Summer With Monika

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Per Anders Fogelström
Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg and Dagmar Ebbesen
Year: 1953 (Sweden)
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My Rating: 8/10

Bergman's early work, and it showcases Harriet Andersson, an innocent and erotic beauty.

I'm going to Stockholm next week for the first time, hoping to see one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and to see the beautiful archipelago featured in this film.

In Praise of Older Women

I really enjoyed this book. The Sex Adventures of András Vajda.
I find my old selves several times in this book, love, sex, happiness... none of them really last...

ATP Curated by Jeff Mangum Day 1

 

在做了七個多小時的巴士 (加上中途轉車的時間)，從倫敦做到 Butlins Minehead 的現場已經下午兩點多了。這樣代表我們早上七點就要趕去車站坐車！因為手機上時差沒有調過來，所以早上五點就起床了。加上前一天晚上跟火山還有正妹友人一起出去喝酒，所以根本就沒甚麼睡到。不過還好，我們充分的利用了這七個多小時的車程充電（整個就是睡死了），因為第一天的節目就超級刺激，從下午看到凌晨！以下是我們的行程：

Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise > 晚餐 > Jeff Mangum > Young Marble Giants > The Raincoats > The Music Tapes > Thurston Moore > Mike Watt & George Hurley > The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

"Ex-Factor"

QUADRON - "EX-FACTOR" from Coco + Robin = Quadron on Vimeo.

This is a crazy cover... of Miss Lauryn Hill. She has to be pleased to see this.

Weekend

Director/Writer: Andrew Haigh
Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New and Laura Freeman
Year: 2011 (UK)
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My Rating: 7.5/10

A love story of the stubborn cynic vs. the idealistic romantic. In my past love affairs, I think I played both roles, or just a cynical romantic, but how is that possible?

Someone wrote "Nothing here feels forced, there is a naturalness about the acting and dialogue, real chemistry between the two leads and a sense of lightness about the filmmaking that yet never feels trivial." And I agree. It's just a very nice indie gay film.

Andrei Rublev

Director:Andrey Tarkovskiy
Writers: Andrey Tarkovskiy, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov and Nikolay Grinko
Year: 1966 (Soviet Union)
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My Rating: 10/10

No words could describe the emotions I have been going through while watching this...

PressPausePlay

PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo.

A very good attempt to depict our digital/creative world (music, book, films, design). There are two sides of argument, "technology is great, allows more people to access, and talents have platforms to reach their audience" and "cheap technology leads to democratized culture, art becomes everyone's playground, eventually a mess." I agree with the second one... I don't care where technology can take us to, and I don't care if there's any great new music, I just wanna go on Internet exile for like 5 years, and see if I miss out anything. Probably not.

這幾首歌重複播放中．．．

Archers of Loaf - "Fabricoh"from Lance Bangs on Vimeo
Rocking Out! Rocking Out! 喜歡 The Replacements 的人可以試試他們~

Rhye - 3 Days
我好期待他們的新專輯, 會不會像EP依樣每一首都好聽?

The Apples in Stereo - 7 Stars
真是靠背的朗朗上口~

30 Century Man

“Even David Bowie - the executive producer of this exceptionally smart documentary - admits it: Scott Walker is the original avant-garde crooner.” The Rolling Stone

“A fascinating meditation on the nexus of art and celebrity with a deeply charismatic figure at its center…one of the most remarkable music documentaries in ages. Not to be missed.” Box Office Magazine

I really like it, because I really like his music, and his personal philosophy, and his philosophy about music. If you haven't heard of him, this film can be a good introduction. But it's really rewarding to watch this documentary after spending some time with his music. It's also very interesting that he never listen to his records once it's finished (that's why he never tour). I remember all the master filmmakers are like that too.

American Psycho

Director: Mary Harron
Writers: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner (screenplay)
Stars: Christian Bale, Chloë Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto and Willem Dafoe
Original Music: John Cale
Year: 2000
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My Rating: 8/10

Forget about thriller, this movie is a fucking comedy.
I don't want to reduce its brilliance by summarizing it. There are a lot of social issue and personal issue discussed while not explicitly pointed out. It's open to your interpretation, or just for your entertainment. It was really entertaining whenever he talks about music, or listening to music in his headphone when other people are trying to talk to him. It's very destructive, very post-modern.

In anticipation of ATP...

 
I just wanna post some songs with the lyrics I like. This weekend is going to be huge!
London, Minehead, Mr Mangum, Mr Merritt, awesome music, here I come~

The Art of Flight

Let me tell you what I love about sports.

Sports are inventions with a set of certain rules to exhibit physical human motions. It kind of reduce human capability purely to its physical form, with one simple goal. All the other daily concerns are blocked out. Your whole body focuses on acting for this one thing, possibly a physical act with immense complexity. All the efforts you put into achieving it, is for this one act to happen. Isn't that a beautiful way to live? It'd be a much easier life.

However, no one can live like that, not even sportsmen. Sports in modern society are merely entertainment. And when the sport is presented like this one here, it's a really nice threat. Watch only in HD, would you appreciate the beauty of physical motion and white landscapes.

Open

Somehow, I feel this video is very appropriate for the song.
Your body is my temporary home, I don't mean to stay long.
So stay open, and let me in, by the time you wake up, I will be gone.

who are Rhye?

The Artist

Director/Writer: Michel Hazanavicius
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman
Year: 2011 (France)
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My Rating: 8/10

Very nice.