time before people started responding to things on this site; some are encouraging, some amusing, some just make me scratch my head in bewilderment; I've established the HALL OF IGNORANCE to commemorate some stupid emails I've received;
• 06-04-01: (film) Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, France-Poland-Switzerland, 1994, 7)
• 06-03-01: (film) Dust in the Wind (Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Taiwan, 1986, 4)
• 05-31-01: film reviews: The Razor 1: Sword of Justice (Kenji Misumi, Japan, 1972, 6); Return of Daimajin (Issei Mori, Japan, 1966, 90 mins); added 3 new films to the japanese collection
• 05-25-01: book review: A History of Japan to 1334 (George Sansom, 1958)
• 05-24-01: film review: The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Taiwan, 1995, 3)
• 05-21-01: The Mystery of Rampo (Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Japan, 1994, 9)
• 05-20-01: film reviews: Samurai Assassin (Kihachi Okamoto, Japan, 1965, 7); Sugar: Howling of Angel (Akinobu Ishiyama, Japan, 1996, 3); Castle Orgies (Isao Hayashi, Japan, 1971, 2); Lady Snowblood (Toshiya Fujita, Japan, 1973, 7); Wrath of Daimajin (Kenji Misumi, Japan, 1966, 7); The Razor 3: Who's Got te Gold? (Yoshio Inoue, Japan, 1974, 7); added 8 films to the japanese films collection
• 05-19-01: film reviews: Daimajin (Yoshiyuki Kuroda & Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Japan, 1966, 7); Flowers of Shanghai (Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Taiwan, 1998, 3)
• 05-18-01: film reviews: Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (Toshiya Fujita, Japan, 1974, 5); Red Lion (Kihachi Okamoto, Japan, 1969, 6); added 4 new films to japanese film collection
• 05-17-01: film review: Savior of the Soul (David Lai & Corey Yuen, Hong Kong, 1992, 4)
• 05-16-01: film review: Easy Money (Stephen Shin, Hong Kong, 1987, 3), book review: Historians' Fallacies (David Hackett Fischer, 1970), miscellaneous cosmetic fixes
• 05-15-01: book review: The Heiké Story (Eiji Yoshikawa, 1956)
• 05-14-01: added a bunch of great stuff in the humor section
• 05-13-01: film review: Life of Oharu (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1952, 8)
• 05-12-01: film review: The Mummy Returns (Stephen Sommers, USA, 2001, 5), female beauty: Patricia Velasquez
• 05-11-01: book review: Taiko (Eiji Yoshikawa, 1967)
• 05-10-01: book review: Every War Must End (Fred Charles Iklé, 1971)
• 05-09-01: added 12 new movies to the japanese film collection
• 05-04-01: added to film collection: japan, hong kong, and italy.
• 05-03-01: film review: Chunhyang (Im Kwon-Taek, Korea, 2000, 6)