ShareI recently attended Club Crash in downtown S.F. at the requests of SinCin (and MaryMare). And it struck me as a culture shock (in reverse) that I haven’t experienced so many Asians in a club for quite awhile now. I bring this up as a prelude to a topic that has been nourishing my mind. [...]
ShareI find no wisdom in self-help books – like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Dr. Phil and The Secret. They are tools for fools. But the novel… those damn dirty, sexy but all-knowing novels. You find fictional character saying crazy shit like these (from Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Shadow Of The Wind): [...]
ShareThe American Film Institute has released its annual top 100 U.S. films list for 2007. The ones in bold are the ones I have watched already. I put an * next to top 5 I would take away on an island as my favorites. I’m still amazed at how much I haven’t watched yet. You [...]
ShareIf it had not taken it’s subject so seriously (I think it was obssession with love), this 1993 movie could have gotten away as bad camp. Starring Julian Sands as a surgeon who’s obsessed with a cold hearted biaaatccch named Helena (played by Sherilyn Fenn), the dialogue seemed ripped straight out of an Episode of [...]
ShareDespite all the controversy, I enjoyed and was satisfied with the ending of the series. I’ve always believed that David Chase is one of the best TV writers (in the leagues of Tom Fontana and Shawn Ryan) out there. I know there are those that may strongly disagree, but, personally, The Sopranos is endless in [...]
Share…the most famous short film ever made, and anyone halfway interested in the cinema sees it sooner or later, usually several times. – Roger Ebert …no idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted… Nothing, in the film, symbolizes anything. The only method of investigation of [...]
ShareThe only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Adapted from a novel by J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg’s 1996 “Crash” plot revolves around the [...]
ShareHi Eszter, So, I have watched Cannibal Holocaust, as you have recommended. And, I actually, thought it was a well-made and well-structured movie. Although, the movie was grotesque in its depiction of not only a cannibal tribe, but, also of the real animal cruelty occurring on screen (about 7 animals were killed in the movie, [...]