Seven Samurai

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni
Editor: Akira Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Tsushima
Year: 1954 (Japan)
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My Rating: 10/10

The English Patient

Director: Anthony Minghella
Writers: Michael Ondaatje (novel), Anthony Minghella (screenplay)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Willem Dafoe
Year: 1996
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My Rating: 6/10

After The Rehearsal

Director/Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Cast: Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Lena Olin
Year: 1984 (Sweden)
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My Rating: 8/10

This is a very good short film (72 mins), if you like Bergman's works.

The American

Director: Anton Corbijn
Writers: Rowan Joffe (screenplay), Martin Booth (novel)
Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido
Year: 2010
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Before I was going to see this, I already heard the negative reviews of this movie. But, come on, Anton Corbijn and Clooney? How bad could it be? I was wrong. It's not terribly bad, but rather dull. I think mainly it's the problem with storyline. Anton somehow assumes his audiences all know what happened to Clooney before, but we don't (unlike Control). And the pace is very slow, and really not much going on. If he can elaborate the story more, it might be better. Good cinematography in the beginning and at the end. That's about it.

My Rating: 5/10

Late Spring

Director:Yasujirô Ozu
Writers: Kazuo Hirotsu (based on the novel "Chichi to musume" by), Kôgo Noda and Yasujirô Ozu
Cast: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara and Yumeji Tsukioka
Year: 1949 (Japan)
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My Rating: 8/10

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, that's why I love Ozu's movies. He used the art form called movie, to recapture what he thought of best human natures, and even beauty of human. For me and probably for him, the relationship between Mr Somiya and Noriko is really the most precious love of all kinds, unconditional.

The Rum Diary

Fuck, this book is fucking insane. A bunch of drunken journalists doing crazy things. I can't believe Hunter S. Thompson wrote this book at the age of fucking 22!? I think this is a very mature novel, the story have twists and turns, ups and downs, pretty much a extremely exciting thrill ride. Although everyone behaves like retarded high school kids, it never kills the fun for me. And guess what, there's an adaption movie coming out next year, with Johnny Depp in it! This is the second time he played in a movie adaption of a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, last one was the another insane ride - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I hope this movie turns out to be as good as Las Vegas, if not better.

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。