08-05-2009, 04:28 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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The Big Empty
Written & Directed by Lisa Chang, Newton Thomas Sigel
Released on December 31, 2005
Distributed by Opposable Thumbs
A bittersweet tale of Alice, her vagina and the infinite nature of the tundra.
Starring Selma Blair as Alice, a young woman with an ache that no doctor seems able to cure, The Big Empty tells a story of exploitation and eventual self-reliance. Beautifully shot by the renowned cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel and directed and adapted by Sigel and his wife, Lisa Chang, the film was featured on Volume 1 of Wholphin DVD Magazine and won the USA Film Festival in 2005.
It is based on the short story The Specialist, by Alison Smith. It was executive produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.
Soundtracks throughout:
* "Song to the Siren"
Performed by This Mortal Coil
* "Coming in from the Cold"
Performed by Bob Marley
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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