Bypass the bloody lens and *stripe* up your life instead.
S
(Kate Moss by Inez & Vinoodh)
Scream out loud(er)
for who fancies you and
only *you* the most.
Leave the world
full of struggles
of lifelong sweethearts;
filled with dark anxieties.
Break its rules;
ignore its punishment
in a matter of time;
ignore the unignorable.
Call for a life – a pure life
and a mind of the unspoken
language of silent.
Bonne chance.
S
Where is the truth, my love?
Between the sky and
the maple tree, changing
colors every second?
Above the white clouds
battling with the sun, stopping
it to set in the horizon?
Or perhaps it lies
beneath the surface
of perfection?
Indeed.
S
There he was, whispering the goddamn song
underneath the grayest roof; the raindrops;
while his only friend was the pick
dancing on the broken strings.
On the opposite side of his voice were
the fakest smiles and a bunch of wannabes
marching on the reddish carpets
lying in curls on the wet soil.
A few blocks down the road was
his lover, cursing the swindlers;
begging for loonies to sum up her whiskey sips,
and refreshing her memories of the lavender fields.
He is on my mind while watching the pacific from up high.
She too is on my mind while sitting
in silver lights, surrounded by the black bows
and hydrangeas; the white and the lilac ones.
What a tiny world!
Him, her and I
are all playing;
playing hard at life;
singing along.
S
Here I am again, reviewing my final movie at the TIFF, 9 days after the festival ended.
Unlike all the French movies I saw at this year’s TIFF and those from previous years, which were typically right to my taste and very *French* in their ambiance, “Love Crime” wasn’t too appealing or special and could be compared to Hollywood thrillers. But hey, Kristin Scott Thomas is one of my all-time favourites and no matter what, I try to see whatever movie comes out with her in it. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but “Love Crime” was definitely not festival material in my eyes.
Good or bad, I’m done with my TIFF reviews. Now back to ‘real’ writing, poetry and all the rest.
S
“Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality.”
Photo: Grace Kelly by Andy Warhol – 1984
I usually don’t bother with Hollywood movies at the TIFF, given the fact that they go on wide release at some future point anyway and can be seen with no hassle and stress. But hey, if you are lucky enough to take home two tickets for the most anticipated film at the TIFF, then who doesn’t want to take the opportunity? Even the lady working at the box office, handing me my tickets, was envious of the fact that I had scored tickets to the last screening of “Black Swan”!
Black Swan came right after La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi and I can tell you that much: my Saturday night was deep, dark, intense and far from disappointing. Natalie Portman shines like a swan and disturbs like a psycho in the movie, and I’m quite positive she will be nominated for (and may possibly win) big acting awards in the year to come. She plays an insecure ballerina who gets her big break of starring as the Swan Queen (both the black and the white swan) in an adventurous adaptation of Swan Lake. I won’t say more than this brief introduction, as I don’t want to ruin the whole experience for those who haven’t yet seen the film.
Darren Aronofsky‘s Black swan is an intense, dark and well-make psychodrama – and Natalie just could not be better in her role!
S