D Lissvik

左邊這位帥氣少年，應該是最近瑞典我最喜歡的製作人(我認識的好像也沒幾個)。幾乎每一首歌經過他的手中，出來的絕對是掛著 Lissvik 招牌的聲音。 幾乎每首歌或是混音歌曲都帶著屬於夏天海浪的節拍，如果想要一個下午休閒的聽著完全無壓力的歌，純粹只是為了滿足耳朵聽覺的音樂，他會是一個很棒的選擇。之前和 Rasmus Hägg 合組的 Studio 是流行樂也是實驗樂。他們基本上把流行歌的底打的扎扎實實，卻一句話都不肯唱。在他們首張專輯 West Coast 就是這樣的一張專輯，你可以把這張專輯一直放，卻完全不會厭煩。不過就是因為這樣，比起當音樂人，他們比較想要當製作人。在 08 年也以自己的名字出了 7 Trx + Intermission，又是另一張純音樂專輯(甚至連曲名都沒有)，不過頗有異國風味的。另外他和 The Embassy 的主唱 Fredrik Lindson 組成的 The Crêpes 裡，他當的也是製作人，唱歌的就都交給 Fredrik 。他們有出一張小專輯，叫 What Else?，是我很喜歡的小專輯。雖然沒有金曲一首接一首，但有幾首歌好聽的不得了。另外一個Studio， Rasmus 也不落在 D Lissvik 身後，在去年幫El Perro Del Mar製作了 Love Is Not Pop。今年的 Lissvik 除了幫很多人混音外，也正在幫 Young Galaxy 製作新專輯。不過就以目前先發行的曲子，真的，每一首歌經過他的手中，出來的都是 Lissvik 招牌的 hypnotic balearic gothenburg-pop。

Down By Law

Director/Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Original Music: John Lurie
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni
Year: 1986
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My rating: 7/10

I found this quite funny and lovely. Acting? Funny. Music? Awesome.

Crime and Punishment

oh man... this is an amazing novel.

Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巢城)

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, William Shakespeare (play "Macbeth")
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki and Isuzu Yamada
Year: 1957 (Japan)
My Rating: 8/10
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I think in terms of Shakespeare adaption, Ran is much better than this one, but this is a really fine film. Poetry in motion, but not as epic as Ran.

Flying Overseas

This shit is dope! Download Now!

Velocity Boys & Girls

PS - Velocity Girl

TTA - Velocity Boy

Yé-Yé Girls

靠! 為什麼六零年代的法國女生都這麼正!!!

Stroszek

Director/Writer: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Eva Mattes and Clemens Scheitz
Year: 1977 (Germany)
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This is the film that Ian Curtis watched before his suicide. The dancing chicken. Aren't we the dancing chicken? Another existentialism film, in my opinion. Or a documentary of foreigners-living-in-America. This is both funny and extremely depressing.

My Rating: 9/10

Richard Avedon

Nastassja Kinski

“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”

–Richard Avedon

Twiggy

Dovima with elephants (1955)

Carmen in Cardin (1957)

Robin Tattersall and Suzy Parker (1956)

truman capote (1974)

andy warhol (1969)

Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood)

Director/Writer: Leos Carax
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant and Julie Delpy
Year: 1986
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My Rating: 9/10

These shots are the proofs why this film is a classic. So good!

Sharon Van Etten

A really beautiful and unique voice, but absolutely heartbreaking!

Are you ready to be heartbroken?

herspace

mp3:
Sharon van Etten - Love More

Juliet, Naked

I absolutely love this book, how could I not love it? It's hilarious, intelligent, and heart-felt. And it kind of answered some questions that have always troubled me. Okay, not giving away too much, because you have to read it, if you haven't, and you don't want me to tell you what happens in the story : )

ps. Nick Hornby is pretty busy these two years, wrote a screenplay, called An Education; wrote a book, called Juliet, Naked; made an album with Ben Folds, called Lonely Avenue. If you like Nick, you probably should see this.

Runaway

Kanye West - Runaway

Tom Waits' kind reminder: I once heard the word “douchebag” invoked to seal a door to a less-than-preferable plane. I don’t know this West gentleman, but I warn him: there are proper and improper ways of stroking the zeitgeist—it bristles with teeth. Such comfort with the plasticized blockbuster! He’s lounging naked on its contours. I suspect this man has already lost some vital part of his sanity. West: you’ve opened a door that doesn’t close.

Kanye's reply:  DID YOU NOT SEE HOW COLORFUL MY EXPLOSIONS WERE?? I’M LIKE AN AMAZING TECHNICOLOR MICHAEL BAY BUT WITH MAGICAL IMPORTANT LOVE AND NOT PLANET-DESTROYING ROBOTS! I’VE SEEN SOME TOM WAITS MOVIES. THERE ARE NOT EVEN ANY METAPHORS IN THOSE MOVIES FAM!! I HAVEN’T LOST MY MIND IT’S JUST THAT MR. WAITS TRYING TO GRASP MY PASSION AND MY VISION IS LIKE TRYING TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND A GHOST AND IT’S LIKE “YOU CAN’T HUG A GHOST FAM!” EVERYONE KNOWS YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE GHOST AND UNDERSTAND HIS PLIGHT. SOMETIMES WE CAN ALL LEARN THINGS FROM GHOSTS AND I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYONE TREATS MY ART LIKE A GHOST WITH A LOT OF SMART THINGS TO SAY.

- Kanye is so funny, a laughable guy really. -

The French Kissers

Director: Riad Sattouf
Writers: Riad Sattouf, Marc Syrigas
Year: 2009 (France)
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My Rating: 6/10

No-brainer, good laugh though. Good music too. French cinema is really different nowadays. However, my greatest surprise is to see Irène Jacob. She's still so beautiful.

The Social Network

Director: David Fincher
Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Year: 2010
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My Rating: 7/10

Maybe because I don't use Facebook, that's why I don't really like this film. There's nothing in the film that grabs me. It's a well made production about how a lucky nerd got to be a billionaire and made some enemies along the way. It's a fine film nevertheless.