Noah, an American filmmaker who lives here in Beijing, advised us last week not to shoot Tian'an Men Square with a digital camera, and "never ever take a tripod." Well, today Wednesday, August 16th, after buying several small red People's Republic of China flags, the three of us: Christy, my DP and Ren, our Williams-educated translator, walked onto the Square and shot the dynasty gate with Mao's portrait and several soldiers/sentries looking on. We shot Mao's Mausoleum and the Monument to the People's Heroes, all with the tripod. We got it done. Fuck no ballsNoah. There are names for guys like him. The one I'm thinking of starts with a "P." We then went to a new art colony on the outskirts of Beijing called Arario. Arario houses several galleries and work spaces and the art
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