how i killed an entire day and developed bed-sores from this uncomfy office chair
Violence is an absurd but unavoidable part of this world; love is what we all chase, but we all fail to get, or keep, it.
I watched four different movies, and I've decided that all four seem to be about those themes, in some way or another. I watched the four movies more or less back to back. All day. That's what I did. Also I played video games with Brendon until my thumb hurt and I tried to write a little.
The four movies:
Fighting Elegy was beautiful, one of Seijun Suzuki's best I've seen yet. I can't imagine the effect it might have had if I'd seen it in 1966 and I were Japanese.
Vengeance is Mine was strange and absorbing. It felt like a straightforward okay-so-what kind of story when watching it, but in retrospect had a lot going on.
Catch-22 was genius and crazy and well done in every regard. I love Alan Arkin. There's nothing else to say.
The English Patient was a pretty good story but really, I found it a little disappointing. Not sure what I wanted, but I wanted a little more.
ETA: (I can't believe I didn't realize this before, but two of the four movies are directly about World War II, and the other two (the Japanese ones) are both explicit metaphors for Post-WW2 Japan. So there's another connection too obvious for me to see.)
I watched four different movies, and I've decided that all four seem to be about those themes, in some way or another. I watched the four movies more or less back to back. All day. That's what I did. Also I played video games with Brendon until my thumb hurt and I tried to write a little.
The four movies:
Fighting Elegy was beautiful, one of Seijun Suzuki's best I've seen yet. I can't imagine the effect it might have had if I'd seen it in 1966 and I were Japanese.
Vengeance is Mine was strange and absorbing. It felt like a straightforward okay-so-what kind of story when watching it, but in retrospect had a lot going on.
Catch-22 was genius and crazy and well done in every regard. I love Alan Arkin. There's nothing else to say.
The English Patient was a pretty good story but really, I found it a little disappointing. Not sure what I wanted, but I wanted a little more.
ETA: (I can't believe I didn't realize this before, but two of the four movies are directly about World War II, and the other two (the Japanese ones) are both explicit metaphors for Post-WW2 Japan. So there's another connection too obvious for me to see.)