I got to spent yesterday's afternoon in the good company of the lovely miss candy at her home at section seventeen; reading script and talking about short films, last christmas party, the horror (depending on how you see it) of bit torrent, and aldo's heels among other things. Other things as in like forcefully recounting back all her ex's and dissecting them into scum bags and weirdos. Ahh.. good ol' times. Won't you agree, miss candy?
I even got to watched one of her film, shot a few years back with hannah and craig, which i've been hearing about it for yonks. And although i was repeatedly interrupted by her constant bickering of whether i need a bite off her famous mushroom toast or if i need coffee, or a banana or that disfigured durian laying in her laundry room, i actually did enjoy the twenty minutes of it. I'm guessing her aussie hospitality hides an ulterior motive of throwing me off her film. She secretly wants me to dislike it for some odd reason which till now i could not clearly justify. She really is her own worst critic. Sign.
As i was leaving, she gave me a copy of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere. 'You'll love it!', that's what she says and boy, was she right! I've always been a fan of sofia's work. Virgin Suicide was on top of my must-see films of all time for years; Marie Antoinnette was a feast for the eye, although i do felt Lost In Translation was rather mediocre and lost to say the least.
Somewhere to me is brilliant film making. The storyline is simple, the cast lineup wasn't desirable mainly because i couldn't take chris pontius seriously after the whole jackass fiesta but what pulled it together was the whole intensity of the characters coming together emotionally in the most natural way, making it all feel real. And real is important. Real is where the heart felt begins. It's where you come to love the characters. It's where you connect them to your life and know that Somewhere is not just a fancy film.
The coolest part about Somewhere? It makes me think that i should really learn how to drive and get one of those ferrarris where you could put like groceries and stuff in the engine area. How cool! Oh, and also want one of those portable/foldable stripper pole as well. You'll never know when it'll come in handy.
I even got to watched one of her film, shot a few years back with hannah and craig, which i've been hearing about it for yonks. And although i was repeatedly interrupted by her constant bickering of whether i need a bite off her famous mushroom toast or if i need coffee, or a banana or that disfigured durian laying in her laundry room, i actually did enjoy the twenty minutes of it. I'm guessing her aussie hospitality hides an ulterior motive of throwing me off her film. She secretly wants me to dislike it for some odd reason which till now i could not clearly justify. She really is her own worst critic. Sign.
As i was leaving, she gave me a copy of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere. 'You'll love it!', that's what she says and boy, was she right! I've always been a fan of sofia's work. Virgin Suicide was on top of my must-see films of all time for years; Marie Antoinnette was a feast for the eye, although i do felt Lost In Translation was rather mediocre and lost to say the least.
Somewhere to me is brilliant film making. The storyline is simple, the cast lineup wasn't desirable mainly because i couldn't take chris pontius seriously after the whole jackass fiesta but what pulled it together was the whole intensity of the characters coming together emotionally in the most natural way, making it all feel real. And real is important. Real is where the heart felt begins. It's where you come to love the characters. It's where you connect them to your life and know that Somewhere is not just a fancy film.
The coolest part about Somewhere? It makes me think that i should really learn how to drive and get one of those ferrarris where you could put like groceries and stuff in the engine area. How cool! Oh, and also want one of those portable/foldable stripper pole as well. You'll never know when it'll come in handy.
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I'd like to see you on a stripper pole!
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