BUREAU of ARTS and CULTURE New York : LA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MAY 1

LA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL MAY 1 - 11TH 2014

VENUES :

DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA

7920 Sunset Blvd

(at Hayworth, one block west of Fairfax)

West Hollywood, CA 90046

The 2014 documentary competition line-up includes:

• 9-MAN by Ursula Liang
• CAMBODIAN SON by Masahiro Sugano
• FRED HO'S LAST YEAR by Steven De Castro
• JEEPNEY by Esy Casey
• LORDVILLE by Rea Tajiri
• THE ROAD TO FAME by Hao Wu
• STORIES FROM TOHOKU by Dianne Fukami and Eli Olson

The 2014 narrative competition line-up includes:
• BRAHMIN BULLS by Mahesh Pailoor
• CHU AND BLOSSOM by Charles Chu and Gavin Kelly
• CICADA by Dean Yamada
• FARAH GOES BANG by Meera Menon
• HOW TO FIGHT IN SIX INCH HEELS by Ham Tran
• A LEADING MAN by Steven Kung
• A PICTURE OF YOU by J.P. Chan

The 2014 international showcase line-up includes:
• 100 DAYS (Taiwan) by Henry Chan
• CONCRETE CLOUDS (Thailand) by Lee Chatametikool
• FIRESTORM (Hong Kong) by Alan Yuen
• HIDE & SEEK (South Korea) by Huh Jung
• ICE POISON (Taiwan/Myanmar) by Midi Z
• OBJECTS IN MIRROR (Iran) by Narges Abyar
• ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM (Vietnam) by Dustin Tri Nguyen
• THE PINKIE (Japan) by Lisa Takeba
• SAGARMATHA (Indonesia/India/Nepal) by Emil Heradi
• THUY (South Korea) by Kim Jae-han
• A VENGEFUL HEART (Vietnam) by Victor Vu

The 2014 Festival's national spotlight, "The New Face of Philippine Cinema" includes:
• BLUE BUSAMANTE by Miko Livelo
• DEVOTION by Alvin Yapan
• KABISERA by Alfonso "Borgy" Torre III
• REKORDER by Mikhail Red
• SHIFT by Siege Ledesma

The 2014 lineup of special presentations includes:
• AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS by Grace Lee
• AWESOME ASIAN BAD GUYS BY Stephen Dypiangco and Patrick Epino
• THE COTABATO SESSIONS by Joel Quizon
• DELANO MANONGS: FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE UNITED FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT by Marissa Aroy
• FAMILY INGREDIENTS by Ty Sanga
• HULA: MERRIE MONARCH'S GOLDEN CELEBRATION by Roland Yamamoto
• PLASTIC PARADISE: THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH by Angela Sun

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI: Legendary Print Maker + Painter

Tap To READ: "Art, Music, Literature, Theatre, Film, Design, Architecture, Photography and the other Arts discussed in this publication are regularly viewed through the subjectivity of the reader. Such is the nature of the world. Religion, Politics and Nationalism are ideologies that often shape or attempt to influence our subjective outlook. Here at The BUREAU of Arts and Culture, we ask that you reconsider those viewpoints and allow for a new frame of mind, based on a larger, broader and more liberated idea of living. Today, we look at the Art of Katsushika Hokusai as an example of subjective vs. objective views and how those ideas evolve through the years. " By BUREAU Editor J. A. TRILIEGI

JAMES DEAN : The ACTOR

Tap To READ: "James Dean. He was not simply an actor in search of a project, he was a human in search of a world, a son in search of a father, an orphan in search of a mother, a new kid in search of a friend, a worker in search of wealth, a comedian in search of a tragedy, he was an outsider in search of the inside and when he got inside, he did what anybody with integrity and curiosity does, he searched for the exit and found it. But before that and most of all, James Byron Dean was an American in search of America."

READ Literary 2016 Edition

INTERVIEW with NOVELIST :Irvine WELSH, This New 299 Page Edition Contains The BUREAU ICON Essay on :John STEINBECK, The BUREAU GUEST Visual Artist New YORK City PAINTER:Nathan WALSH Cinema: AMERICAN Director Hal ASHBY & The CLASSIC FILM "BEING THERE," ART Reviews: Emilie CLARK . Michael KAGAN . The Max GINSBURG LECTURE . San FRANCISCO : Photographs Roman VISHNIAC . Bill GRAHAM at The CJM The SouthWest Photographic Essay Winner Rich HELMERPlus Diane ARBUS . NEW FICTION ENCORE: They CALL IT The CITY of ANGELS Selected Chapters INTERVIEWS: Sandy SKOGLUND . Shaun HUSTON on Library Comic BOOKS . MUSIC: The MALLETT Brothers Band . Kehinde WILEY at The SEATTLE Museum . Museums : Arizona . Oklahoma . San Francisco . ART By John MELLENCAMP . BOOKS : ALI & Malcolm X . SPRINGSTEEN . Literature by U.S. Military Veterans . The SEATTLE Photographic Essay and The FIVE Best Bookstores in BERKELEY . LITERARY Events 2016 S.E. Hinton's The OUTSIDERS + WOMEN Writers RULE : RESOURCES

SPECIAL MUSIC Edition

Tap To Download FREE The 300+ Pages Music 2016 Edition BUREAU of ARTS and CULTURE MAGAZINE. Guest ARTIST CHRISTOPHER STOTT . ICON Essay: HANK WILLIAMS . ART SHAY . MATHEW BARNEY Plus BUREAU PROFILE : ANDREW HOLDER . INTERVIEW with LAURA STEVENS . BLUE VELVET at THIRTY . MILES DAVIS "The SHAMAN" . PRINCE . JOSHUA TATE . CÉLESTE BOURSIER - MOUGENOT with CHRISTOPH COX . DESIGN : WALLPAPER . COMEDY with Andre HYLAND . John DOE . Aimee MANN . Chris STAPLETON . BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL : KWAME BRATHWAITE . DANNY LYON . R. CRUMB . RAP MUSIC: TUPAC and ICE CUBE +TRIBUTE TO WRITER : JIM HARRISON +More

The BOB DYLAN ICON Essay

Tap To Read: "For every title, there also came a group of admirers and detractors, who wanted something. They wanted more than the music, more than the lyrics, more than the concert, more than the records, they wanted a symbol they could use for their own parade, their own arcade, their own charade and Dylan denied the puppet strings, denied the sacrificial position, denied the groups that had latched onto him and he remained true to the only thing a human has from the very beginning to the very end: Oneself." - J.A.Triliegi

Nathan WALSH INTERVIEW

Tap To Read BUREAU Guest Artist Explains his technique, Influences and Process : "Somewhere between the very concise, concrete and physical realities of time and place in locales like San Francisco, New York City, Chicago and the Ideas of a Utopian Eye of the Mind, The Painter, Nathan Walsh has produced a series of large scale, time intensive works that equal, in counterpart, in scope, and in end result, the works of a master Novelist, Filmmaker or Architect. Nathan Walsh, is setting the bar, so high, on the painters of his generation, and those who actually have, and will, in the future, participate in this publication, that we here, are now becoming concerned for everyone else."

The Underground Punk Music Scene : A FEMINIST VIEW

By BUREAU Writer SARAH ROSE PERRY TAP to READ The Article: "Like nearly everything else, punk rock began as an all male genre, but with questioning authority and social norms as their main agenda, it was natural for women to step in and take a piece of the spotlight. Inspired by the Sex Pistols, Poly Styrene decided to form her own punk band, X-Ray Spex. Although they only lasted about three years, producing only one album, the band will be remembered by their lead singer screaming, “some people think little girls should be seen and not heard… Oh Bondage Up Yours!” image: ©Melissa Ann Pinney

LYNN SAVILLE: NOCTURNE

READ The Interview: "When working in New York, I walk during different times of day and evening making mental notes and cell phone snapshots of places that attract my interest. Later I return when it’s dawn or twilight and look again at the way these chosen “locations” appear in the shifting light. I might return to a location three or four times to see what I find…always bringing my camera and tripod and any other items such as velvet to minimize reflections if I’m photographing into a window and a small flashlight or headlamp to use if I want to paint some light. "

PARIS,TEXAS at 30 YEARS

Tap To READ BUREAU FILM : "So seldom does a European director truly understand the work of an American writer that he or she can take the original source material and arrive at something as epic, important and truly American as Wim Wenders did with this film. Paris, Texas is loosely based on the Motel Chronicles by Sam Shepard: writer, actor & all around influential poet, playwright, essayist. Author of The Rolling Thunder Logbook, an 'on tour' diary with Bob Dylan. Friend to Patti Smith, author of Fool for Love, True West and countless other original & important plays."

ALEX HARRIS Interview

ARTHUR MILLER at 100

Tap To READ: "Miller went toe to toe with mainstream ideology, with the dilemma's of war, with group thinking and paranoia, with religion, with celebrity machinery and even with the government of the United States of America during one of the worst chapters in our history: The McCarthy years. For those of you too young to remember or too old to want to remember. Senator Joe McCarthy led a witch hunt that was focused on left leaning individuals of all sorts, but specifically, those in the field of entertainment. Directors, writers, actors and producers were demanded to testify against their friends and associates publicly, privately, overtly or with discretion. Arthur Miller did no such thing, he refused to name names. "

FILM: QUIZ SHOW at 20

Tap To READ: "This is a large film, with a brilliant cast, a flawless tone and leading actors that include John Turturro as the whistle-blowing contestant Herb Stempel and Ralph Fiennes as Charlie Van Doren, a wealthy second generation Columbia University teacher who gets sucked into cheating himself, the public and his families reputation simply by allowing the network's television producers of The Quiz Show entitled, "21" to, "… give him the answers." Which are said to be, "… sealed in a bank vault." Enter investigating lawyer and Harvard graduate at the top of his class, Richard Goodwin, played here brilliantly by Rob Morrow."

New York LITERARY EDITION 2016

Tap To Download FREE: This New 299 Page Edition Contains The EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with NOVELIST Irvine WELSH, The BUREAU ICON Essay on John STEINBECK, The GUEST Visual Artist New YORK City PAINTER : Nathan WALSH Cinema: AMERICAN Director Hal ASHBY & The CLASSIC FILM "BEING THERE," ART Reviews: Emilie CLARK . Michael KAGAN . The Max GINSBURG LECTURE . San FRANCISCO : Photographs Roman VISHNIAC . Bill GRAHAM at The CJM The SouthWest Photographic Essay Winner Rich HELMER Plus Diane ARBUS . NEW FICTION ENCORE: They CALL IT The CITY of ANGELS Selected Chapters INTERVIEWS: Sandy SKOGLUND . Shaun HUSTON on Library Comic BOOKS . MUSIC: The MALLETT Brothers Band . Kehinde WILEY in SEATTLE . Museums : Arizona . Oklahoma . San Francisco . ART: John MELLENCAMP . BOOKS : ALI & Malcolm X . SPRINGSTEEN . Literature by U.S. Military Veterans . The SEATTLE Photographic Essay and The FIVE Best Bookstores in BERKELEY . LITERARY Events 2016 S.E. Hinton's The OUTSIDERS + WOMEN Writers RULE : RESOURCES with Info and Email Links to 100's of Magazines, Publications and Literary Organizations around The World.

BUY THE NEW BOOK "LIFE IS GOOD: WhenYou Do The WORK" 40 ESSAYS / 176pp Paperback

Tap to BUY Now: $20. Dollars Delivered Direct “Writing this book of essays is my way of encouraging those who read it to experience life with more passion, humor and most importantly, integrity. There are times when I simply want to shout out “pay a little more attention”. This book is that shout out. There is so much beauty and goodness in the world and yet there are so many challenges and concerns. We humans are strong and we humans are fragile. Our planet is strong. Our planet is fragile. It’s our planet. It’s our life. We, our loved ones, our friends, our neighbors and our natural world are all one. We need to learn to better love who and what we can.” - Maria Francesca Triliegi / BUREAU BOOKS 2016

The ROLLING STONES: BARDS

TAP To READ: LITERARY BARDS ? What is Art ? What is a Classic ? What is Literature ? When is something all of the above ? Why is Rock & Roll Music so damn powerful to us ? It could be that great music tells a narrative just as convincingly as a short story, poem or novel. Sometimes it can even tell that story better. Case in point, Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Classic 1968 song entitled, "Sympathy for the Devil." Today, we look at the song, asking the question: Can Music Be Literature And If so, Why ? By J.A. TRILIEGI

MUSIC: To Kill a Mockingbird

Tap To READ: "Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird may just be the most perfect understanding of Literature, Cinema and Musical Orchestration ever created. Mr.Bernstein, who was blacklisted, some years later, made a fabulous comeback with, of all things, his score for John Landis's Animal House. By pulling great musical stunts as a straight man to Landis' pranks. Remember the score to that film ? Heroic like anthems, every time Belushi and his cohorts take on the conservative views of The University. It worked wonderfully and Mr Bernstein was back in business again"

INTERVIEW Ryan SCHIERLING

Tap to READ : "I’m drawn to anything that’s visually and aesthetically pleasing, but I think that describes most photographers. The process of translating what I’m seeing into a photograph using a mechanical process of adjusting this and that is what, my style? Visually, I like clean images. I like to fill the frame with precisely what I want, because I don’t crop much. I want exactly what I want to see, and it’s done in camera, zooming a lens, or moving the legs here and there. "

Interview: DAVID BURKE

Tap To READ: "My process involves equal parts control and chaos, and echoes tenuous socio-ecological relationships depicted in the imagery. The use of synthetic material reinforces the commentary on man’s impulse to consume, contain and modify the earth’s resources in order to accommodate our own needs and desires. Contrary to some of the jaded ideas around the work, the paintings are actually quite optimistic in the sense that I am continually awestruck by the resilience of the natural world in the face of such heinous destruction. "

INTERVIEW: PATRICK RIEGER

Tap To READ: "Playing for a live audience was the only way music would have happened for me. My training is as an actor, as a kid I was a dancer. I always sang but could never read music, and musical instruments came a little harder to me. What I'm saying is that the live performance is something I know how to do and that might make up for my lack of musicianship sometimes. There are a lot of better guitar players in the world, but a lot of them choose to only play on their couch. If they're not going to take the gig I will because I know how to leave my blood on the floor for an audience, I can tell the stories."

The IRBY PACE INTERVIEW

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . The BUREAU GUEST Artist from CANADA Painter and Sculptor Mr. Erik OLSON . NEW Interviews + Photographic Essays with Three from The United Kingdom: Street Photographers Craig REILLY, Steve COLEMAN and Walter ROTHWELL. BUREAU Dance: Martha GRAHAM, Plus Mathilde GRAFSTROM : CENSORED German Muralist: Hendrik BEIKIRCH, The CLASSICAL Genius: Daniil TRIFONOV. BUREAU NEWS: David GANS on SUPREME COURT, Plus Mexico's DR. LAKRA Daniel GEORGAKAS on HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST, The OSCARS WHITEOUT, PHOTO ESSAYS: Stephen SOMERSTEIN at The FREEDOM MARCH of 1965, Alex HARRIS showcasing The Afro AMERICANS in North Carolina in The 1970s Artist Tristan EATON + The Post Modern Paintings . BUREAU Film: TRUMBO Plus Film Reviews

NEW YORK RECENT Edition

TAP FOR FREE DOWNLOAD The BUREAU ICON Essay: BOB DYLAN. Interviews + Photographic Essays with Alex HARRIS on The INUIT, Kanayo ADIBE in Baltimore, Lynn SAVILLE in New York City, Mike MILLER on West Coast Style, Ryan SCHIERLING in AUSTIN and BUREAU GUEST Artist: Melissa Ann PINNEY ART Interview with David BURKE in Bay Area. Plus: Michelle HANDELMAN. New FICTION: THEY CALL IT THE CITY of ANGELS Part III MUSIC Contributor: Sarah Rose PERRY on The Femme PUNK Scene. MUSIC Interview with JAHI. Plus US MUSEUMS: Detroit's 30 ARTISTS Exhibit, Milwaukee's Larry SULTAN, Photo LA, BOOK Stores Across US: BookPeople, Anderson's, City Lights, Book Reviews from STRAND NYC. Classical MUSIC and Rock & Roll: Not So Different After All. Elliott Landy and The BAND. Edward Hopper at The Cantor.

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This Edition includes Photographic Essays by Japan's Master Photographer: T. Enami. From Beijing, China : The Contemporary Art of Yin Xiuzhen, From Korea :The Paintings of Ho Ryan Lee and Photographs by Bohnchang Koo, From Hawaii : Art by Masami Teraoka, Levitations by Natsumi Hayashi, New Mixed Media by Xuan Chen, Sculpture by Jacob Hashimoto, Guest Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, ICON Essay: Akira Kurosawa, Chinese New Years Events across America. We are proud to announce our Newest Media Partners: Asia Art Fair New York and Prints from The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco U.S.A. Magnum Photographer Raymond Depardon Takes You Inside the Anti War Rally of 1968. Bureau Film: A Beautiful Country, Bureau Books: Forbidden City USA, Plus links to our Community Sites in Seven Different Cities, Each Celebrating a Different Language with Translation Options on Our Previous Features in Bureau Editions including: Japanese at The LA site / Chinese at The San Francisco Site / Korean at the New York Site / Vietnamese at The San Diego Site / Philipino at The Santa Barbara Site / Bengali at the Seattle Site / Thai at The Midwest Site. All This and more