This week (To be precise last Wednesday) I watched two consecutive films by Lars Von Trier: Antichrist and Medea.  I loved his adaptation of Medea, even if he was not the author.  And while Antichrist could have been a bit better, it was great enough for me to appreciate.  I separated myself for a while from the general view that man=rationality ( Read more... )

WARNING: Cross-posted with pekkywriter

This is what I am currently reading.


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Warning: Cross-posted with pekkywriter .

I really want to go back to read fiction and classics, which I am trying after a long time.  But I don't know where should I start with.  I want to revisit Heart of Darkness; I want to read the short stories of Hemingway; I want to read The Naked Lunch (A hole in my mental library), Anais Nin (Another hole although I ( Read more... )

That turn-on of the tree at the Rockefeller Center is a tourist trap. After 10 minutes in interminable traffic and with the police blocking the easier access, I decided to leave ( Read more... )

You know, the first time I watched Irreversible, I was shocked about the violent scene.  But oddly enough, when I went through the rape scene, I won't deny it bothered me and it was too violent and stuff, but I was not as disturbed as I expected.

Can be maybe because I knew what to expect?  Or maybe because this is the story of many clients I have ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who replied my hormonal-driven worries about economy in the US! (I made it friends only!)

You should see Loins of Punjab.  Let me give you an informal video.  This song is in my head all the frigging time!

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Too funny folks.  And that guy without the turbant is a hottie!

Yesterday, I watched a movie that is unsettling on an emotional level, but it is interesting on an intellectual one.  The name is The Wicker Man.

I would call it more a violent thriller than a horror movie.  The violence in this movie is sort of mild for today's standards of violence and gore.  On an intellectual level, I think this movie will be ( Read more... )

But first, thanks a lot to those who gave me condolences. :)

This version of Tori Amos' "Bells For Her" is 99% perfect.  There is only one part towards the end in which I preferred she kept the bells (when she was about to finish the last stanza before the chorus).  This is hands down my absolute favourite Version!

Enjoy!

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And also, this is the ( Read more... )

I have to make a disclaimer.  The horror movie that scares me is rare.  And most of them, sometimes are by scenes. (For example, the only thing that scared me about Ringu was when Sadako got out of the TV and killed Takayama by only looking at him).

Salem's Lot scared me when I was a kid.  Then I saw it twice as an adult, ant I could appreciate the ( Read more... )

Farewell, Ingmar Bergman!

I loved your films like anything. The Seventh Sign was a classic, although my personal favourite will always remain Persona.  Wherever you are, thank you for such wonderful movies that made me think!

And yes, I know I have been absent both in the public and private arena of my entries, but I have been having a very busy ( Read more... )