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Gavin Huang

Gavin Huang is a senior at Stuyvesant High School and will be attending college next year, though he is not quite sure which one it will be. Wherever he goes, though, he'll continue watching old movies, taking late night bike rides around New York City (oh, he'll be back), and tweeting (follow him @GavinHuang).

“Into Eternity”: Unanswered Questions

by Gavin Huang on June 14, 2010

in Film

What does one do with nearly 300,000 tons of deadly radioactive waste?  Finland thinks it has the answer.  In Michael Madsen’s documentary, “Into Eternity,” the Danish filmmaker examines the Finnish government’s efforts to bury its share of the world’s nuclear waste in a tunnel three miles into the earth.  After its completion in 2100, the tunnel must remain untouched for at least 100,000 years.  This intriguing and bold plan leads Madsen to raise many philosophical and technical questions throughout his film, providing a haunting take that is more poetic than scientific on a dire environmental issue.  [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Into Eternity, Michael Madsen, Tribeca Film Festival

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Minnesota Nice

by Gavin Huang on December 16, 2009

in Arts Coverage,Film

There’s nothing wrong with murder, ya know.  Especially if you’re going to get some money out of it.

Fargo is a modern classic.  It was nominated for seven Oscars in 1997, and won two.  It’s been on almost every top ten list, from AFI to Roger Ebert’s.  It is a comedy and a neo-noir at the same time.  http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/easyrider/data/pages/Fargo/fargo.jpgOne might wonder, at first, why it’s so hilarious. There’s little to laugh about it.  It is a gruesome film, rife with murder, blood, violence, sex and nonsensical scenes that leave the audience squirming in their seats.  It is creepy and unnerving.  It doesn’t force you to think really, and it doesn’t make you jump.  At no point are you on the edge of your seat.  At no point are you screaming or gasping for air.

What it does do is challenge your perception of normalcy because nothing in the film is normal, though everything seems normal.  There is a deceptive blanket that one wants to lift but is too afraid to do so.

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Tagged as: The Coen Brothers

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