gang's blog- tobenai tsubasa(wings that cannot fly), a track from the movie ost 'all about lily chou chou' directed by shunji iwai, who also wrote the script and he directed many others which won heavy acclaim like 'love letter', 'swallowtail', 'undo', 'april story', 'picnic' - these are some that i've watched. and i like april story n love letter best. his movies are always picture centric, lots of colours and nuances that are bound to tickle your thinnest nerve. 'all about lily chou chou' is, well, quoting from my friend's funny comments 'everyone's so messed up and they wanna die, all of them, except shunji iwai himself who lives quite happily and earns big bucks' haha, that's true to some extent. is life ever so desperate for commoners like us, maybe occasionally but it can't be that dark in what's dipicted in 'all about lily chou chou'. i've never encountered any real gangs and bullying around school so i can't say much and japan's a complicated society(shudder!)
i can't wait to watch 'howl's moving castle', been collecting all kinds of information from the net.
reviews generally read ' this movie's not one of the best miyazaki films' (persons who wrote these favour 'nausicca' and 'princess mononoke') well , me personally, my fav of fav is princess mononoke, followed by whisper of heart(but that's not a miyazaki production, rather his collegue or used-to-be-ghilbi's-heir, kondo, who died unfortunately early), sidetracked. and everyone seems to complain about the movie's ending, too fairy tale, too abrupt so they were left griping after the movie ended. when will they ever show it here in toronto. the only offically announced releases are in korea etc. envy them!! those who go home for x'mas can catch a miyazaki film! howl's moving castle, originally based on diana wyne's fantasy novel, only follows the original storyline loosely. might disappoint some diana wyne fans, i'm not one of them fortunately! but, since if they only go for the movie coz of the book, there won't be much point in going. animation's about creating the impossibles, manipulating out of air, making things move and paint colours onto screen. sensationally so. there're so many ways to bring a point across. artist might draw a rose. composer writing a serenade. poet composing a love poem. animator animating his own feelings, all of them trying to say 'i love you'. whichever way you find your own echo. some like a story written out on paper, some like live actions and someone(like me) loves animation. and it's not to be ranked superior or inferior, finer or coarser, because it's just an echo we're trying to catch, why would you care where that echo comes from.
i am listening to GARNET CROW! their new album(4th) released on Dec 8, 2004. - i'm waiting 4 you. surprisingly pleasing to ears this time on first listen, which's rare for garnet crow. usually takes 4 repeated rounds for me to truly appreciate their songs. but that means the songs will be quite 'durable' and you won't get sick of them soon. some days ago i was wondering how long a band's going to last. most pop bands are effervescent most they can go is probably 10 yrs. i'm not sure about garnet crow, just when i was deep in my thoughts, gang said ' you should ask yourself, are you going to like them that long?' you've got a point! am I? for now, i think i am. how to define something like 'idol', some forms and shapes you get your inspiration from but that doesn't mean they're so perfect and they're definitely not saints who've become your new religion. but knowing them becomes part of ur best memory. for me it is, listening to gc makes me happy, relaxed, confident. and i pursure everything with renewed ferver if that energy comes from them. and it's weird to realize somehow that your idols aren't saints and to pick mistakes and admit their failures have almost become equal to killing a faith or self denial. if you ask me ' don't you think this song sux', it is... well, it is. but i won't say that coz it's a garnet crow song. ' and what's so special with this and that', second thought, nothing special but why would i admit it in your face, some equivalent non believers that it's no good. it's a garnet crow song, that's the only non-reason reason i give to myself. same with some of my favourite animators. what's so amazing about spirited away that it caused such a world sensation and even claimed the Oscar. it has its attributes we're not blind, but there're problems too. there're alwasy some problems with miyazaki's story telling. i've been thinking about that for a while. it's not impossible. and reading someone's review on 'howl's moving castle'- ' although there're lots of loud scenes in the movie, i still couldn't help falling asleep, the only thing that kept me awake is the name 'miyazaki' ' i was pissed. but, it's not impossible. and sadly the only possible escape out of this ridiculous contradiction that arises from some almost cult like fervent belief is, to do something and to surpass the icons i admire so much. i wonder how is that possible.
funny thoughts. some possible names i've thought up for my blog .
marionette fantasia(sounds mysterious and sinister), garnet crow ( i shall not display my obsession so publicly anymore) - but that doesn't stop me from putting up a webpage exclusively on them(plan to, will be there end of dec), that's partly due to ignorance of their name in the english speaking word. 'ignorance' is a neutral word here. i'm trying to promote them(free of charge haha!)
and i should be studying organic chem seriously i should i should i should and greek and latin too. what a dreadfully long vocab list!!!! shudder!
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