Metropolitan

Director/Writer: Whit Stillman
Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements and Chris Eigeman
Year: 1990
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My Rating: 9/10

It's getting serious, I'm getting incapable of seeing movies. With shit movies, I get bored after 1 or 2 minutes. But, Metropolitan is an exception, because of its talkative nature and extravagant style. There is almost too much conversation in this film, but they are all interesting ones. Nothing bores me more than uninteresting conversations.

Though the conversations are amusing, the story itself isn't. I don't really care though. The movie itself is interesting enough for me to ignore the storyline.

The Grave of Million Deaths

Warning: This archive contains images that may cause some depression.

Stalker

Director: Andrey Tarkovskiy
Writers: Arkadiy Strugatskiy & Boris Strugatskiy (novel and screenplay)
Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy and Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Year: 1979 (Soviet Union)
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My Rating: 10/10

Faith, hope, belief, religion, truth, meaning of life...

My top three directors of all time: Bergman, Tarkovsky, Fellini.

"A man writes because he is tormented, because he doubts. He needs to constantly prove to himself and the others that he's worth something. And if I know for sure that I'm a genius? Why write then? What the hell for?"

I Am Curious - Yellow

Director/Writer: Vilgot Sjöman
Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt and Martin Luther King
Year: 1967 (Sweden)
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My Rating: 7/10

I wasn't sure whether I was watching a documentary or a movie. It's bit of both I think, which makes it all the more interesting. That's why even it's not a great film, I still give it credits for trying something different. It's a documentary about social movement and Swedish society at the time, and a film about a girl's life with a mix of reality and fiction.

About social issues, Is a social class system good for our society? Is income a good way to separate social class? How come women still don't have equal job opportunities as men? Can we really defend ourselves with non-violence? Why are these questions still fucking relevant today? Because, we haven't advanced that much I guess. Not even in the Swedish society, though they are already way ahead than most countries, with general gender equality sense and flat social structure, things are still not perfect, male violence just to name one thing.

Ok, I'm not Swedish, and I don't mean to criticize. Quite in contrary, I love living in Sweden. It's just that something don't ever change...

Olso, August 31

Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (novel), Joachim Trier, and Eskil Vogt
Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner and Ingrid Olava
Year: 2011 (Norway)
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My Rating: 8/10

I love Reprise. That's why I was so eager to see this when I found out that Joachim Trier had a new film coming out, but it seems like I never had the luck to see his films in cinema. So, as soon as the DVD came out, I bought it on Amazon.

I love the minimalism and neo-existentialism in this film. For me, it doesn't even feel like I'm watching a film, I feel like I'm watching a "based-on-true-story" movie about me, except that the writers had to skew the facts a little as if to avoid being too personal. What do I get out of this film? Nothing, but it's good to be reminded that people like me still exist somewhere in the trap they made for themselves.

Stockholm Syndrome - Culture

Fotografiska

Stockholm Syndrome - Sceneries

Stockholm Syndrome - B&W

ATP Curated by Jeff Mangum Day 2

經過第一天瘋狂的現場，隔天快中午起床，全身還是充滿疲累。也偷偷慶幸還好第二天的行程沒有那麼緊湊，至少沒有太多我們必追的團。重點大概是在 Central Stage 的前三個團，不過還好 Boredoms 有兩場表演，我們決定放到最後一天看。所以還有時間跑出會場，去 Minehead 的海灘散散步，還有碰到一些奇遇（會在後面的番外篇介紹）。第二天的行程：

A Hawk and A Hacksaw > The Apples In Stereo > Joanna Newsom > Low > Scratch Acid

Pulp

My first Charles Bukowski book, and his final book.

Not sure if this is a good start for Bukowski, but I enjoyed this book immensely. The whole book smells of booze and gunfire. I have not read a book as reckless and funny as this. I would love to read more of his books, only if they are as good as this.