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Paradise Not

By William S. Lin

In last year’s film Punch Drunk Love, a lovely scene takes place in an outdoor venue by the ocean in Honolulu. The camera glides through—capturing a female duo singing and strumming the classic song “Waikiki”—before settling on Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, beautifully lit with the iconic outline of Diamond Head, the famed volcanic crater, gleaming in the distance. The idyllic… return to article

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