Love N' Dancing
- LOVE N' DANCING (DVD MOVIE)
The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCEâ"220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the study of antiquity. This important book presents essays by archaeologists, art and architectural historians, curators, and historians that reexamine the carvings, adding to our understanding of the long cultural history behind them and to our knowledge of Han practices.
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The authors of! fer a thorough analysis of surviving physical and visual sources, invoking fresh perspectives from new disciplines. Essays address the ideals, practices, and problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China; Han funerary art and architecture in Shandong and other regions; architectural functions and carved meanings; Qing Dynasty Reception of the Wu Family Shrines; and more.
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon.
The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserve! d. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real. (And you still can't be totally sure it's not.)
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 is not a rehash of the first film. It's a continuation, the next step in Ryan's world of raw horror. It has transcended the label of exploitation cinema and now has its feet firmly planted in the wet ground of artistic snuff. Bothered yet? In a little over an hour you will be, and you'll hate Ryan for it.
Ryan, with the first APSK, eradicated the boundaries of acceptable cinema. With this film he's taken over the territory, and it's doubtful any other director has the guts or skills to snatch the kingdom away from him.
Prepare yourself. This is going to leave marks.
-Doug Brunell
(Filmthreat.com, author of the Amazon Shorts Burning Blue and Calli! ng the Dead)