Gil Ofarim - It's your love (cover)
这首歌以前Moi（某人绰号，不读“母阿”，而是“母哦诶”）经常听，还买了Gil的专辑有段时间天天放。那是七八年前的事了，今天突然听到超怀念的。超怀念。
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Movie info updates
Goya's Ghosts在Vancouver上映了两周，还没去看。Natalie Portman饰演Goya的缪斯。虽然都是讲艺术家和模特之间的浪漫情节，Goya可比Girl with a pearl earring中的Vermeer黑暗血腥。Vermeer是懒散的穷酸贵族，Goya则是被战争侵蚀的战士。Natalie和Scarlet哪个花瓶更值钱？
'Pigs' - 一个男的和朋友赌，说能按照字母顺序搞定26个女友，直到一姓名为X打头的克星出现。。。主题歌名曰"I hate girlfriends"。 Watch Trailer
Sleuth - Jude Law和Michael Caine合作。情节还蛮吸引人的，讲Michael Caine把老婆的情人(Jude)找来跟他交易，如果Jude能成功偷出珠宝，Michael就答应和他老婆离婚。 Watch Trailer
哎，我这儿都快成娱乐blog了 -.-
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Confession of a repressed mind
Feels like a healthy catharsis.
Found another listenable band called 'Siberian', somewhat a hybrid between the shins (with less energy) and death cabbie (maudlin, lyrical, falsetto).
Official site > http://www.siberianmusic.com/
You can download the track 'Paper birds' from KEXP Blog, song of day
Found another listenable band called 'Siberian', somewhat a hybrid between the shins (with less energy) and death cabbie (maudlin, lyrical, falsetto).
Official site > http://www.siberianmusic.com/
You can download the track 'Paper birds' from KEXP Blog, song of day
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Ben Silverstone in Jump!
I'm all for Silverstone's genteel demeanor and playfulness. Watch the trailer and you'll see he hasn't changed much from Get real to Jump!. Will this film ever be released?? Please please jump to Canada!!
| JUMP! Fairmont 1 - 11/05/2007 - 5pm | |
 Genre: | True Story |
| Director: | Joshua Sinclair |
| Producers: | Lilly Berger, Joshua Sinclair |
| Country of Origin: | Austria |
| Running Time: | 102 mins. |
| Cast: | Patrick Swayze, Ben Silverstone, Martine McCutcheon |
| Synopsis: | JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his generation. Set in 1928 Austria during the rise of fascism, the story documents the corrupt relationship between Philippe and his father, the events leading to his father's death, and focuses a sharp but delicate eye upon the anti-Semitic atmosphere that quickly led to Philippe's conviction. |
CHABA
平野一郎(右) - 主唱、吉他
比嘉大祐 （中）- 三弦，合声
鹿嶋静(左) - Fiddle，合声
Official site : http://www.chaba-net.com/
最先听到的是这首PARADE，民族节日气氛浓厚的三弦开场，主唱的风格带点日本演歌的小颤音，觉得他还蛮强的。他们出道好像也蛮久的了，好歹也是SONY这种大公司旗下的艺人，怎么没啥声音呢。共出两张专辑，一张4轨的细碟，和06年的首张大碟アトリエ,下载(YSI，76MB)。
CHABA - PARADE PV
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Suspicious number
my little k and j，看到让人可以开心起来的歌名买下了My little airport的专辑。我是冲动浪漫的孤独动物。I wish you could fall in love with me, although I'm not Jane. I'm not sophisticated. I'm simple, I think.
我們在炎熱與抑鬱的夏天，無法停止抽煙 (2007)
we can't stop smoking in the vicious and blue summer
我們在炎熱與抑鬱的夏天，無法停止抽煙。我們在炎熱與抑鬱的辦公室， 無法停止寫詩。我們是美孚根斯堡與白田珍寶金，金錢對於我們來說，輕如鴻毛。我們是香港最後一群缺乏社交技巧的詩人，我們是演奏家、思想家。我們是迷失在 森林裏的旅人，在同樣不仁慈的善良與邪惡之間，與潮人抗衡。
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http://www.mylittleairport.com/
My little airport的音乐可爱、聪明、简单，不忍心不听 -.-!!
Got a strange phone call today. The guy said "I'm a financial representative from CIBC. blah blah (didn't catch his purpose coz I was multitasking, but I assumed he was about to go into investment plans so I let him carry on). May I ask you a couple questions just to make sure blah blah (my mind wandering off again)" I let him, and he asked about my postal code. I gave it to him. He said 'Right, that's what we have on file. May I have your DOB?'. I don't know what exactly in that question that sounded on my spam filter alarm. I grew suspicious and hang up the call without another word. Then I googled his caller id, thinking if he's really from CIBC the number would come up somehow. Guess what, I got one and only one hit - 'Suspicious numbers' @800Notes - directory of unknown callers and I reported the case.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-604-678-9476
I'm glad I pulled the brake in time. Never let your guard down. id. theft is rampant these days.
我們在炎熱與抑鬱的夏天，無法停止抽煙 (2007)
we can't stop smoking in the vicious and blue summer
我們在炎熱與抑鬱的夏天，無法停止抽煙。我們在炎熱與抑鬱的辦公室， 無法停止寫詩。我們是美孚根斯堡與白田珍寶金，金錢對於我們來說，輕如鴻毛。我們是香港最後一群缺乏社交技巧的詩人，我們是演奏家、思想家。我們是迷失在 森林裏的旅人，在同樣不仁慈的善良與邪惡之間，與潮人抗衡。
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http://www.mylittleairport.com/
My little airport的音乐可爱、聪明、简单，不忍心不听 -.-!!
Got a strange phone call today. The guy said "I'm a financial representative from CIBC. blah blah (didn't catch his purpose coz I was multitasking, but I assumed he was about to go into investment plans so I let him carry on). May I ask you a couple questions just to make sure blah blah (my mind wandering off again)" I let him, and he asked about my postal code. I gave it to him. He said 'Right, that's what we have on file. May I have your DOB?'. I don't know what exactly in that question that sounded on my spam filter alarm. I grew suspicious and hang up the call without another word. Then I googled his caller id, thinking if he's really from CIBC the number would come up somehow. Guess what, I got one and only one hit - 'Suspicious numbers' @800Notes - directory of unknown callers and I reported the case.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-604-678-9476
I'm glad I pulled the brake in time. Never let your guard down. id. theft is rampant these days.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Lust, Caution
色、戒 - 新浪网
“白人看不懂 ”- 导演可以考虑放在Disclaimer中。
看来李安还是有先知的，在影片上映前就预测在美国的票房不高。下班后和朋友家里人一起去看了色、戒。虽是周三傍晚却几乎满场，来看的大多是黑头发黄皮肤的观众，以阿姨叔叔辈居多，年轻情侣也有，但少。R说，把电影票留着报销，我还没反应过来，她说，职员压力太大来看电影放松，要算在公司花费里。回：那也不选这部电影！
标题打出来是横批“戒|色”，两个字有着平等的比重。我想李安拍摄这部电影时多少已把国外观众排除在外了，开头大致交待了下时代背景，40年代的上海被日军侵犯，学生沸沸扬扬的搞抗日。你说外国人能理解那时大学生单纯的抗日动机么，为了表现自己的热血不惜一切代价（做傻事）为国效力。搓麻将的镜头占了约10%，麻将桌是大社会的投射，形同战场。少妇们使着一个又一个的眼神，谈话中明枪暗刀物欲横流，一不留神哪家子就输了钱。我光听她们横七竖八的插话就已晕乎，外加又不懂麻将，倒是观众席大多人都看出了名堂，谁耍啥花样就齐声唏嘘。你说这戏外国人看了还不抓狂。
李安每个镜头的安排都别有用心，典型东方人的细腻。开头铺垫做的很充分，看完了回想起初的谈话会找出不少蛛丝马迹。我就不详细说了，以免毁了精妙之笔。
=== 从这里开始有少许剧透 ===
大家都会讨论的问题：王加芝对易先生的感情是爱么？他们的关系是占有、征服。性爱的场面极为赤裸 - 别说我没警告你，私处镜头都有，姿势更是五花八门。他们彼此把积累在深处的压力发泄在另一方，只有性没有爱，更多的是急切的不满与恨。三场赤条条的交手戏下来我不觉得他们爱上了，倒是日本茶馆那支孤零零的歌，那杯苦涩的酒更像是俩人在乱世中找到了温暖的知心。王加芝难道就为了一个大钻戒动心了？她不是爱钱，只是渴望真实存在的东西能弥补家庭破碎给她的创伤，能让她不必再为尔虞我诈而挣扎。她只是个简简单单的女子，干过傻事，最终仍渴望易先生能给她一个家。我觉得这说不上是爱情。麻将台上她老是输，也就赢过易先生，最后鹿死他手。遗憾如揉皱的床单，战争仍在继续。
烟、性、麻将 - 戒不掉。他们在二楼呼唤，“王加芝，你上来。” 她回眸时定格数秒，眼睛望着上方不知是否在犹豫。上了船你就别想再下。
那时的他们还是学生，因为一场成功的演出而雀跃，还不懂残忍与代价。深夜飘着雨，少女倚着车窗边微笑。
=== 剧透结束 ===
王力宏很努力，可说句打击人的话，他未免太阳光了不适合那个年代啊（也许是偏见）。陈冲那姜还是老的了。汤唯这次真豁出去了，功力也不是盖的。至于梁朝伟。。。之前Tramy老在我耳边唠叨“他性无能，我一看就知道了。”（我心里惊诧，你还啥都能看出来。）不管怎样，这句话还是造成了潜移默化的影响，导致梁朝伟一出场我就有点想笑，咳咳，易先生寡言的角色挺适合他那张忧郁的脸。
不错，不错，去看吧。
“白人看不懂 ”- 导演可以考虑放在Disclaimer中。
看来李安还是有先知的，在影片上映前就预测在美国的票房不高。下班后和朋友家里人一起去看了色、戒。虽是周三傍晚却几乎满场，来看的大多是黑头发黄皮肤的观众，以阿姨叔叔辈居多，年轻情侣也有，但少。R说，把电影票留着报销，我还没反应过来，她说，职员压力太大来看电影放松，要算在公司花费里。回：那也不选这部电影！
标题打出来是横批“戒|色”，两个字有着平等的比重。我想李安拍摄这部电影时多少已把国外观众排除在外了，开头大致交待了下时代背景，40年代的上海被日军侵犯，学生沸沸扬扬的搞抗日。你说外国人能理解那时大学生单纯的抗日动机么，为了表现自己的热血不惜一切代价（做傻事）为国效力。搓麻将的镜头占了约10%，麻将桌是大社会的投射，形同战场。少妇们使着一个又一个的眼神，谈话中明枪暗刀物欲横流，一不留神哪家子就输了钱。我光听她们横七竖八的插话就已晕乎，外加又不懂麻将，倒是观众席大多人都看出了名堂，谁耍啥花样就齐声唏嘘。你说这戏外国人看了还不抓狂。
李安每个镜头的安排都别有用心，典型东方人的细腻。开头铺垫做的很充分，看完了回想起初的谈话会找出不少蛛丝马迹。我就不详细说了，以免毁了精妙之笔。
=== 从这里开始有少许剧透 ===
大家都会讨论的问题：王加芝对易先生的感情是爱么？他们的关系是占有、征服。性爱的场面极为赤裸 - 别说我没警告你，私处镜头都有，姿势更是五花八门。他们彼此把积累在深处的压力发泄在另一方，只有性没有爱，更多的是急切的不满与恨。三场赤条条的交手戏下来我不觉得他们爱上了，倒是日本茶馆那支孤零零的歌，那杯苦涩的酒更像是俩人在乱世中找到了温暖的知心。王加芝难道就为了一个大钻戒动心了？她不是爱钱，只是渴望真实存在的东西能弥补家庭破碎给她的创伤，能让她不必再为尔虞我诈而挣扎。她只是个简简单单的女子，干过傻事，最终仍渴望易先生能给她一个家。我觉得这说不上是爱情。麻将台上她老是输，也就赢过易先生，最后鹿死他手。遗憾如揉皱的床单，战争仍在继续。
烟、性、麻将 - 戒不掉。他们在二楼呼唤，“王加芝，你上来。” 她回眸时定格数秒，眼睛望着上方不知是否在犹豫。上了船你就别想再下。
那时的他们还是学生，因为一场成功的演出而雀跃，还不懂残忍与代价。深夜飘着雨，少女倚着车窗边微笑。
=== 剧透结束 ===
王力宏很努力，可说句打击人的话，他未免太阳光了不适合那个年代啊（也许是偏见）。陈冲那姜还是老的了。汤唯这次真豁出去了，功力也不是盖的。至于梁朝伟。。。之前Tramy老在我耳边唠叨“他性无能，我一看就知道了。”（我心里惊诧，你还啥都能看出来。）不管怎样，这句话还是造成了潜移默化的影响，导致梁朝伟一出场我就有点想笑，咳咳，易先生寡言的角色挺适合他那张忧郁的脸。
不错，不错，去看吧。
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Sickness
要翻译30多页的system narratives（看，连这个我都不确定怎么翻-.-），密密麻麻铺天盖地，真怕了。还有3天时间。好想die die啊，日子还是要过的。
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Now playing: Do As Infinity - Deep Forest
via FoxyTunes
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Now playing: Do As Infinity - Deep Forest
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
BBM
After seeing Gyllendaal's face in Rendition's trailer, I had the sudden urge to revise BBM, but couldn't and made do with a fan vid. Still couldn't get over the emotional hurdles and was deeply hurt. Why am I saying hurt... No liver damages but an invisible gravity descending on my breadth, pressing all air out.
I guess essentially it's a movie about the things you couldn't say, couldn't keep, dare not pursue. A load of regrets that chew you up. You'll just die one way or another.
I guess essentially it's a movie about the things you couldn't say, couldn't keep, dare not pursue. A load of regrets that chew you up. You'll just die one way or another.
Monday, October 22, 2007
世界はまわると言うけれど
我越来越迟了，工作后果然还是没有遵守诺言及时更新，网站也积灰了，小k也估计因为我的懒惰而离我远去了，555。
这周也许会打扫下小站，工程还是相当浩大的啊。
GARNET CROW 26th Single
世界はまわると言うけれど
Release 2007.11.14
1.世界はまわると言うけれど
2.彼方まで光を
3.Argentina
4.世界はまわると言うけれど（Instrumental）
初听的感想是，高潮并不突出，头两句还蛮喜欢的。最近的单曲里长音用的很频繁啊，Go For It、廻り道开头都拖很长，由由音控很好这个算拿手的。继续说头两句，配合歌词理解的话，确实有日复一日的寂寥感，关键问题还是高潮部分，感觉把开头的抒情旋律都冲淡了，不够精细，调子太平。
哎，说来说去最近的单曲c/w都没啥特色。淡季啊淡季。
这周也许会打扫下小站，工程还是相当浩大的啊。
GARNET CROW 26th Single
世界はまわると言うけれど
Release 2007.11.14
1.世界はまわると言うけれど
2.彼方まで光を
3.Argentina
4.世界はまわると言うけれど（Instrumental）
初听的感想是，高潮并不突出，头两句还蛮喜欢的。最近的单曲里长音用的很频繁啊，Go For It、廻り道开头都拖很长，由由音控很好这个算拿手的。继续说头两句，配合歌词理解的话，确实有日复一日的寂寥感，关键问题还是高潮部分，感觉把开头的抒情旋律都冲淡了，不够精细，调子太平。
哎，说来说去最近的单曲c/w都没啥特色。淡季啊淡季。
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
IMDB
After watching the director's commentary which's equally long as the film itself, I learnt even simple looking shots contain great difficulties. A dog's appearance is hard to control and needs post sound edits. The aesthetically stimulating shots (for example the wind blown crop fields, bird's eye view of the lighthouse, alfafa etc.) pay homage to a bunch of classical films. The influence is numerous and Jean-Pierre's a perfectionist when it comes to camera. The movements are fluid and constant, foreground to a close-up, 360 degree circles and zooming in, ground level wide screen - to name a few of his favorites.
The crew is reassembled from Amelie (and partly from Delicatessen). Jodie Foster's appearance is surprising to me and she speaks perfect French.Jérôme Kircher who plays Bastoche reminds me of Colin Firth. All in all the film bears the big label 'Made in France' from tip to toe, as patriotic as the soldiers who charge on the no man's land for the sake of their country.
A minor complaint I have is the montage plot (as a trademark of Jean-Pierre) with pieces of information from various characters thrown in along a discontinuous timeline makes comprehension challenging. Especially when I was eating at the same time... had to share my vision between the subtitles and plates of cabbage... Suppose that doesn't happen in a darkened cinema (popcorn replacing cabbage), I doubt the state of confusion would be cleared.
So here are the director's tricks up his sleeve:
> Little superstitions (all the bets Mathilde made with herself)
> Superpositions (telephones, correspondence, flashbacks)
> Frequent use of filter (the golden glow)
> Voice-overs
> The central motif of 'quest for love': His characters are searching for something, which eventually leads to their true love. The journey starts with a tin box full of letters and faded photographs to be deciphered. Sounds familiar?
> You also have an indulgence of dark war humor: the switching of German boots, the bomb and hydrogen float in the hospital, all types of self-mutilations.
Those are the elements that make Jean-Pierre an interesting story teller. What's his next film?
我一直在想Gaspard Ulliel笑起来像谁，后来终于想起来了。。。龙泽秀明。同意的举手，不同意的站边去。
Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes,Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes,Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes,Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes。
那个夏天，Jady淘到DVD后很兴奋的给我看这个片断，现在还印象深刻。
(Notes from imdb forum: There was a thread on what she was really saying here once and the conclusion was she was actually repeating a phrase French children sometimes say referring to those who have died. It is a phrase with two meanings which make what she was saying so much sadder: "My parents are late, my parents are late, my parents are late..."
Meaning one: They were supposed to be here already but they are late.
Meaning two: Her parents are late as in dead. i.e. "The late President Kenedy." )
最喜欢的镜头是Mathilde一瘸一拐的奔跑，心里赌着如果能在车子转弯前赶到。。。那么多的如果最终还是实现了，百感交集。
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Rain
Rain and wind through the west coast. Wake up to grey clouds and sleep to a damp chill. The rhythm continues.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Zadio #1 - Disputed Jpop Artists
Jadio's up and running and the 5th digest is exclusively dedicated to arbor. I lost count of previous radio contents and here I am humbly aligning myself along the starting line.
I guess it's better to have a common theme or topic, which isn't entirely absent in Zadio #1. I can talk my way around it. For an obvious fact, all the artists are at the top of alphabetical list and they're all Japanese. -.-|||
For a more obscure reason, they're all broadly labeled 'jpop' with much dispute.
1. Ayaka - Jewelery Days | Download (sendspace, 7.3mb)
Ayaka is by far one of the hottest selling artists. She has a sturdy vocal more in line with Western female singers than the high-pitched squeaky jpop stereotypes. ET-sama however condemned her for cliche singing style and exaggerated gestures on stage. You could probably pick a dozen Western artists as stand-ins but remember she's a cute-looking Japanese selling foreign gimmicks and that rare niche is her trump card. She's simply vigorous, and humble (not aggressive, not offensive) and her songs are mostly pop rock & R&B. Jewelery Days is her ?th single which tries to integrate some country & blues elements. Not a bad try. (Except 'Jewelery Days' sounds like 'Jerry', or is it 'Jelly' Days...)
2. Akeboshi - Hey There | Download (sendspace, 12.56mb)
Akeboshi is a Japanese singer-songwriter who studies music in UK. Irish flutes and fiddles are heavily used in the instrumentation and that gives him a narrative folk touch. I find his voice crisp but dense, cutting short on breath. He has a trademark rhythm which I fail to find technical terms for. 'Hey There' from the single 'Faerie Punks' is backed up with toned-down guitar and violin chords which become enriched for chorus. Overall the sound rings with an empty resonance and melancholy, like walking down a sunbaked lane in a quiet town.
3. Ayano Tsuji - Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou | Download (sendspace,2.12mb)
The one hit wonder Ayano has a boost in publicity for her theme song performance in 'the cat returns' , or else she's still anonymously playing in clubs with a small circle of musician friends (this much hasn't really changed I figure). She plays the ukulele because her hands are too small for guitars. In an old article she distinguished herself from mainstream jpop, pointing out her voice isn't pointy (sometimes I doubt) and she doesn't scream. Like Akeboshi, Ayano experiments with folk, but more of American country folk. Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou(from album 'Balanco') is typical. The duet is very heart warming.
Don't wanna type no more. STOP.
I guess it's better to have a common theme or topic, which isn't entirely absent in Zadio #1. I can talk my way around it. For an obvious fact, all the artists are at the top of alphabetical list and they're all Japanese. -.-|||
For a more obscure reason, they're all broadly labeled 'jpop' with much dispute.
1. Ayaka - Jewelery Days | Download (sendspace, 7.3mb)
Ayaka is by far one of the hottest selling artists. She has a sturdy vocal more in line with Western female singers than the high-pitched squeaky jpop stereotypes. ET-sama however condemned her for cliche singing style and exaggerated gestures on stage. You could probably pick a dozen Western artists as stand-ins but remember she's a cute-looking Japanese selling foreign gimmicks and that rare niche is her trump card. She's simply vigorous, and humble (not aggressive, not offensive) and her songs are mostly pop rock & R&B. Jewelery Days is her ?th single which tries to integrate some country & blues elements. Not a bad try. (Except 'Jewelery Days' sounds like 'Jerry', or is it 'Jelly' Days...)
2. Akeboshi - Hey There | Download (sendspace, 12.56mb)
Akeboshi is a Japanese singer-songwriter who studies music in UK. Irish flutes and fiddles are heavily used in the instrumentation and that gives him a narrative folk touch. I find his voice crisp but dense, cutting short on breath. He has a trademark rhythm which I fail to find technical terms for. 'Hey There' from the single 'Faerie Punks' is backed up with toned-down guitar and violin chords which become enriched for chorus. Overall the sound rings with an empty resonance and melancholy, like walking down a sunbaked lane in a quiet town.
3. Ayano Tsuji - Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou | Download (sendspace,2.12mb)
The one hit wonder Ayano has a boost in publicity for her theme song performance in 'the cat returns' , or else she's still anonymously playing in clubs with a small circle of musician friends (this much hasn't really changed I figure). She plays the ukulele because her hands are too small for guitars. In an old article she distinguished herself from mainstream jpop, pointing out her voice isn't pointy (sometimes I doubt) and she doesn't scream. Like Akeboshi, Ayano experiments with folk, but more of American country folk. Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou(from album 'Balanco') is typical. The duet is very heart warming.
Don't wanna type no more. STOP.
禁网
这两天下班了就把笔记本锁在公司里不带回家。钥匙转了一圈拔出来，我犹豫着要不要再打开，晚上不上网会如何？把持不定、心里生疑，我意识到这是彻底上瘾了，赶紧在改变主意前狠狠心快速逃离公司。晚上在Chapters待上一小时站阅杂志，临近打烊时回家弄点吃的，打开电视机看新闻或者看DVD，临睡前读半小时驾驶手册。上闹钟时一看怎么才一点，感觉做了比平时多出不少的事情，看来没有网络的夜生活还是颇有效率的。
Rachel对爱情的看法很实际，我不觉得她敷衍，是纯粹的务实。我知道我们的差异，说不清自己是太伯拉图了还是太随性了，可是听着张悬似有觉悟的唱着“在所有人事已非的景色里，我最喜欢你。”，想着为了什么对那个人执著。我舍不得久置的熟悉感，一起生活的错觉，甚至不被想念的痛苦。并没有致命性的打击觉得天灰了地塌了，但昨天在洗手间却莫名其妙的一阵激动，如同未消化的食物激烈上涌刺激喉腔。酸溜溜的，Do I matter？Tell me you miss me one second in your happiest time.
当你觉得can't get over it的时候，不要再深究了。反正那人也不会了解的，也不会因此对你好一点的，这点时间不如做点让自己开心的事情，多认识些合得来的朋友，多吃几口饭菜，多做眼保健操，多睡一个钟头蓄蓄体力。
以上这些话是对自己（也是对某些很烦恼的人）说的，并不是很难实现呀。
Rachel对爱情的看法很实际，我不觉得她敷衍，是纯粹的务实。我知道我们的差异，说不清自己是太伯拉图了还是太随性了，可是听着张悬似有觉悟的唱着“在所有人事已非的景色里，我最喜欢你。”，想着为了什么对那个人执著。我舍不得久置的熟悉感，一起生活的错觉，甚至不被想念的痛苦。并没有致命性的打击觉得天灰了地塌了，但昨天在洗手间却莫名其妙的一阵激动，如同未消化的食物激烈上涌刺激喉腔。酸溜溜的，Do I matter？Tell me you miss me one second in your happiest time.
当你觉得can't get over it的时候，不要再深究了。反正那人也不会了解的，也不会因此对你好一点的，这点时间不如做点让自己开心的事情，多认识些合得来的朋友，多吃几口饭菜，多做眼保健操，多睡一个钟头蓄蓄体力。
以上这些话是对自己（也是对某些很烦恼的人）说的，并不是很难实现呀。
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
13 Beloved
imdb
13 Beloved, a Thai suspense thriller explores the extent people would go for money. The (old) revelation it expounds on is, humans are ultimately evil and we're everyday hypocrites living under multiple facades.
Name some horror movies that are associated with numbers: 28 days later, the number 23, what else? The message is, we're suspicious and unabashedly love it. Somewhat like 'the number 23', 13 Beloved spots frequent appearance of the number to heighten the thrill but the coincidences aren't so ingenious, rather kindergarten in fact. The 13 stepping stones to the gold mine starts with a buzzing fly. I liked the reality noir but was soon distracted as the so called increasing challenges waned now and then. SPOILER warning beeps > Can't the script guy think of anything better than eating shit and gutting a cow? Are you so hopelessly uncreative? It's cheap and it's gross.
That was a big minus but my anticipation had its head up when at level 8(or 9?), we met the old woman who appeared in the 'prelude', suggesting a grand hidden scheme that would make the story whole and remarkable. It did complete the picture as the mysterious mastermind (no guessing needed) preached the audience how cyber games are reality, vice versa. I was silently moaning 'c'mon, not this old shit again', only to be irreversibly disappointed on hearing the line 'I didn't kill him. The world killed him.' Right.
The question is, is it an obligation for horror movies to carry upright moral messages? It's already hard to fit a 'meaning' in a stark, horror setup. I'd rather go for pure horror than a contrived blend like this.
I'm not saying the movie should be trashed without a blink. The idea is interesting and cameraman did a great job.
The cast. I'm sure I'm not the only one who pops up with the big question+exclamation mark 5min into the movie 'Is this guy Thai?!' He's not, at least <50% Thai genetically. The name's Alexander Rendel whose performance deserves praise. He also appeared in Tesseract starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Seems this Alex guy has a fervor for horror and I doubt he'd have any international big screen break through.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
哎（低气压）
为什么桂子要在我去的星期天搬家，560的机票呀小姐，让我过去帮你搬家不成。为什么总是这种被稀里糊涂利用还是耍了一泡的感觉，我就是讨厌给你跑腿。绝对不去搬家。
今天听了很多别人的故事，被低气压包围，搞得自己有点想家。出来八九年的，在家里待的时间大概就一年多，仔细想想都不知道和父母过家家的感觉。再仔细追究会觉得自己很惨，自怜到土里去，但明明过的很不错。看，你不愁吃穿，还吃的好多痘，多出点钱还过小资生活看场电影买本杂志，走在空气纯净的绿荫道上，有什么好抱怨的。真的，觉得自己还真难伺候，本来就没那么复杂。
看了Art School Confidential，没有Trailer那么精彩，而且也不明白导演除了想酸溜溜告诉你Art and humanity are bunch of bullshit以外还有啥故事可说，略有所失。不得志的人太多了，谁都可以标榜自己是艺术家，有基本功底么？没有。那也没关系，有人哈你就行，随后会有一群不懂艺术但极会从众的白痴把你捧得越来越高。羡慕在上头的人么，你可以安慰说他们的画怎么不如自己，但没钱的时候还能逞强多久。理想和现实就是这样，会掌握机遇的人才是胜者。
有个让人脱臼的人物出现：Katherine Moenig，她在这部电影里也演les，还是那酷酷的头和黑色眼影。
今天听了很多别人的故事，被低气压包围，搞得自己有点想家。出来八九年的，在家里待的时间大概就一年多，仔细想想都不知道和父母过家家的感觉。再仔细追究会觉得自己很惨，自怜到土里去，但明明过的很不错。看，你不愁吃穿，还吃的好多痘，多出点钱还过小资生活看场电影买本杂志，走在空气纯净的绿荫道上，有什么好抱怨的。真的，觉得自己还真难伺候，本来就没那么复杂。
看了Art School Confidential，没有Trailer那么精彩，而且也不明白导演除了想酸溜溜告诉你Art and humanity are bunch of bullshit以外还有啥故事可说，略有所失。不得志的人太多了，谁都可以标榜自己是艺术家，有基本功底么？没有。那也没关系，有人哈你就行，随后会有一群不懂艺术但极会从众的白痴把你捧得越来越高。羡慕在上头的人么，你可以安慰说他们的画怎么不如自己，但没钱的时候还能逞强多久。理想和现实就是这样，会掌握机遇的人才是胜者。
有个让人脱臼的人物出现：Katherine Moenig，她在这部电影里也演les，还是那酷酷的头和黑色眼影。
Sunday, October 14, 2007
3:10 to Yuma
首先申明，没有spoiler。
还没有看的人请去电影院看吧，我现在后悔在lappie前看了。
看到imdb说这是部remake，1957年的3:10Yume貌似有很多镜头都浪费在钟表上了。这次角色选得都很赞，演技不谈，光是演员长相就和性格匹配 - Russel Crowe的痞子相，Christian Bale严肃紧绷的瘦脸，Ben Forster圆滚滴溜的眼珠，这些招牌形象让人印象深刻。
导演James Mangold很会煽情，看到后来都不罩了。这部片子最大的看点是人物性格的复杂化，没有绝对的好与坏。英雄也有自己的苦处，谁愿意去接黄泉差事？恶棍也充满人性，但不存在啥“改邪归正”。
很佩服Ben Forster的演技，完完全全一只小狐狸。还有演William的Logan Lerman才11岁就独当一面了，T.T（掩面狂奔！！！！)
还没有看的人请去电影院看吧，我现在后悔在lappie前看了。
看到imdb说这是部remake，1957年的3:10Yume貌似有很多镜头都浪费在钟表上了。这次角色选得都很赞，演技不谈，光是演员长相就和性格匹配 - Russel Crowe的痞子相，Christian Bale严肃紧绷的瘦脸，Ben Forster圆滚滴溜的眼珠，这些招牌形象让人印象深刻。
导演James Mangold很会煽情，看到后来都不罩了。这部片子最大的看点是人物性格的复杂化，没有绝对的好与坏。英雄也有自己的苦处，谁愿意去接黄泉差事？恶棍也充满人性，但不存在啥“改邪归正”。
很佩服Ben Forster的演技，完完全全一只小狐狸。还有演William的Logan Lerman才11岁就独当一面了，T.T（掩面狂奔！！！！)
More Reviews
写了Michael Clayton的观后感后已经没精力了，那就长话短说这周看的其他几部电影。
连续看了两部讲名人生平的，一部是The life and death of Peter Sellers，还有一部是Walk the Line。Walk the Line说的是rock star Jonny Cash，一说到rock就免不了无止境的演唱会、疯狂的粉丝、毒品、性这几个话题。那个年代万人宠的摇滚歌星有"3rd encore"的说法，就是演唱会后酗酒狂欢，和歌迷上床，Jonny Cash也逃不出这圈子。要说拍的怎么样，真的也想不出特别，无非是很多歌唱表演外加和一个女人的相爱，可以说是场爱情音乐剧。Johnny Cash演的有多真实我也不知道，不过他往一边撇的嘴型让我想起猫王，难道说那年代很流行？Witherspoon的歌唱天赋还真不是盖的！
再说The life and death of Peter Sellers，Geoffrey Rush真是神奇啊！本来是冲着Charlize才看的，后来发现她是进口货花瓶一个，口音学的老不自然，美国腔藏也藏不住。Geoffrey演的Peter Sellers是个性格古怪的天才演员。这部片子简略说了Sellers成名前的经历，所以我们看到的是他已大红大紫的开始接片子的人生快写。说穿了Peter Sellers就是个离不开妈妈的大男孩儿，会耍脾气，时晴时雨难搞得很，所以很难和导演合作。可这些导演就算被他逼得爬墙还是一次又一次的找他，因为在屏幕上他简直是神。他是以演戏为乐的人，乐到搞不清现实和屏幕，乐到都找不到自己的性格。他就像是具谁都可以俯身的空壳，正因为那茶杯是空的他才能完全接受剧本中的角色并把这些陌生人演绎的有血有肉。这是导演镜头下的Peter Sellers，本人如何我不知道，但就这部电影来说非常透彻有力的描绘出Sellers没有性格的性格。拍摄方面用了很多抽象的穿插和衔接，很诙谐也很催泪。
在世界的中心呼喊爱：听说是岩井俊二的camera man参与的电影才去看的，那个采光果然同出一手（高强阳光）。剧情超老套。。。 真的不想说什么了。
连续看了两部讲名人生平的，一部是The life and death of Peter Sellers，还有一部是Walk the Line。Walk the Line说的是rock star Jonny Cash，一说到rock就免不了无止境的演唱会、疯狂的粉丝、毒品、性这几个话题。那个年代万人宠的摇滚歌星有"3rd encore"的说法，就是演唱会后酗酒狂欢，和歌迷上床，Jonny Cash也逃不出这圈子。要说拍的怎么样，真的也想不出特别，无非是很多歌唱表演外加和一个女人的相爱，可以说是场爱情音乐剧。Johnny Cash演的有多真实我也不知道，不过他往一边撇的嘴型让我想起猫王，难道说那年代很流行？Witherspoon的歌唱天赋还真不是盖的！
再说The life and death of Peter Sellers，Geoffrey Rush真是神奇啊！本来是冲着Charlize才看的，后来发现她是进口货花瓶一个，口音学的老不自然，美国腔藏也藏不住。Geoffrey演的Peter Sellers是个性格古怪的天才演员。这部片子简略说了Sellers成名前的经历，所以我们看到的是他已大红大紫的开始接片子的人生快写。说穿了Peter Sellers就是个离不开妈妈的大男孩儿，会耍脾气，时晴时雨难搞得很，所以很难和导演合作。可这些导演就算被他逼得爬墙还是一次又一次的找他，因为在屏幕上他简直是神。他是以演戏为乐的人，乐到搞不清现实和屏幕，乐到都找不到自己的性格。他就像是具谁都可以俯身的空壳，正因为那茶杯是空的他才能完全接受剧本中的角色并把这些陌生人演绎的有血有肉。这是导演镜头下的Peter Sellers，本人如何我不知道，但就这部电影来说非常透彻有力的描绘出Sellers没有性格的性格。拍摄方面用了很多抽象的穿插和衔接，很诙谐也很催泪。
在世界的中心呼喊爱：听说是岩井俊二的camera man参与的电影才去看的，那个采光果然同出一手（高强阳光）。剧情超老套。。。 真的不想说什么了。
Michael Clayton
IMDB info
Let's get straight to the story. Michael Clayton is about what's in the movie title, a 'fixer' (fix problems for the company although the definition remains vague) who got involved in the investigation of a corporate scandal, came to reveal the truth and along the way, reassess and unearth his own virtue.
If you expect the visual impact from a blockbuster, this's definitely not your choice. There isn't even much 'twist' or action to set your adrenaline pumping. In fact I relived from this movie the same sensation I experienced with 'Gosford Park'... except I blanked out (dozed off) for about 10 seconds right in the middle. The opening voice over is rather grand and philosophical, telling you in heated hisses how the narrator experienced a moment of rebirth and thought it a cue for him to cleanse the world. The highlight was thrown in very early : Michael's car blew up, followed by a long-winded insipid flashback that connects the narrator to Michael and how they came to be involved in the lawsuit. The build-up was extremely slow, dotted by psychotic conversations and Michael's family life. He's divorced and spares too little daddy's attention on his son who recommended him a fantasy book titled 'Realm and Conquest'. The book aptly summarizes the apathetic, materialistic nature of the big game where everyone's for himself and serves as a thread that connects the central characters. We see that Michael started out as a mess with serious gambling problems. The turn started when the attorney was murdered. Not till then did Michael believe he took the wrong side and consequently decided to atone for the past and carry on with the investigation.
However I must point out nothing is as dramatical as what I write down here. The emphasis is on the development of Michael's character and the scandal is 2nd rated. Thankfully the pace quickened after the murder and I managed to stay alert, almost shocking alerted in the death quiet of night (in the movie), a female officer bellowed 'FREEZE!'. People around me let out a surprise scream and we laughed. This's the 2nd (unintended) scene that's remotely exciting, besides the blow up. Of course you can argue that the overall message of justice could win the audience over and the little episode of cynical humor at the end is a bonus, and because of these I hesitate to down rate the movie but let's just say the first half sucks and character development isn't solid enough.
Clooney's totally steady, cool and pheromone emitting. Another mentionable is Tilda Swinton who truly brings out the nervous, desperate and pitiful lawyer she is. In case you also wonder why Tilda looks familar, she's the angel in 'Constantine', whose wings got burnt.
End of review... this movie is soporific, but the ending is worth the wait (while you sleep and wonder why it goes on and on forever).
Let's get straight to the story. Michael Clayton is about what's in the movie title, a 'fixer' (fix problems for the company although the definition remains vague) who got involved in the investigation of a corporate scandal, came to reveal the truth and along the way, reassess and unearth his own virtue.
If you expect the visual impact from a blockbuster, this's definitely not your choice. There isn't even much 'twist' or action to set your adrenaline pumping. In fact I relived from this movie the same sensation I experienced with 'Gosford Park'... except I blanked out (dozed off) for about 10 seconds right in the middle. The opening voice over is rather grand and philosophical, telling you in heated hisses how the narrator experienced a moment of rebirth and thought it a cue for him to cleanse the world. The highlight was thrown in very early : Michael's car blew up, followed by a long-winded insipid flashback that connects the narrator to Michael and how they came to be involved in the lawsuit. The build-up was extremely slow, dotted by psychotic conversations and Michael's family life. He's divorced and spares too little daddy's attention on his son who recommended him a fantasy book titled 'Realm and Conquest'. The book aptly summarizes the apathetic, materialistic nature of the big game where everyone's for himself and serves as a thread that connects the central characters. We see that Michael started out as a mess with serious gambling problems. The turn started when the attorney was murdered. Not till then did Michael believe he took the wrong side and consequently decided to atone for the past and carry on with the investigation.
However I must point out nothing is as dramatical as what I write down here. The emphasis is on the development of Michael's character and the scandal is 2nd rated. Thankfully the pace quickened after the murder and I managed to stay alert, almost shocking alerted in the death quiet of night (in the movie), a female officer bellowed 'FREEZE!'. People around me let out a surprise scream and we laughed. This's the 2nd (unintended) scene that's remotely exciting, besides the blow up. Of course you can argue that the overall message of justice could win the audience over and the little episode of cynical humor at the end is a bonus, and because of these I hesitate to down rate the movie but let's just say the first half sucks and character development isn't solid enough.
Clooney's totally steady, cool and pheromone emitting. Another mentionable is Tilda Swinton who truly brings out the nervous, desperate and pitiful lawyer she is. In case you also wonder why Tilda looks familar, she's the angel in 'Constantine', whose wings got burnt.
End of review... this movie is soporific, but the ending is worth the wait (while you sleep and wonder why it goes on and on forever).
Sunday, October 07, 2007
07 Vancouver Film Festival:Chinese Film
List:
Fujian Blue | 金壁辉煌
导演：翁首鸣
福建部分沿海地区在改革开放后对外交往增多。一些女性在丈夫长期出国后在本地有情人。几个年轻人以此为突破口对她们展开敲诈，并在得手后花天酒地。他们当中的骨干之一是美国仔，他因父亲早年移民美国而得此绰号。有一天他发现他母亲好象也有情人……
他们当中另一个人叫阿龙，他与其他享乐型的年轻人不同，只想减轻家里的负担,帮助父母和妹妹过上稳定安逸的生活。他逃离了城市的纸醉金迷，重新回到海岛渔村……
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Getting Home | 落叶归根
导演： 张杨
编剧： 张杨、王要
主演： 赵本山 宋丹丹
老赵（赵本山饰）是个五十多岁的农民，他南下深圳打工，因好友老刘死了，不得不走上背对方尸体回家安葬之旅。他先把老刘伪装成醉鬼，混上长途车，却不幸在途中遇上劫匪（郭德纲等饰）。救了一车人钱财的他反而给乘客赶下了车。
老赵只好在路上拦车，晚上住店，钱却被偷。他到别人（午马饰）的葬礼哭丧，混得饭吃……一路上，老赵遇到形形色色的中国人。目标在望之际，他累晕了，在医院中苏醒后，警察告诉他，要按规定把尸体火化。
老赵带着老刘的骨灰回到他的家乡，那儿却已经拆迁了。门板上，写着老刘的儿子的留言。
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Little Moth | 血蝉
导演：彭韬
《血蝉》改编自白天光的同名小说，关注两个被拐卖后被逼利用身体残疾乞讨的小孩。导演彭韬用手持拍摄延续原作的残酷风格，用绝望的人物命运和复杂的人性弥补原作的单薄与不足。该片和大多数现实写照的影片一样，采用手持拍摄，并由非专业演员出演全部角色，影像风格朴实。
This gripping, post-Dickensian glimpse into the depths of a how a society based on greed will treat its children is a nearly perfect little film. With almost no budget, a hand-held digital camera and a bunch of vivid, propulsively energetic long takes, first time director Peng Tao brings small town China to unforgettably vivid, suspenseful life.
Luo Jiang and Guihua are a poor middle-aged rural couple with few prospects. They spend about $140 to buy an 11-year-old girl, Xiao Ezi (aka Little Moth) who suffers from a blood disease that leaves her unable to walk. Their plan is to use the girl to beg for them: Guihua sits with the girl on a sidewalk, accepting cash from passersby, while Luo skulks around monitoring them. Complications arise when, fleeing extortionists, they accidentally infringe on the begging territory of the mysterious Mr. Yang and his one-armed boy Xiao Chun. When Xiao Chun and Xiao Ezi hit it off, the plot heads in an alarmingly unexpected direction.
Far from exploiting the situation for melodrama, Peng’s cool, naturalistic, ultra-realist sensibility draws us even closer to the characters. The performances, partly improvised by exclusively non-professional actors, are simply astonishing. Luo Jiang is a glorious, naturalistic incarnation of everything admirable and repulsive to be found in the increasingly unmoored Chinese nether-lands. Xiao Ezi says very little, but her tough, silent, all-seeing eyes speak worlds.
彭韬处女作《血蝉》获“亚洲电影促进联盟奖”
Lost in Beijing | 苹果
导演：李玉
主演：范冰冰 梁家辉 佟大为
又名：迷失北京
剧情：
一次偶然发生且充满争议的“强奸/通奸”事件，导致梁家辉和金燕玲以及范冰冰和佟大为两个贫富家庭间爆发了一连串的故事。《苹果》是一部现代都市题材的黑色幽默影片，故事讲述一次偶然发生且充满争议的“强奸/通奸”事件，导致梁家辉和妻子金燕玲以及范冰冰和丈夫佟大为两个贫富家庭之间爆发了一连串离奇诡异的矛盾冲突和感情错位的戏剧性故事。
幕后制作：
为参赛柏林电影节经过五轮审查
《苹果》片名原为《迷失北京》，但审片委员会认为北京是一个有政治意味的词，不能用。片中有一个配角的戏，是一个从农村来城市打工的小女孩，后来做了妓女，这条线被整个拿掉。审片委员会认为一个乡下的女孩，应该很正直，怎么能堕落呢？戏里有一段是她喝醉了，说：“北京这么大，怎么就容不下我？”这句话都让他们觉得不是很舒服。
原来的主要人物是四个:洗脚妹苹果、擦玻璃的佟大为、洗脚城老板梁家辉、老板娘金铃，金铃的戏被删得差不多没了。人物关系变了，原来的那些辅线都没有了，只剩范冰冰、佟大为和梁家辉他们三个人间的关系。很多辅线的人物，他其实对丰富和衬托主要角色是有很重要的作用的，现在人物关系就弱了很多。
李玉：接受这个结果，不是困难，是痛！没有办法，我只能坚持到现在，要不就别在中国做电影了。我要接受这种挑战和伤痛。我只能这样安慰自己——故事还在，我的观点还在，如果能在国内上映，我还是希望能看到国内观众的反应。
我拿到第一审的意见时上就哭了。当时想，要不我就做地下导演吧，或者我就这样出去，禁五年就五年，我还可以做点其他的事情。但是，唉，国家就像父母，这是无奈的现实。而且还有很多客观条件，制片人的回收什么的，我考虑了很久，觉得那就做牺牲吧。最后一共改了五十多处。
中国年轻导演都面对问题。投资的时候找不到资金，拍摄之后面对审查，审查之后就是市场。再优秀的导演都要面对，你看像贾樟柯，可能也就是吸引资金的那一步容易一点。这是现在中国的整个电影环境。
导演：赵晔
他在爱的牢笼中长大。阿甲爱妈妈，也爱弟弟阿丁。所以，不介意不断地给有病的阿丁输血，不介意手指也移植给阿丁，不介意妈妈的无理需求，也不介意自己经常晕倒。但他喜欢参加运动会，喜欢亲近一个女同学，可是失血的身体却制止他做喜欢的事。他开始反抗。
本片改编自王松戏剧化的小说，但初拍长片的赵晔却以贴近阿甲心理的低压手法、坚决的写实笔触，将戏剧化减至最低，直指丑陋人心，经营生活细节，中远以及长镜头的运用，拍出强大的电影张力。
评/剧：《马乌甲》——在伦理禁区中迈出一步
导演：张跃东
三个中国城市乡间的梦断故事，人物互相交错，却围绕着矗立泥土的木桩。画面抽象带着诗意，配上新流敲击乐器，张跃东签名式手法。《村子和陌生人》来个 Sabu乡村版《幸福之钟》；放羊男子一觉醒来，草原上的一切消失了。《城市、木头、修理工》：两抽烟男子与维修工人，各自漫游城市。湖泊的浮木，牵连三颗空虚的心，一句“你不是说狗也不会逃走吗？”，真是人不如狗。《西瓜与农夫》：卖西瓜的小贩生活在蜕变中的乡镇，画外音传来挖土机声，两牧羊人也赶走了。
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Zhang Yuedong’s quietly rapturous debut feature is in three parts, each one featuring an individual who has somehow lost his bearings: a shepherd who has wandered away from his flock, a repairman who seems to have nothing to repair, a farmer who ventures into town to sell watermelons from a cart. Nothing particularly dramatic happens to any of them; they just have angular little conversations and come across mysterious poles set upright in the ground. But the hyper-reality of the colours and the "unfinished" nature of the encounters suggests that they (and we!) are slipping in and out of a dream state--possibly Freudian but not at all Dali-esque--which is essentially a slightly heightened version of everyday life.
Brilliantly chosen faces (not least the director’s own; he plays the shepherd and pops up in the other two parts as well) and an ineffable line in deadpan humour generate a one-of-a-kind warmth. Everything here turns out to be leading up to a small climactic epiphany which is disproportionately affecting; barks and other disturbing noises are present in the extraordinary sound-mix, but kept safely off-screen.
Night Train | 夜车
导演：刁亦男
演员：奇道 刘丹
该剧以一个女法警的工作、生活为主要素材，通过跌宕起伏的故事情节反映改革开放时期的社会变化和社会现象，刻画女政法工作者特殊的工作经历和鲜为人知的甜酸苦辣。
Diao Yi'nan, the winner of our 2003 Dragons & Tigers Award, is back with his second feature. One of the highlights at Cannes this year, Night Train is a black-as-pitch comedy with a sense of humour so dark and precise and slightly screwy that it emerges like tiny sparks against a night sky. We’re never too far from thriller territory, either: Diao manages to keep both in a rivetingly tense balance.
The film depends on surprises, and I’ll try not to give any away. Its two central characters are workers in an utterly desolate backwater in Shaanxi province. Liu Dan’s brave performance as a government worker with an unusual job captures this woman’s overwhelming sense of silent longing. Qi Dao brings an intense physicality to his role as a labourer in a metal smelting plant that looks like something out of a 19th century version of Hades. Each is fundamentally locked in a kind of emotional isolation, and each tries bizarrely to reach out to people around them, primarily through acts of desperate sex.
The film’s visual elements are so precisely controlled that the result is breathtaking: what Diao can do with a rigorously limited palette of blacks, greys and blues (and the odd essential highlight in red) is masterful, while his expertly executed long tracking shots recall Hungarian master Béla Tarr. Precisely, classically timeless--and savagely modern.
Our Ten Years | 我们的十年
导演：贾樟柯
賈樟柯指出，“我特別喜歡短片這個片種，它不僅是通往長片的道路，也是一種獨特的藝術形式。”他拍攝的短片名為《我們的十年》，圍繞兩個常常在火車上相遇的女子展開。兩個女子十年來一直在同一趟火車上相遇，但從未交談，直到有一天……賈樟柯介紹，這個靈感來自自己坐火車的感受，他認為“火車上總讓人感覺有很多熟悉的陌生人，每天都見到，好像很近很熟悉，其實交流和溝通都是有限的。個人甘苦，個人自知。”影片中兩個女主角分別由趙濤和田原扮演。兩位女主角都頗具分量，趙濤是賈樟柯的御用女演員，多次入圍威尼斯電影節、戛納電影節影后的競爭，而田原則是國內極具實力的年輕女演員，年方２１歲，已經是香港金像獎最佳女新人，是戛納電影節地平線單元最佳影片的女主角。
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贾樟柯将该片背景放在了火车上，田原和赵涛扮演的两个女人在十年里每年都会在列车上相遇，却从来不说一句话。“初步定为赵涛是永远不换衣服，数十年如一日；而田原则一直变换着造型和服装，导演想通过变和不变体现十年的变化。”贾樟柯公司的工作人员解释道。
导演：姜文
演员：陈冲、黄秋生、周韵、房祖名
本片改编自叶弥的短篇小说《天鹅绒》。描写了上世纪六七十年代的一个故事。一对华侨夫妇唐雨林及太太在“文革”中被下放到农村改造，妻子与村生产队里一个年仅20岁的小队长李东方产生了婚外情，丈夫发现两人私情时，听到妻子对那个小伙子表示“有人说过我的皮肤像天鹅绒一样”。当愤怒的丈夫欲杀小伙子时，深山里长大的小伙子却表示不知“天鹅绒”为何物。于是为了让小伙子死得“明白”，丈夫不辞劳苦要给小伙子找来“天鹅绒”让他见识什么是天鹅绒。
姜文把小说作了大修改，分成四个独立成章而又一体化的段落，讲述一段发生在20世纪20年代到70年代的故事，时间上跨越了民国、解放初期、“文革”时期以及现代。其中姜文与孔镱珊的故事是一段、孔镱珊与房祖名的故事是一段、周韵的故事是一段、陈冲与黄秋生(最新动态、个人档案)的故事是一段。
第一部分：疯
开篇是一双性感女人的脚，把我们带进一个云山雾罩的村子，村里的房子顶上开花，动物色彩绚丽，路是白色的沙滩……
周韵因为做了一个梦去买鞋，买了鞋之后看见了逃学的儿子房祖名，她干脆让儿子退学。回家路上，周韵在树下解手，站起来后发现挂在树上的鞋消失了……周韵疯了……
此后她就成了这世界上最迷人的巫婆，她抱羊上树，跟猫说话，刨树，挖石头……家里的东西天天不翼而飞，儿子房祖名在一个美丽如画的岛上发现周韵用石头给他盖了一个白宫，他家丢的东西全在这儿，白宫被布置成了他的新房。
最后，周韵消失了，唯有她买的那双鞋和衣服漂在河上……
第二部分：恋
一所大学里，姜文与陈冲有染，但陈冲暗恋着黄秋生，姜文又跟黄秋生是好朋友。
晚上学校在操场上放电影，黄秋生因“摸”了一下女人的屁股而受到审查，在调查时发现有五个女人被摸了屁股，陈冲为“解救”黄秋生自愿报名查找流氓……
被众人打伤的黄秋生在医院里得知陈冲爱的是他，同时，姜文想尽办法证实黄秋生是无辜的。最后，黄秋生因为这次被摸屁股事件自己吊死在一个水塔上面，死的并不难看，带着笑……
第三部分：枪
姜文拿着黄秋生给他的枪与妻子孔镱珊一起下放到那个云雾缭绕的村子，他们到达村子的那天也是疯妈周韵消失的那天，而接他们的正是开拖拉机的房祖名……
姜文在村里的工作就是打猎，而在一个晚上姜文发现自己的老婆成了房祖名的猎物，就在那座周韵为房祖名盖的白宫里，白宫里灯火撩人，姜文听到自己的老婆跟房祖名说：“我老公说我的肚子象天鹅绒。”第二天姜文在水田边上端着枪指向房祖名的脑袋，但是房祖名却带着一脸的疑惑问姜文“什么是天鹅绒”……
为了让房祖名明白这件事，姜文远离村子四处寻找天鹅绒，然而，想通了的姜文并没有带天鹅绒回村，但却发现房祖名找到了天鹅绒，并且说了一句，“你老婆的肚子根本不象天鹅绒”。姜文的猎枪响了。房祖名笑着倒下了。
第四部分：梦
这其实是整个故事的开头。新疆民歌。落日映红天空。戈壁滩上有两个女人骑着骆驼在走，姜文的老婆在讲述自己在南洋的时候他和姜文的爱情故事，与她同行的女人她用一块黑纱蒙着脸，一路上沉默的听。她就是正怀着房祖名的周韵。
两人在一个叉路口分开。
一边，周韵来到一个没有尸体的停尸间里，对着她的男人的一堆遗物说话……另一边，姜文在地平线尽头抱着未来的老婆，陶醉地说：“你的肚子象天鹅绒”。
抱着女人的姜文朝天上开了一枪，这一枪打亮了世界，热烈的歌声响起，篝火在山坳里一片野外帐篷中熊熊燃烧，一群青春四溢的年轻人为这两个人举办一场狂欢的婚礼。载歌载舞的人群中，黄秋生正被姑娘们拥来推去，他有时会在淘气的女人屁股上面摸一把，女人发出夸张的欢叫……
一个被火点着的帐篷升上了天空，火光照亮了一辆火车，怀孕的周韵在火车上把房祖名出生在开满野花的铁轨中间。巨大的火屁股从空中飘过，它把房祖名出生时的笑容，和姜文与老婆的婚礼一起照亮。
Timber Gang | 木帮
导演：于广义
《木幫》的導演于廣義則在2004年冬天跑回家鄉黑龍江，拍攝長白山上伐木工人在最後一個伐木季節的種種故事，描述男人與馬匹在冰天雪地中與大自然的掙扎，在危險與艱辛中討生活的鏡頭。
《木幫》雖然是于廣義的第一部紀錄片，但奪得本年第一屆首爾數碼電影節導演獎與影評人獎。
于广义谈《木帮》：拍摄时我时常泪流满面
Useless | 无用
导演：贾樟柯
主演：马可
贾樟柯以著名服装设计师马可为主角拍摄纪录片《无用》，影片讲述了分别发生在广州、巴黎、汾阳的三段服装故事。
闷热的广州,电扇将铁丝上挂着的衣裙吹起,缝隙间露出服装女工的脸.在缝纫机巨大的轰鸣声中,日光灯下的工人显得无比安静.那些即待出厂的衣服不知将会被谁穿起, 流水线上每一张面孔的未来都不够清晰.
冬季的巴黎,服装设计师马可带着她新创立的中国品牌“无用”参加2007年巴黎冬季时装周.她把她的服装埋在土中，让自然与时间一起完成最后的效果。她喜欢手工制做所传递的情感，厌倦流水线的生产，变成一个不喜欢时装的设计师。
黄土满天的山西汾阳，遥远矿区的小裁剪店偶尔有矿工光顾。他们来缝缝补补，顺便聊几句家长里短。夜幕中的矿灯与手指间的烟头闪烁着同样的寂寞，手中的塑料袋装着刚缝补好的衣服也装着一丝温暖。
- Bing Ai
- Fengming, A Chinese Memoir (和凤鸣)
- Fujian Blue (金壁辉煌）
- Getting Home (落叶归根）
- Little Moth (血蝉）
- Lost in Beijing (苹果)
- Ma Wu Jia （马乌甲）
- Mid-afternoon Barks （下午狗叫）
- Night Train （夜车）
- The other half （另一半）
- Our Ten Years （我们的十年）
- The Sun Also Rises （太阳照常升起）
- Timber Gang （木帮）
- Useless （无用）
Fujian Blue | 金壁辉煌
导演：翁首鸣
福建部分沿海地区在改革开放后对外交往增多。一些女性在丈夫长期出国后在本地有情人。几个年轻人以此为突破口对她们展开敲诈，并在得手后花天酒地。他们当中的骨干之一是美国仔，他因父亲早年移民美国而得此绰号。有一天他发现他母亲好象也有情人……
他们当中另一个人叫阿龙，他与其他享乐型的年轻人不同，只想减轻家里的负担,帮助父母和妹妹过上稳定安逸的生活。他逃离了城市的纸醉金迷，重新回到海岛渔村……
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Getting Home | 落叶归根
导演： 张杨
编剧： 张杨、王要
主演： 赵本山 宋丹丹
老赵（赵本山饰）是个五十多岁的农民，他南下深圳打工，因好友老刘死了，不得不走上背对方尸体回家安葬之旅。他先把老刘伪装成醉鬼，混上长途车，却不幸在途中遇上劫匪（郭德纲等饰）。救了一车人钱财的他反而给乘客赶下了车。
老赵只好在路上拦车，晚上住店，钱却被偷。他到别人（午马饰）的葬礼哭丧，混得饭吃……一路上，老赵遇到形形色色的中国人。目标在望之际，他累晕了，在医院中苏醒后，警察告诉他，要按规定把尸体火化。
老赵带着老刘的骨灰回到他的家乡，那儿却已经拆迁了。门板上，写着老刘的儿子的留言。
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Little Moth | 血蝉
《血蝉》改编自白天光的同名小说，关注两个被拐卖后被逼利用身体残疾乞讨的小孩。导演彭韬用手持拍摄延续原作的残酷风格，用绝望的人物命运和复杂的人性弥补原作的单薄与不足。该片和大多数现实写照的影片一样，采用手持拍摄，并由非专业演员出演全部角色，影像风格朴实。
This gripping, post-Dickensian glimpse into the depths of a how a society based on greed will treat its children is a nearly perfect little film. With almost no budget, a hand-held digital camera and a bunch of vivid, propulsively energetic long takes, first time director Peng Tao brings small town China to unforgettably vivid, suspenseful life.
Luo Jiang and Guihua are a poor middle-aged rural couple with few prospects. They spend about $140 to buy an 11-year-old girl, Xiao Ezi (aka Little Moth) who suffers from a blood disease that leaves her unable to walk. Their plan is to use the girl to beg for them: Guihua sits with the girl on a sidewalk, accepting cash from passersby, while Luo skulks around monitoring them. Complications arise when, fleeing extortionists, they accidentally infringe on the begging territory of the mysterious Mr. Yang and his one-armed boy Xiao Chun. When Xiao Chun and Xiao Ezi hit it off, the plot heads in an alarmingly unexpected direction.
Far from exploiting the situation for melodrama, Peng’s cool, naturalistic, ultra-realist sensibility draws us even closer to the characters. The performances, partly improvised by exclusively non-professional actors, are simply astonishing. Luo Jiang is a glorious, naturalistic incarnation of everything admirable and repulsive to be found in the increasingly unmoored Chinese nether-lands. Xiao Ezi says very little, but her tough, silent, all-seeing eyes speak worlds.
彭韬处女作《血蝉》获“亚洲电影促进联盟奖”
Lost in Beijing | 苹果
主演：范冰冰 梁家辉 佟大为
又名：迷失北京
剧情：
一次偶然发生且充满争议的“强奸/通奸”事件，导致梁家辉和金燕玲以及范冰冰和佟大为两个贫富家庭间爆发了一连串的故事。《苹果》是一部现代都市题材的黑色幽默影片，故事讲述一次偶然发生且充满争议的“强奸/通奸”事件，导致梁家辉和妻子金燕玲以及范冰冰和丈夫佟大为两个贫富家庭之间爆发了一连串离奇诡异的矛盾冲突和感情错位的戏剧性故事。
幕后制作：
为参赛柏林电影节经过五轮审查
《苹果》片名原为《迷失北京》，但审片委员会认为北京是一个有政治意味的词，不能用。片中有一个配角的戏，是一个从农村来城市打工的小女孩，后来做了妓女，这条线被整个拿掉。审片委员会认为一个乡下的女孩，应该很正直，怎么能堕落呢？戏里有一段是她喝醉了，说：“北京这么大，怎么就容不下我？”这句话都让他们觉得不是很舒服。
原来的主要人物是四个:洗脚妹苹果、擦玻璃的佟大为、洗脚城老板梁家辉、老板娘金铃，金铃的戏被删得差不多没了。人物关系变了，原来的那些辅线都没有了，只剩范冰冰、佟大为和梁家辉他们三个人间的关系。很多辅线的人物，他其实对丰富和衬托主要角色是有很重要的作用的，现在人物关系就弱了很多。
李玉：接受这个结果，不是困难，是痛！没有办法，我只能坚持到现在，要不就别在中国做电影了。我要接受这种挑战和伤痛。我只能这样安慰自己——故事还在，我的观点还在，如果能在国内上映，我还是希望能看到国内观众的反应。
我拿到第一审的意见时上就哭了。当时想，要不我就做地下导演吧，或者我就这样出去，禁五年就五年，我还可以做点其他的事情。但是，唉，国家就像父母，这是无奈的现实。而且还有很多客观条件，制片人的回收什么的，我考虑了很久，觉得那就做牺牲吧。最后一共改了五十多处。
中国年轻导演都面对问题。投资的时候找不到资金，拍摄之后面对审查，审查之后就是市场。再优秀的导演都要面对，你看像贾樟柯，可能也就是吸引资金的那一步容易一点。这是现在中国的整个电影环境。
他在爱的牢笼中长大。阿甲爱妈妈，也爱弟弟阿丁。所以，不介意不断地给有病的阿丁输血，不介意手指也移植给阿丁，不介意妈妈的无理需求，也不介意自己经常晕倒。但他喜欢参加运动会，喜欢亲近一个女同学，可是失血的身体却制止他做喜欢的事。他开始反抗。
本片改编自王松戏剧化的小说，但初拍长片的赵晔却以贴近阿甲心理的低压手法、坚决的写实笔触，将戏剧化减至最低，直指丑陋人心，经营生活细节，中远以及长镜头的运用，拍出强大的电影张力。
评/剧：《马乌甲》——在伦理禁区中迈出一步
三个中国城市乡间的梦断故事，人物互相交错，却围绕着矗立泥土的木桩。画面抽象带着诗意，配上新流敲击乐器，张跃东签名式手法。《村子和陌生人》来个 Sabu乡村版《幸福之钟》；放羊男子一觉醒来，草原上的一切消失了。《城市、木头、修理工》：两抽烟男子与维修工人，各自漫游城市。湖泊的浮木，牵连三颗空虚的心，一句“你不是说狗也不会逃走吗？”，真是人不如狗。《西瓜与农夫》：卖西瓜的小贩生活在蜕变中的乡镇，画外音传来挖土机声，两牧羊人也赶走了。
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Zhang Yuedong’s quietly rapturous debut feature is in three parts, each one featuring an individual who has somehow lost his bearings: a shepherd who has wandered away from his flock, a repairman who seems to have nothing to repair, a farmer who ventures into town to sell watermelons from a cart. Nothing particularly dramatic happens to any of them; they just have angular little conversations and come across mysterious poles set upright in the ground. But the hyper-reality of the colours and the "unfinished" nature of the encounters suggests that they (and we!) are slipping in and out of a dream state--possibly Freudian but not at all Dali-esque--which is essentially a slightly heightened version of everyday life.
Brilliantly chosen faces (not least the director’s own; he plays the shepherd and pops up in the other two parts as well) and an ineffable line in deadpan humour generate a one-of-a-kind warmth. Everything here turns out to be leading up to a small climactic epiphany which is disproportionately affecting; barks and other disturbing noises are present in the extraordinary sound-mix, but kept safely off-screen.
Night Train | 夜车
导演：刁亦男
演员：奇道 刘丹
该剧以一个女法警的工作、生活为主要素材，通过跌宕起伏的故事情节反映改革开放时期的社会变化和社会现象，刻画女政法工作者特殊的工作经历和鲜为人知的甜酸苦辣。
Diao Yi'nan, the winner of our 2003 Dragons & Tigers Award, is back with his second feature. One of the highlights at Cannes this year, Night Train is a black-as-pitch comedy with a sense of humour so dark and precise and slightly screwy that it emerges like tiny sparks against a night sky. We’re never too far from thriller territory, either: Diao manages to keep both in a rivetingly tense balance.
The film depends on surprises, and I’ll try not to give any away. Its two central characters are workers in an utterly desolate backwater in Shaanxi province. Liu Dan’s brave performance as a government worker with an unusual job captures this woman’s overwhelming sense of silent longing. Qi Dao brings an intense physicality to his role as a labourer in a metal smelting plant that looks like something out of a 19th century version of Hades. Each is fundamentally locked in a kind of emotional isolation, and each tries bizarrely to reach out to people around them, primarily through acts of desperate sex.
The film’s visual elements are so precisely controlled that the result is breathtaking: what Diao can do with a rigorously limited palette of blacks, greys and blues (and the odd essential highlight in red) is masterful, while his expertly executed long tracking shots recall Hungarian master Béla Tarr. Precisely, classically timeless--and savagely modern.
Our Ten Years | 我们的十年
导演：贾樟柯
賈樟柯指出，“我特別喜歡短片這個片種，它不僅是通往長片的道路，也是一種獨特的藝術形式。”他拍攝的短片名為《我們的十年》，圍繞兩個常常在火車上相遇的女子展開。兩個女子十年來一直在同一趟火車上相遇，但從未交談，直到有一天……賈樟柯介紹，這個靈感來自自己坐火車的感受，他認為“火車上總讓人感覺有很多熟悉的陌生人，每天都見到，好像很近很熟悉，其實交流和溝通都是有限的。個人甘苦，個人自知。”影片中兩個女主角分別由趙濤和田原扮演。兩位女主角都頗具分量，趙濤是賈樟柯的御用女演員，多次入圍威尼斯電影節、戛納電影節影后的競爭，而田原則是國內極具實力的年輕女演員，年方２１歲，已經是香港金像獎最佳女新人，是戛納電影節地平線單元最佳影片的女主角。
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贾樟柯将该片背景放在了火车上，田原和赵涛扮演的两个女人在十年里每年都会在列车上相遇，却从来不说一句话。“初步定为赵涛是永远不换衣服，数十年如一日；而田原则一直变换着造型和服装，导演想通过变和不变体现十年的变化。”贾樟柯公司的工作人员解释道。
导演：姜文
演员：陈冲、黄秋生、周韵、房祖名
本片改编自叶弥的短篇小说《天鹅绒》。描写了上世纪六七十年代的一个故事。一对华侨夫妇唐雨林及太太在“文革”中被下放到农村改造，妻子与村生产队里一个年仅20岁的小队长李东方产生了婚外情，丈夫发现两人私情时，听到妻子对那个小伙子表示“有人说过我的皮肤像天鹅绒一样”。当愤怒的丈夫欲杀小伙子时，深山里长大的小伙子却表示不知“天鹅绒”为何物。于是为了让小伙子死得“明白”，丈夫不辞劳苦要给小伙子找来“天鹅绒”让他见识什么是天鹅绒。
姜文把小说作了大修改，分成四个独立成章而又一体化的段落，讲述一段发生在20世纪20年代到70年代的故事，时间上跨越了民国、解放初期、“文革”时期以及现代。其中姜文与孔镱珊的故事是一段、孔镱珊与房祖名的故事是一段、周韵的故事是一段、陈冲与黄秋生(最新动态、个人档案)的故事是一段。
第一部分：疯
开篇是一双性感女人的脚，把我们带进一个云山雾罩的村子，村里的房子顶上开花，动物色彩绚丽，路是白色的沙滩……
周韵因为做了一个梦去买鞋，买了鞋之后看见了逃学的儿子房祖名，她干脆让儿子退学。回家路上，周韵在树下解手，站起来后发现挂在树上的鞋消失了……周韵疯了……
此后她就成了这世界上最迷人的巫婆，她抱羊上树，跟猫说话，刨树，挖石头……家里的东西天天不翼而飞，儿子房祖名在一个美丽如画的岛上发现周韵用石头给他盖了一个白宫，他家丢的东西全在这儿，白宫被布置成了他的新房。
最后，周韵消失了，唯有她买的那双鞋和衣服漂在河上……
第二部分：恋
一所大学里，姜文与陈冲有染，但陈冲暗恋着黄秋生，姜文又跟黄秋生是好朋友。
晚上学校在操场上放电影，黄秋生因“摸”了一下女人的屁股而受到审查，在调查时发现有五个女人被摸了屁股，陈冲为“解救”黄秋生自愿报名查找流氓……
被众人打伤的黄秋生在医院里得知陈冲爱的是他，同时，姜文想尽办法证实黄秋生是无辜的。最后，黄秋生因为这次被摸屁股事件自己吊死在一个水塔上面，死的并不难看，带着笑……
第三部分：枪
姜文拿着黄秋生给他的枪与妻子孔镱珊一起下放到那个云雾缭绕的村子，他们到达村子的那天也是疯妈周韵消失的那天，而接他们的正是开拖拉机的房祖名……
姜文在村里的工作就是打猎，而在一个晚上姜文发现自己的老婆成了房祖名的猎物，就在那座周韵为房祖名盖的白宫里，白宫里灯火撩人，姜文听到自己的老婆跟房祖名说：“我老公说我的肚子象天鹅绒。”第二天姜文在水田边上端着枪指向房祖名的脑袋，但是房祖名却带着一脸的疑惑问姜文“什么是天鹅绒”……
为了让房祖名明白这件事，姜文远离村子四处寻找天鹅绒，然而，想通了的姜文并没有带天鹅绒回村，但却发现房祖名找到了天鹅绒，并且说了一句，“你老婆的肚子根本不象天鹅绒”。姜文的猎枪响了。房祖名笑着倒下了。
第四部分：梦
这其实是整个故事的开头。新疆民歌。落日映红天空。戈壁滩上有两个女人骑着骆驼在走，姜文的老婆在讲述自己在南洋的时候他和姜文的爱情故事，与她同行的女人她用一块黑纱蒙着脸，一路上沉默的听。她就是正怀着房祖名的周韵。
两人在一个叉路口分开。
一边，周韵来到一个没有尸体的停尸间里，对着她的男人的一堆遗物说话……另一边，姜文在地平线尽头抱着未来的老婆，陶醉地说：“你的肚子象天鹅绒”。
抱着女人的姜文朝天上开了一枪，这一枪打亮了世界，热烈的歌声响起，篝火在山坳里一片野外帐篷中熊熊燃烧，一群青春四溢的年轻人为这两个人举办一场狂欢的婚礼。载歌载舞的人群中，黄秋生正被姑娘们拥来推去，他有时会在淘气的女人屁股上面摸一把，女人发出夸张的欢叫……
一个被火点着的帐篷升上了天空，火光照亮了一辆火车，怀孕的周韵在火车上把房祖名出生在开满野花的铁轨中间。巨大的火屁股从空中飘过，它把房祖名出生时的笑容，和姜文与老婆的婚礼一起照亮。
Timber Gang | 木帮
导演：于广义
《木幫》的導演于廣義則在2004年冬天跑回家鄉黑龍江，拍攝長白山上伐木工人在最後一個伐木季節的種種故事，描述男人與馬匹在冰天雪地中與大自然的掙扎，在危險與艱辛中討生活的鏡頭。
《木幫》雖然是于廣義的第一部紀錄片，但奪得本年第一屆首爾數碼電影節導演獎與影評人獎。
Useless | 无用
导演：贾樟柯
主演：马可
贾樟柯以著名服装设计师马可为主角拍摄纪录片《无用》，影片讲述了分别发生在广州、巴黎、汾阳的三段服装故事。
闷热的广州,电扇将铁丝上挂着的衣裙吹起,缝隙间露出服装女工的脸.在缝纫机巨大的轰鸣声中,日光灯下的工人显得无比安静.那些即待出厂的衣服不知将会被谁穿起, 流水线上每一张面孔的未来都不够清晰.
冬季的巴黎,服装设计师马可带着她新创立的中国品牌“无用”参加2007年巴黎冬季时装周.她把她的服装埋在土中，让自然与时间一起完成最后的效果。她喜欢手工制做所传递的情感，厌倦流水线的生产，变成一个不喜欢时装的设计师。
黄土满天的山西汾阳，遥远矿区的小裁剪店偶尔有矿工光顾。他们来缝缝补补，顺便聊几句家长里短。夜幕中的矿灯与手指间的烟头闪烁着同样的寂寞，手中的塑料袋装着刚缝补好的衣服也装着一丝温暖。
Saturday, October 06, 2007
The ongoing list
I want to comment on 'comment'. If you click onthe published movie list we've compiled so far, you see comments neatly laid out as numbered, referenced footnotes. That makes life a lot easier.
Watched the first two episodes of Heroes Season 2. Obviously they've exhausted the nuclear catastrophe flick and moved on to the older generation of aliens, while still dwelling on the 'company' and problems caused by breaking time-space continuum. It starts to get a bit tiring to piece together the big jigsaw again. Somehow I just feel one of the strengths in Season 1, the classical piece by piece approach to the core of schemes has now become a liability.
Peter got amnesia. Didn't we expect it coming!
Watched the first two episodes of Heroes Season 2. Obviously they've exhausted the nuclear catastrophe flick and moved on to the older generation of aliens, while still dwelling on the 'company' and problems caused by breaking time-space continuum. It starts to get a bit tiring to piece together the big jigsaw again. Somehow I just feel one of the strengths in Season 1, the classical piece by piece approach to the core of schemes has now become a liability.
Peter got amnesia. Didn't we expect it coming!
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Badminton
晚上十点和Rachel去附近的羽毛球场打球，大概有两年没有碰过球拍，那个要命的反手真是百接百不中。打了约四十分钟，管理员跑过来跟我说黑色鞋底的不让进，会擦坏场地。都跟他讲我乡下人第一次来不懂规矩的，还是一点都不退让。最后只好早早打道回府了，但半个膀子都开始酸溜溜的了，衣服隔着层汗湿贴在背上，晚风一吹估计能结薄薄一层盐巴哈哈！
想说什么来着，这周就去买机票，含税560十一月九号飞回多伦多！超期待的！看日历就觉得一天一天的在眼前飞过，很想快一点，又很想慢一点，给我一天30个小时，一周4天？大概就是这种期望。
我们的CFO似乎觉得我对会计很不感兴趣，事实上是我对管账还是有点兴趣的。现在气氛融洽点了就发现我跟他讲话的时候，特别是请教专业问题的时候，他脸上就挂着那种等待看好戏的笑容，似乎很好奇我下一秒会问出什么（WHAT？）问题似的。不过不要小瞧我哦，我可不觉得会计是那么深奥难学的东西。
想说什么来着，这周就去买机票，含税560十一月九号飞回多伦多！超期待的！看日历就觉得一天一天的在眼前飞过，很想快一点，又很想慢一点，给我一天30个小时，一周4天？大概就是这种期望。
我们的CFO似乎觉得我对会计很不感兴趣，事实上是我对管账还是有点兴趣的。现在气氛融洽点了就发现我跟他讲话的时候，特别是请教专业问题的时候，他脸上就挂着那种等待看好戏的笑容，似乎很好奇我下一秒会问出什么（WHAT？）问题似的。不过不要小瞧我哦，我可不觉得会计是那么深奥难学的东西。
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Scenarios
1. One of my frequent email contacts is Josephine, surname 'Man'. Be it Miss Man, Ms Man, or even Mrs. Man, I'd like to know how she takes it.
2. An impossible conversation
'There're a million, a million reasons why I love you.'
'Say it.'
'But it all just boils down to one.'
'I don't believe in summary.'
3. I wanted to buy a grandfather's clock and walked into the clock shop. It must be a particular moment I stepped in. The door sensor beeped, and all the clocks with deadly precision chimed together to the middle of day, an orchestra filling the hallway. Superstitiously scared, I walked out as quickly as I came.
4. Someone from the opposite coast sends me an email every morning, saying 'Light haze on Monday', 'Thunderstorm on Tuesday', and 'Sunshine on Wednesday, grey clouds in the afternoon.' I walked out hastily this morning and it started to drizzle. I was without umbrella, my hair damp against forehead, and thinking about the unchecked email.
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Now playing: GARNET CROW - Endless Desire
via FoxyTunes
2. An impossible conversation
'There're a million, a million reasons why I love you.'
'Say it.'
'But it all just boils down to one.'
'I don't believe in summary.'
3. I wanted to buy a grandfather's clock and walked into the clock shop. It must be a particular moment I stepped in. The door sensor beeped, and all the clocks with deadly precision chimed together to the middle of day, an orchestra filling the hallway. Superstitiously scared, I walked out as quickly as I came.
4. Someone from the opposite coast sends me an email every morning, saying 'Light haze on Monday', 'Thunderstorm on Tuesday', and 'Sunshine on Wednesday, grey clouds in the afternoon.' I walked out hastily this morning and it started to drizzle. I was without umbrella, my hair damp against forehead, and thinking about the unchecked email.
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Now playing: GARNET CROW - Endless Desire
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
First bout of stress
All the accounting and market survey stuff came rushing in on a damned Monday, and I,comfortably overslept got to work almost an hour late. Elevator companion said 'Hello & Good Morning.' I greeted back, a little defeated. 'Running a bit late for work eh?' He grinned. 'Right.' Not 'a bit', but I shall remain calm. 'Happens sometimes on Monday.'He grinned again. No, Thanks.
Can anything get more daunting than a 30 page financial report? My mum will promptly reply, my Ph.D. thesis report. Meaning I should bow my head and zip my mouth. Wait, can anything be more frustrating than a 20-tabs consolidation spreadsheet? At least I don't audit or do book keeping so that saves 90% of the pain. Alrite, not much to complain after all. But hell! I need to learn FAST & FURIOUS!
I finished a whole pack of chewing gum (about 20 in there) in a single day, or else I might just be blown to pieces by stress. Flipping over the package I read '17mg of Aspartame per piece'. Save me!
Am in love with Frente! at the moment. Angie's voice is very pure and light and the compositions make me happy.
Downloading 'Young Frankenstein' - Could be worse. Could be raining!
Can anything get more daunting than a 30 page financial report? My mum will promptly reply, my Ph.D. thesis report. Meaning I should bow my head and zip my mouth. Wait, can anything be more frustrating than a 20-tabs consolidation spreadsheet? At least I don't audit or do book keeping so that saves 90% of the pain. Alrite, not much to complain after all. But hell! I need to learn FAST & FURIOUS!
I finished a whole pack of chewing gum (about 20 in there) in a single day, or else I might just be blown to pieces by stress. Flipping over the package I read '17mg of Aspartame per piece'. Save me!
Am in love with Frente! at the moment. Angie's voice is very pure and light and the compositions make me happy.
Downloading 'Young Frankenstein' - Could be worse. Could be raining!
Monday, October 01, 2007
American Psycho
IMDB info
Great, another mind fuck film. Why didn't I notice it on the list?
Christian Bale has a set of chiseled cheekbones that make me think cyborg, plus deeply set eyes that fixate you like a laser beam, and a wry/serious mouth depending on the situation. Materialistic, city class sub-zero perfection. Just right for the role.
I like how they exaggerate the quality of name cards, the font, thickness, print, paper. A whole being's decency and credentials lie in less than one gram, something so weighty a hand shakes and drops it. I remember reading someone's comment on 'conversation between two males', is like trying desperately to rape each other. To put in simple terms, talking each other down in an aggressive verbal game where hidden mayhem surges madly below a thin veil of vanity.
It's always good (in a clever way) to include recurring preludes/intermissions such as 'I've gotta return some video tapes', 'reservation at Dorsia' and endless soliloquy commentaries on hit albums. Obsession is perfect fodder for horror for any excessiveness is a manifestation of out of control behaviours that under classical settings, easily transcend into sins.
This movie is star studded! Every few minutes I'd recognize a familiar face and scream (silently inside my intestines) 'Isnt' that $%^?!'. There's Reese Witherspoon, Chloe Sevigny (Boys don't cry), Samantha Mathis (The thing called love), Josh Lucas (Sweet home Alabama) and Willem Dafoe (The English Patient). Sorry I'd have to call it a waste of talents since American Psycho is all about the Psycho, making it an unavoidable one man show.
I do like the clever execution and thought provoking take on a man's closeted personality or else this movie would turn into an hour long SM & torture you easily pull off the porn shelf.
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Watched 'Bend it like Beckham' as well.Stereotypical, cliche flick. All of that Indians! No way they're gonna leave out the weddings.
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