Get free tickets to see “Mister Green,” other shorts, at the AAIFF in NYC!

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Want free tickets to see Greg Pak’s “Mister Green” at this weekend’s Asian American International Film Festival in NYC? Here’s the scoop from AsianAmericanFilm.com on how to get ’em:

All you have to do is follow aafilm on Twitter. Then send a tweet asking for tickets to one of the following shorts programs: “It’s a Little Bit Funny,” “Back to the Future,” or “Untold Stories.” Click here for more about the programs.
[“Back to the Future” is the program featuring “Mister Green.”]
Then we’ll send you a direct message back via Twitter to seal the deal and you’ll be off to the movies!
Please note you must be 18 years or older.
Don’t wait — go to http://twitter.com/aafilm now and make your request!

Report on the Woodstock in the City screening of “Mister Green”

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The fine folks at TheFilmPanelNoteTaker.com have posted a report on the Woodstock in the City screening of “Mister Green” and other Futurestates shorts. An excerpt:

Pak said he began outlining the story for Mister Green in 2008 during the election. With talk of “change in the air,” he found himself thinking how hard change really is, and that nobody wants to really change on a personal level or in any way at all. To him, the idea of fundamental change is something we’re inevitably going to have to face within the next generation, and science fiction is a safe place to try out different ideas about what real change might entail. This was a chance for him to take this notion to the biggest extreme he could build around the topic of climate change and global warming. People have given him different reactions on his film. One friend told him that he found it to be really optimistic, while someone else said it was a horrifying vision of the future.

Click here for the whole thing.

BrokenFrontier.com interviews Greg Pak about comics and mythology

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Tony Josepf of BrokenFrontier.com has interviewed Greg Pak about comics and mythology (and Hercules and the Amadeus Cho). Here’s an excerpt:

BROKEN FRONTIER: A lot of your comics have a mythological angle, like Incredible Hercules and Planet Hulk. Do you think comic books function as a kind of modern mythology?
GREG PAK: I think that there are some very interesting parallels between these ancient myths and comics. One of the biggest things is that they’re both concerned with the education and development of heroes, and with individuals coming to terms with tremendous power. You know, what are the responsibilities of those who have tremendous power? There are lots of stuff in myths that are really applicable to writing comics. Also, if you look at the Greek tragedies for example, a huge part of that is that the gods do what the gods do and humans suffer. There’s an interesting parallel with the whole notion in comics of super-powered people, people who have powers that rival those of the gods from ancient times. That creates opportunities for stories that deal with those kind of themes, like: what are the limits of powers that an individual person should have? How much power is too much? And what are the consequences of claiming and wielding this kind of tremendous power?

Click here to read the whole thing.

San Diego Film Festival Reel in the Vote campaign

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From my pals at the San Diego Film Festival:

Our friends at the San Diego Asian Film Foundation want YOU to join their REEL IN THE VOTE campaign, to increase voting among Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs). All you have to do is come up with a creative, 30-second video that helps encourage APIs to go to the polls in November. This contest is NON-PARTISAN and offers $2,000+ in prizes for the top three entries, plus Travel and Lodging expenses to 11th San Diego Asian Film Festival in October.
For more info on Reel in the Vote at www.sdaff.org or feel free to contact us at 858.565.1264 | Info@sdaff.org