zondag 7 februari 2010
dinsdag 2 februari 2010
Autumn?
The leaves in Macau, this Chinese pool of Asian promiscuity and European melancholy, gradually, belatedly, reluctantly, sadly, lazily, pointlessly and finally expectedly have begun their fall. The setting of every season has become a mocking matter of perspective. Just because you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there.
maandag 1 februari 2010
Indie films in a sea of special effects and vampires
and while the world is going crazy about James Cameron's 3D masterpiece, I decide to keep out of the mass-craze around me and stick to more "Earthly" pictures.
I am so very fond of Ben Whishaw that I could not wait for Bright Star to come out. And now after seeing it, I remained speechless, going back, searching through the whole database to find every single movie he has been in. Starting from My Brother Tom.. They are all brilliant. Each and every single one.
In the loop is a comedy about politics and the unsuccessful "attempts" not to start a war (they do not say which war exactly although the Middle East has been mentioned a few times). Hopefully, all that the movie shows is fictional, because if this is how decisions are made.. .. I am sure you'll enjoy the BBC role in the movie.
Adam is a movie that you have seen thousands of times, in different forms, under different names and with different plots. The impossible romantic relationship between "normal" and "not-so-normal" people in contemporary society that films tend to portray happily. Anywho.. a nice, romantic, comedy for the cozy winter nights in bed (or somebody else's bed).
Enjoy! I somehow managed to stay away from blockbusters featuring sexy vampires (oh my God Asia is CRAZY about the Saga), apocalyptic future and worlds from outer space... they do not seem interesting anymore (yeah I understand that the effects are massive but not for me, thanks)
I am so very fond of Ben Whishaw that I could not wait for Bright Star to come out. And now after seeing it, I remained speechless, going back, searching through the whole database to find every single movie he has been in. Starting from My Brother Tom.. They are all brilliant. Each and every single one.
In the loop is a comedy about politics and the unsuccessful "attempts" not to start a war (they do not say which war exactly although the Middle East has been mentioned a few times). Hopefully, all that the movie shows is fictional, because if this is how decisions are made.. .. I am sure you'll enjoy the BBC role in the movie.
Adam is a movie that you have seen thousands of times, in different forms, under different names and with different plots. The impossible romantic relationship between "normal" and "not-so-normal" people in contemporary society that films tend to portray happily. Anywho.. a nice, romantic, comedy for the cozy winter nights in bed (or somebody else's bed).
Enjoy! I somehow managed to stay away from blockbusters featuring sexy vampires (oh my God Asia is CRAZY about the Saga), apocalyptic future and worlds from outer space... they do not seem interesting anymore (yeah I understand that the effects are massive but not for me, thanks)
vrijdag 29 januari 2010
Revisited
No other actor has ever given me such incredible goosebumps. Doesn't matter if he is playing Keith Richards, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, Bob Dylan or John Keats.
zondag 24 januari 2010
lifestyle issue
Right now I do nothing else but sleep, read some books, drink tea and eat rice. When I am done with all that I read some more books.
It’s a holiday and there is nothing to do. I mean nothing, no working, no studying no stress, no cortisol. I think I like cortisol. When there is too much stuff to do, in the beginning all you get is a mere tiredness, but after a while when your body begins to get accustomed to stress, you work and go about the daily duties like a robot, not feeling any fatigue at all, as if sleeping 5 hours a day and running around like a madman for another 19 is the normal human condition. Or of course, you get sick, most probably you catch a cold (I read somewhere that too much cortisol weakens the immune system, or may be my parent told me so).
But now when there is nothing to do, when days are long and lazy and books of 900 pages are finished in 4 days, even the slightest “have-to-do” seems like an immense pressure. Like shopping, cleaning, drawing up a questionnaire. Impossible.
Pure slow life. May be a bit too slow for a 22 year old. But please, do not let me dramatize everything, these days of asocial bliss will soon be over. Classes will be resumed, meeting shall begin, new exchange student will arrive and I will be stuck in a whirlpool of never ending social and academic engagements, remembering those days immersed in literature, Chinese ginger tea and tasty brown rice. I know I should fill up the backpack with some clothes and stuff and head up north, explore some new cities, wander through villages and admire picturesque Asian landscapes.... because that’s what I do! But ...instead I just wanna lay in bed, read my awesome, newly-acquired Roberto Bolaño stupefying novel and nothing more. What do you call that? Getting boring? Getting old? Wasting precious days in Asia?
Only temporally. The giant hypersocial professional tourist monster of 2010 is yet to emerge.
It’s a holiday and there is nothing to do. I mean nothing, no working, no studying no stress, no cortisol. I think I like cortisol. When there is too much stuff to do, in the beginning all you get is a mere tiredness, but after a while when your body begins to get accustomed to stress, you work and go about the daily duties like a robot, not feeling any fatigue at all, as if sleeping 5 hours a day and running around like a madman for another 19 is the normal human condition. Or of course, you get sick, most probably you catch a cold (I read somewhere that too much cortisol weakens the immune system, or may be my parent told me so).
But now when there is nothing to do, when days are long and lazy and books of 900 pages are finished in 4 days, even the slightest “have-to-do” seems like an immense pressure. Like shopping, cleaning, drawing up a questionnaire. Impossible.
Pure slow life. May be a bit too slow for a 22 year old. But please, do not let me dramatize everything, these days of asocial bliss will soon be over. Classes will be resumed, meeting shall begin, new exchange student will arrive and I will be stuck in a whirlpool of never ending social and academic engagements, remembering those days immersed in literature, Chinese ginger tea and tasty brown rice. I know I should fill up the backpack with some clothes and stuff and head up north, explore some new cities, wander through villages and admire picturesque Asian landscapes.... because that’s what I do! But ...instead I just wanna lay in bed, read my awesome, newly-acquired Roberto Bolaño stupefying novel and nothing more. What do you call that? Getting boring? Getting old? Wasting precious days in Asia?
Only temporally. The giant hypersocial professional tourist monster of 2010 is yet to emerge.
donderdag 21 januari 2010
The men who stare at goats
For the fans of war comedies. The men who stare at goats is not only featuring some of the best Hollywood actors but its also hilariously taking a stand against the war in Iraq.
However, the movie (and the book, accordingly) are somehow a remote contemporary version of Catch-22. Most of the lines could have simply sprung out of the mouth of Jossarian, Appleby or Dobbs. The absurdness of the war and war-related topics (psychological war attacks) .. Brilliant and unquestionably ridiculous at the same time. When the guy who picked up Clooney’s and McGregor’s characters in the desert and started bragging about the improvement of Iraqi lifestyle.... I just could help but think about Milo Minderbinder and his explanation about the syndicates and the how to make money by buying eggs for 7 cents a piece and selling them for 5. Enjoy, the movie is worth it and the cast is brilliant.
However, the movie (and the book, accordingly) are somehow a remote contemporary version of Catch-22. Most of the lines could have simply sprung out of the mouth of Jossarian, Appleby or Dobbs. The absurdness of the war and war-related topics (psychological war attacks) .. Brilliant and unquestionably ridiculous at the same time. When the guy who picked up Clooney’s and McGregor’s characters in the desert and started bragging about the improvement of Iraqi lifestyle.... I just could help but think about Milo Minderbinder and his explanation about the syndicates and the how to make money by buying eggs for 7 cents a piece and selling them for 5. Enjoy, the movie is worth it and the cast is brilliant.
maandag 18 januari 2010
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