The (very funny) teaser for Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle is now online. Props to Steve Erickson for tracking this down elsewhere.

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I was at Borders tonight and noticed the new boxed set of Martin Scorsese films is on sale for $49.99. (Buy it by following the Amazon link; Deep-Focus.com gets a kickback.) That's five feature films, all of them with director commentary, for 10 bucks each. Because I well remember the days when a Martin Scorsese director's commentary was only available on Criterion laserdiscs that fetched $100 or more, so that impoverished film geeks like me had to save our pennies for months just to afford them, I find this to be almost unbelievable. Kids, it's almost like stealing.

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If you're wondering why there are suddenly text ads on certain pages, it's because I'm experimenting with Google Ads on highly trafficked parts of the Web site. I've resisted any flirtation with advertisements or commercialism, but these seem fairly low-impact so I figured I'd give them a spin.

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I'm working on a review of The Brown Bunny, but I should say right now: I liked it. It does in fact go completely over the top in the infamous motel room scene, but parts of it are very pretty and parts of it are very sad and it has an ambition that's rare in commercial cinema. I'll try to have a full review up by Friday.

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