where thoughts materialise.

So we're into the sixth version of my blog after the last version hung around for a year or so.

Now, a bit of info on this image. This photo was taken one lovely spring afternoon, featuring the iconic Old Well from the UNC Chapel Hill campus. I would like to think of this image as a tribute to my time in UNC Chapel Hill, the awesome friends I made and the memories I now hold dear.

A milestone in my life indeed.

I've dropped the tagboard cos its useless and taking eons to load. But thanks to Angela who helped me set it up, I still do like and will miss the pink interface.

So yeah, it's the sixth one you fellas!

Yours.

27 April 2008

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Monday, October 11, 2004

2046

There's something rather intriguing about this new film that has garnered my interest (hani: thankewsomuch) these past few days. Directed by Wong Kar Wai (and i dunno what other films he directed), there seems to be a sinister appeal that is so gripping. Been through the official website www.wkw2046.com and vaguely gathered what the show is about. The audio for that webbie is simply haunting.

Tony and Ziyi
"He was a writer, He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention ... to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back - except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change."
Also, 2046 happens to be the hotel room no. where much of the protagonist's memories are held captive.

Zhang Ziyi
It has a rather gothic setting, dark and mysterious. Something transcendental. Rather abstract cos it is dealing with the past in the future. Yet another paradox in my post!
Sinister appeal i said, like The Hours, where you dun get a good vibe throughout the film, yet you watch on, cos your mind is engaged in deep thoughts. You flow with the film, and then, the reality of what's outside the theatre and all that's around you disintegrates into a sheer insignificance. It is now that reality becomes imagination; and the film, becomes living reality.
And that I find, makes any movie totally seductive.

Takuya Kimura and Faye
But then again, I'm not sure if the film will make me feel this way. I have no idea how it will be like. But I've not quite seen a chinese film made in this fashion, dealing with issues of such depth. So i guess it's worth a try. Even the promo pics which u see here are taken so stylistically. Chio!

Tony and Faye
And not to mention the stellar cast assembled for this production. Big names. Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura etc. Besides, Christopher Doyle is the cinematographer for this film. My god but does this man ever shoot nothing but gorgeous films? If the plot aint good, then this cast is good reason to catch the film.

Takuya Kimura
I am never a fan of anything chinese. Except food. I dun usually look forward to a chinese flick. I gotta go see and be convinced myself that the chinese movie industry has finally grown up.

On a totally different note, today was simply, uneventful. Uncluttered and i'm loving every minute of today.
Thanks to dearest angie for helping lazy me put up a tagboard.
Big hello to jackie. I have not seen you since forever.

nimgnoy let the night fall at 7:16 PM

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