Musings of the Obsessive Kind
She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan.
Musings of the Obsessive KindShe's a mite whimsical in the brainpan. |
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| Oct. 13th, 2006 @ 12:29 pm Reds: one of the best movies ever. | |||
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I watched Reds in the movie theater last night, and despite being severely brain dead, loved it as much as ever. What a brilliant, brilliant movie, and it's made to be seen on big screen. I've forgotten how much I love it. Maybe because it doesn't just move my emotions but engages my brain too (and even though I find them delicious, the latter quality has been in hard supply with doramas).  coldFor those who don't know, Reds is a 1981 movie about John Reed and Louise Bryant, starring Warren Beatty (who was gorgeous, Oh My God, I'd forgotten) and Diane Keaton (who was amazing and why isn't she getting more work). Reed was a turn of the century radical journalist who is best known for "Ten Days That Shook The World," his eye witness account of the Soviet Revolution, who went from a spectator to a participant. Louise Bryant was his wife and a fellow journalist. "Ten Days" was a very influential and well-known book at the time, and Reed was (of course) the darling of the Soviets. I actually remember we had a copy of Ten Days in Russian when I was growing up. But anyway, this is an amazing amazing movie (and no, it's not "Yay for USSR!" nor is it a "John Reed was an idiot deluded"). It's much too complicated for that. That is why I love the movie so: it's both personal and epic, romantic and political. And it blows that other doomed romance set in Russia, Doctor Zhivago (which I dislike), out of the water. ( Lengthy meta with spoilers. But come on, it was made in 1981! ) | |||
| Oct. 13th, 2006 @ 05:36 pm Favorite animales: Dangermousie's Top 10 | |||
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Because I love lists, and I have been neglecting anime for a bit, here is a list of my Top 10 animales. In no particular order. With reasons why. content( Favorite animales ) | |||
| Oct. 13th, 2006 @ 11:28 pm Umrao Jaan: how gorgeous can you get? | |||
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Umrao Jaan, a Bollywood movie with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachcan, is probably my most anticipated of the year. It just looks so bloody gorgeous. Aishwarya has seldom looked more beautiful and Abhishek? There is a reason he and Saif are always in the running for my second fave Bolly actor (SRK is first).  contemplativeUJ is a period piece with the following plot: in the year 1840, a young girl named Ameeran is kidnapped from her family by their neighbour and sold to Madam Khanum Jaan who owns a brothel where she trains courtesans. Ameeran, renamed Umrao Jaan, learns to read, write, dance, sing, and charm wealthy men. She is no common prostitute, but a cultured woman trained to captivate men of wealth and taste. A grown-up Umrao Jaan catches the eye of Nawab Sultan and to say more would really be to spoil it all... I bring you some pics: Umrao Jaan and Nawab Sultan:  ( More behind cut. Some are different takes of the same shots, but I am too lazy to recheck ) | |||