“for me only lilly is real”
continuing with expanding my taste beyond from english hollywood films, All About Lilly Chou Chou is an intelligent masterpiece on the cruelty of loneliness and how a simple aspect of life can fulfill that space with something emotionally connecting. the music being so mesmerizing and charged with emotion and pain from the two main characters. watching melancholy ethereal films at 1am is becoming my new hobby.
not shying away from the grief stricken charged…
“i didn’t think you’d fall in love with me”
“neither did i”
with cinematography so confining and claustrophobic yet to the freeing feeling of love and passion when together. In the Mood for Love instantly became one of my favorite films, the melancholic virtue of the story interweaving within the cinematography, score, and mis en scene captures everything. color theory so strong and vibrant in every scene mesmerizes you into the world of Wong Kar-Wai. any scene with red you…
bro what even is this why did aaron taylor johnson even sign for this
“it’s okay to not be okay.”
i was underwhelmed. i went in expecting a lot considering it’s Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield but left very unsatisfied. it felt hard to connect to two characters that i knew very little about, especially Andrew Garfield’s character. i think the non chronological editing also makes it hard to connect and learn with them as they grow, but without it makes a very slow uninteresting story. the acting the two leads do however single…
“i can’t keep living like this, there’s gotta be something more to love than commitment. but then i think that i might’ve given up then to the whole idea of romantic love.”
conversations seem to be so confined to their emotions yet so free to their expressive nature and their natural bond. this sequel to Before Sunrise is really a step up to every film in the genre of what we call romance. the cinematography flows like their conversations, capturing…
