4 out of 5 stars Country, year: Czech Republic, 2010 Genre: Comedy Director: Jan ŠvankmajerWriters- Jan ŠvankmajerStarring: Václav Helšus - Evžen and MilanKlára Issová - Evženie Zuzana Kronerová - Milada Emília Došeková - super-ego Daniela Bakerová - Dr. Holubová Marcel Němec - colleague Jan Počepický - antiquarian Jana Oľhová - prostitute Pavel Nový - janitor Karel Brožek - boss Miroslav Vrba - Fikejz
Trailer: What is dream? What is real life? It's not a simple movie that showing dream was too lovely, and the main character would wanna keep tracing back in dream to see how it going on. The twist happened that the dream was also the reality of its childhood life. And it is very confusing that he won the lottery in dream, but he really did get those money in real life. It's all mixing up, dream and the reality. Even his wife entered his dream too! I like the monologue by the director saying in the front of the movie; such as, "it become a paper-cut animation becuz we are lack of money." "It's a comedy. However, you would find nothing to laugh along the movie.":))
3.5 out of 5 stars Country, year: Canada, 2009 Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Ruba Nadda Writers- Ruba Nadda Starring: Patricia Clarkson- Juliette Alexander Sidding- Tareq
Trailer:
The first film I've seen for golden horse festival. It's not a big, inspiration film. It is a subtle movie. A little bit like the rich dark chocolate, a little bitter, a little sweet... Sometime it made me chuckle a bit of the interesting dialogues. It showed the different cultures, perspectives, and thoughts between Egyptian and Canadian. It definitely have great shots of the beautiful, richness scenery of Cairo, such as Pyramids (I love the scene while Patricia wearing the blue dress, walking with Alexander toward the Pyramid under the blue sky...)
There is one scene during the wedding ... Tareq (Alexander) said that letter, e-mail, text message aren't his things. but he said maybe..... Juliette (Patricia) replied she hates phone call.... Then it is it.....
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Jérémie Belingard, Mathieu Ganio, Benjamin Pech, Myriam Ould-Braham, Mathias Heymann, Laurène Levy
During Practice On Stage - Agnès Letestu &Mathieu Ganio
Casse-Noisette
Choreography: Rudolf Noureev, Les Éditions Mario Bois
However, Rudolf Noureev passed away in 1993. Patrice Bart is the one who lead this Ballet dance.
Patrice Bart
Music: Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski
Sets and Costumes: Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting: Rui de Matos Machado
The Orchestra of the Paris National Opera
Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine/The Children’s Choir of the Paris National Opera
Musical Direction: Kevin Rhodes
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Laetitia Pujol, Manuel Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, José Martinez, Nolwenn Daniel, Myriam Ould-Braham, Karl Paquette, Stéphane Phavorin, Mallory Gaudion, Gil Isoart, Mathilde Froustey, Axel Ibot, Marc Moreau
Paquita
Choreography: Pierre Lacotte (from Joseph Mazilier and Marius Petipa)
Pierre Lacotte &
Ghislaine Thesmar
Music: Edouard Marie Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus (adapted by David Coleman)
Sets and Costumes: Luisa Spinatelli
Lighting: Philippe Albaric
Orchestra Colonne
Musical Direction: Paul Connelly
With: Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Agnès Letestu, Manuel Legris, Hervé Moreau, Muriel Zusperreguy, Mathias Heymann, Sarah Kora Dayanova, Mathilde Froustey, Simon Valastro
First of all, it took me a long while to actual writing this blog. Cuz there are a lot of information as you can see above. I admit I was a bit lazy for analyzing all of them and settled them down. For a very simple reason, I really love this documentary. And I couldn't let myself just sloppy writing some opinion without any information showing to you.
Back to the film, it's quite amazing that my friend, Sora, and I didn't figure out the movie is actually very long. Longer then the normal film, 2hr and 39 min. It isn't like most of the documentary, having narrator along the film. We just get to sneak a peek inside the world of ballet. We were like l'Opera de Paris itself, watching these dancers practice, and watching them shine on the stage. I love the gestures, the poses by those dancers. I wish to be one of them, which would only appear in dream of course. It does give some inspiration for my furniture deisgn. We will see how it going on for me then :)
My favorite star dancer are Agnès Letestu, Émilie Cozette. I really love Agnès during the practice of Paquita, I just couldn't take my eyes off her. Those poses... The dress floated along with her beautiful and elegant moves. It just made me tears a bit. I also like Émilie Cozette in Le Songe de Médée. I really love that choreography, the mixture of modern and classic. Bravo! Actually I love all of the dance choreographies they have chosen to shoot in the film. They all have their own very strong characters and spirits. Despite the dancing, the stages and the music that used in each choreography are all wondrous. Such as, I was amazed see the stage moving up during Romeo and Juliet by Sasha Waltz. The electric ray and the modern music mix with modern dancing in Genus are just thrilling!
I know for some people who love movies, probably didn't like it so much. However, I love it a lot!! :)) I hope you would enjoy it too!!!
4.5 out of 5 stars
Country, year: USA/UK, 2010
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director: Mark Romanek
Writers- Kazuo Ishiguro (novel),
Alex Garland (Screenplay)
Starring: Carey Mulligan- Kathy H,
Andrew Garfield- Tommy D,
Keira Knightley-Ruth
Trailers:
The weight kept putting on the viewer along the beautiful scenery of the movie. Sometime I just can't bare it. The weight on my chest is so heavy that I couldn't take any breath at all. How come they wouldn't fight back? How come they wouldn't take revenge? How come they just accept the fate of letting people treat them like that and still feel "honorable"? How come they just give up their life while they could't bare it anymore in the surgery? Should I say the education in Hailsham had done so well that all the students after listening the truth from Miss Lucy still not aware of the other choices in life could be. The death of Ruth haunted me along the movie. I could still hear the alarm go off while her heart stop beating. However, the doctors showed no mercy, just kept doing what they were, which is taking the organ out from her. Then left her eyes open and the broken body on the cold surgery table. This is what normal people treat those students from Hailsham that they would never known it is like this. Maybe it is because the original novel is Japanese. It's the culture in Asia. Not asking questions, not taking revenge. Asking why is rebellion action......
In the end of the movie, give the views and the main characters a hope of delaying the donation which could give them a bit more time to be together. However, it was taken away... And the only things they do is crying and angry. Not fighting back the fate. Not even trying to escape. I couldn't understand and never would. How could they just be like that when Miss Emily said " We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all." Why don't they just take off the stupid bracelet and run away to any place? Somehow it just feel like what I always complain in here,Taiwan. Why don't people do any action? Why do students nowadays just accept what the society had told them what they are? Why don't they feel angry, and why even though they feel angry about it still acting like the comment to them by the society.
Overall, it is a beautiful movie. It's a beautiful bottle with bitter medicine in side. Love the warm color that being shoot in the movie.
First week of Boisbuchet....
excited and also a bit tired.
cuz i wasn't really finished my finals yet, still have one more work need to be sent to pro.
so it was like work mix with finals....which is kinda bad
the first week in here
Not really know how everything going on here
so it was kinda bumpy life during first few days of work
But besides work, everything went perfect.
Have met a few people who are fabulous!!
Two dutch designers, Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn. They were working for the exhibition in Cheateu. (Haven't got time to visit yet....thx god that it would open the whole summer...so i can take my time then =P But i should remember that!!) And a few others from Spain and France, such as Val, Coco, Clara, Charlotte, Amandine...etc.
Not really sure why... but the first few days, I was a bit melancholy. I have kept talking myself that I should savor the time here, I should make the fullest memory here. However, I don't know what is the problem...probably is a bit too tired...
or probably...na....don't wanna guess at all
or maybe it is just because such a sunny weather makes me blue.....
or probably is because I missed half of the games in FIFA.....gr....
(I definitely gonna watch the them after getting back to Taiwan!!)
Besides the lost feeling.....everything went out fine....the scenery is beautiful here....I hope I can have more time taking more picture here.....
Cheateu
No one lives in there at all....there is a exhibition about light in there right now. I passed the castle everyday and every night.
The first few times watching it, I felt like getting back to the time period of "Pride and Prejudice"
I felt like someone would ride a horse or carriage passed over me by the road...
I have been inside the building (sorry, that I didn't take any picture inside, I didn't have my camera with me that time, I'll put them on some other time)
Feeling a bit melancholy inside the Cheateu, it isn't what you seen as the outside, it has been torn broken inside the building. While inside of it, I could imagine how people live in there during the pass time. I wonder would they ever notice that it would become like what it is now while having ball inside the cheateu.
Everyone has gone, the guests of the cheateu, the master of the cheateu, the military...
the only thing left is the building....It has stood here watching all the people passed away, watching the history silently...
This is the night view of it.....a bit spooky isn't it?! hah
I've tried my best not to shake...but apparently, the picture still....you know
This is a small hole that I always passed during back to staff house.
The first time I saw this, I thought it is the toad's home in "The Wind in The Willows"
There's a door and a street lamp!! Isn't just like a small entry for an animal's home??
My little escape from ordinary life.
Destination: Boisbuchet, France
hah~ Doesn't look like a "little" escape, since I lived in Taiwan.
The trip begun as disaster.....
My plane is on June 26
However, I was still in my finals. Handed in my 10 of sketches on same week Wed.
Moving all my stuff back home from dorm on Thu, which I have been cleaning from the moment i woke up that day till theeish that afternoon, and got back home at seven in the night.
Moreover, busy in my finals again back home, which is a total disaster, cuz my family couldn't understand how I could do the work without sleeping at all, which was also the first time they have seen me working my homework. We definitely got in fight of that.....which is stupid. I understood that they are worry about my health, but during that time, I was concerned more about my finals.
Finished the work and send them out in the noon of June 26 and used only three hours to pack all my luggage. It was crazy!!
After taking the plane, transferring, finally arrive to Poitiers, France.
I was nearly missed the station.....I popped out the train one station early =P
Thanks god, I didn't have the time take everything out from the train....popped right back
When I arrived Poitiers, I really had no idea, which way to go, or who I am looking for. I know there is someone gonna pick me up, just don't know who, and at where.
Especially my French is still in soooo basic baby level right now, which is not looking well....
However, everything went out just fine. Right after I got out from the train station, someone called my name.....
There are three people over there waiting, Tine, Val, and Regine....
My summer in France is finally started!!
Just finished it last night. Actually I only finished four out of fifth, and fliped through the ending. When I knew what the story gonna lead me, and the end, I ran off. Just like "Robert" in the story, couldn't stand "Elspeth" and the result, so we all escaped.
It's a story about "twins", "Ghost", and I don't know what to say, the introduction claimed "love". However, I think it is not. I rather think it is humanity, that we all afraid of death. And that frightness are strong enough for us to get every chance to avoid death.
Is it humanlity too, that even when we were dead, we still hope to live? Moreover, would we willing to take over a person's life just to keep living on a life, even it is someone that so closed to us? I felt disgusted of what Elspeth has done. Even she claimed Valentina couldn't sustained and back to her own body, still there is no right for her to take over Valentina's body. It is just wrong.
" 2 out of 5 stars "
A bit depressed, since this is the first book I finished for my vacation.
