02.26.1999
I think an interesting film is something that you can—you can have an aftertaste. Sometimes when you look at the film, you might not get it at the first time, but somehow it lingers. - Wong Kar Wai I love Lee Chang Dong's work. In light of his new upcoming film Possible Love releasing this… Continue reading reflections on Lee Chang Dong’s “Burning”
To film someone is to fall in love with that person. I liked reading ever since I was little. Once I had a book all to myself, my heart would start racing. I always felt that way. When I have a paper and pen, I feel better for no apparent reason; drawing when I was… Continue reading a film idea
In the forest, every least thing’s important. It’s all threaded together, so you can’t tell where one thing ends and another begins if you really look at it. The little insects you can’t even see, they play a role as vital as the river. The dead tree is as important as the living one. There… Continue reading thoughts since watching Train Dreams
There is a scene that has stayed with me long since watching it. It’s from a 2000 slice-of-life Taiwanese film called Yi Yi. Although the film runs just shy of 3 hours, I left the theater wishing that it was longer. Many of the scenes from this film have continued to linger in my mind.… Continue reading on the longing we carry
"He ate his breakfast with his back against the tree, reading the magazine while he ate. He had previously read but one story; he began now upon the second one, reading the magazine straight through as though it were a novel. Now and then he would look up from the page, chewing, into the sunshot… Continue reading perfect days
