A movie by Wong Kar Wai.
the name's familiar, but never once see his work. My Blueberry Nights was my first. And, the hell with every 'top critics' think, I love My Blueberry Nights with its' simplicity and idiosyncrasy as an arthouse item. I love Jude Law as Jeremy. He switched his womenizer and suave british persona to an average bloke in New York with a touch of british accent, and that makes him much more delicious! =D
The story of My Blueberry Nights is simple and people may think its cliche.
Elizabeth (norah jones) played a brokenhearted lady in New York, crashed into a corner cafe owned by Jeremy (Jude Law). She happened to talk her hearts out to Jeremy, and connection developed between the two. it began with a jar of abandoned keys and a pan of abandoned blueberry pie. Then Lizzie took a roadtrip across the states and met people with their deepest sadness. In Memphis, she met Arnie, the lonely drunk abandoned by her gorgeous ex-wife Rachel Weisz. The trip continues to Nevada where she met Leslie (Natalie Portman), the spoiled daughter of a rich dad in Nevada who later is abandoned by the Dad. During the year where she parted with Jeremy and only hang-on to those several days of their rendezvous nights in Jeremy's cafe, Lizzie continues to update Jeremy by her letters. Until in the end, the only place she can go back to, was Jeremy's.
Overall, the script and story line is not deep for cannes item. However, to me, the cinematography scores the top rank of an arthouse item, without doubt! Darius Khondji was the cinematographer, apparently, he's the Great in his field. and he's part french. Why i considered him being french is significant factor?
Because now I know why My Blueberry Nights has slightly Amelie's ambiance. or a frenchy touch, if you to generalize it. :)
The colors they picked, are unique and expressive towards the emotion they wish to represent. I love when they cut the kissing scene and moved to a whole screen of melted vanilla ice cream on a blueberry pie. Yes, it's a femme-flick.
Those who enjoyed Across the Universe and Amelie, You'll love this pick.
My Blueberry Nights by Wong Kar Wai.
if i were to wish Wednesday to be mine, will this be granted?
the last Wednesday wish was unpretty sight.
I wish Wednesday to be mine.
it's my early christmas wish
tho i don't celebrate.
Reading her last post in Melbourne over and over.
Made me sad.
and that was on April 20, 2008.
mimpi adalah kunci
untuk kita menaklukkan dunia
berlarilah tanpa lelah
sampai engkau meraihnya
menarilah dan terus tertawa
walau dunia tak seindah surga
bersyukurlah pada Yang kuasa
cinta kita di dunia
What's the it gadget in Jakarta nowadays?
Yes.
Blackberry.
Everybody want one.
thinking it as necessity in life.
well, I used to dream on keeping it safe in my purse too.
but the dream has VANISHED!
why,
1. because everyone in JAKARTA wants it. I don't wanna follow trend.
2. because she said I might not have a life after work hours! think of it this way, the boss CANT ask you to do much work when you're already at home cos you can give her plenty reasons to refuse. you can't resist with all those connecting access of blackberry, now can you? :)
but basically, I don't wanna be fed by Jakartans' gadget-minded lifestyle!
HEY YOU!
NOT ALL PEOPLE NEED BLACKBERRY, YOU HEAR!
I'm listening to soppy K-Pop just to feeling nostalgic about Melbourne.
Whilst i should be listening to either katie noonan, george, or even missy higgins.
if reading carefully from few of previous posts, you'll see how i randomly switch mood in a jiff.
see where im having conflict with myself?
*sigh
there ya go complaints! *grinning like morons
2008-11-06 00:00:00
Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Is he Barack or Barry? Obama or Soetoro? On the campaign trail, John McCain once referred to him as "that one". As of Wednesday, he is "the one".
Obamania swept the world as giddily as an American Idol contest. He attained iconic status for his composed veneer, compelling delivery and eloquence becoming of a Harvard graduate.
His campaign team ingeniously juxtaposed a platform of "hope" over the Republican message of "fear".
After eight years of fearmongering, Americans ultimately voted for hope.
All is good and well tonight in America. Camelot is reborn, shades of the Kennedy and early Clinton years rekindled.
Indonesians were just as enamored as the rest of the world. An upsurge fueled by sentimentality over rationality.
A deluge of local features highlighted Obama's "brief" presence in Central Jakarta as distant cousins, old schoolmates and grade-school teachers used up their 15 minutes of fame to propagate Obamania through the faded childhood memory of America's 44th president-elect.
While Indonesians can't get enough of tales of the young Barry running around eating bakso in Menteng, Obama since the campaign began in January has been fleeting of his time here.
One brief remark of Indonesia has ever been recorded, and even his foreign policy briefs are elusive of reference to Indonesia or even Southeast Asia.
Barry may just have forgotten about his time in the world's largest archipelago.
Or perhaps, to placate a phobic electorate, chose to gloss over his experience among the world's largest Muslim population.
Recall how two Muslim women in headscarves were removed from standing in the televised background during an Obama rally by overzealous campaign workers.
Elections are all about appeasing domestic constituents. To the discerning foreign observer the conclusion, for now, is that he is an American leader, not a global one.
Obama's lament during the Democratic Party Convention that American factories were being shipped abroad is consistent with his party's ideology and his own platform that smells strangely of protectionism.
He dropped strong hints questioning the value of free trade with Asian partners, contending that limited access to these markets did not compensate for American job losses.
He has threatened to slash billions of dollars in tax breaks to U.S. companies who move their operations overseas, while pledging to ensure public contracts are awarded to companies committed to American workers.
In fact it was Obama who as Senator helped introduce the Patriot Employer Act last year, which provides tax credits to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the U.S.
Obama has specifically made clear his dislike of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement as they presently stand.
On foreign policy, the Obama camp has lauded a new era of multilateral cooperation distinct from that of the Bush administration.
Nevertheless strategic fundamentals will not change.
On the Palestine-Israel issue, a subject both Indonesians and Americans are passionate about, Obama will not deviate from the traditional U.S. stance.
Though supporting a two-state solution, he maintains that America's first and incontrovertible commitment in the Middle East is to Israeli security.
He has called for beefed-up military aid packages to Israel, including a joint missile defense system for the Jewish state.
A key pledge Obama has made has been the military's withdrawal from Iraq.
It will be a move welcomed around the world, since the U.S. should not have invaded in the first place.
But the narrative of withdrawal thus far has been self-servingly American rather than for the good of Iraqis.
Obama's logic seems simply that America lost, and now it is better to run away than pay the long-term consequences of involvement in Iraq.
Forcing the Iraqi government to take control before they are ready, muscling Iraqis to pay for the reconstruction, and abandoning security to a nascent Iraqi force is irresponsible.
Whether at the local china shop or in Iraq, the pottery-barn rule applies equally: You break it, you fix and pay for it!
For now, Obama offers much hope but not yet enough change.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20081106.B06&irec=5
DingDong the evil is dead.
im feeling melancholic when read or hear or say or see something related to melbourne.
i still miss its' blue sky with all its' dodgy weather
i miss exploring the city
i miss the small alleys and little boutiques
i miss the LATTES and CHAI LATTES!
i crave their gourmet cheese and sandwiches!
believe it or not, their hawkers sushi taste better than the sushi we have here in top-notch restaurants!
i miss the morning breeze and listening to fox fm or any crackin' jokes on radio.
i missed my old routines.
I missed routines.
believe it or not, year by year in Oz has its' common routines (nationally). and that's one of the thing i miss.
Celebrate good times,come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come
on! (Let's celebrate)
There's a party goin' on right here
celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your
laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Seeing Facebook, I remember what I miss most.
I miss the freedom of living for yourself.
selfish, maybe.
at least I'm free.
Freedom,
Freedom,
Freedom
You've got to give for what you take
Freedom,
Freedom,
Freedom
You've got to give for what you take
Yea you've got to give for what you, give for what you give
