Dream Over

I’ve moved to a new page. Yet again. Thanks and see you on the next chapter. :)

"You know how, like in cartoons, when the building gets hit by the wrecking ball, right before the building falls down, there’s always like this moment where it’s perfectly still right before it collapses? We’re in that moment. The wrecking ball has already hit all of this, and this is just the moment before it all falls down."

Jason, The Future (2011)

Sofia Coppola for H&M

No word yet as to what the next Sofia Coppola film might be, but the Oscar Best Director nominee has kept herself busy lately with a fashion film for the Marni at H&M collection.

Now here’s Sofia talking about her experience shooting in Marrakesh, Morocco.

And as with every Sofia Coppola film, she makes excellent use of music to build up mood. Here she borrows the song “Avalon” by Roxy Music’s lead singer and songwriter Brian Ferry.

Of course, this isn’t the first time she’s used Roxy Music for her work, as she’s also featured “More Than This” in the karaoke scene of “Lost in Translation” way back in 2003 with Bill Murray singing the part.

For Your Consideration

Here are my 2012 Oscar predictions aka a list featuring the compromise between the films I want to win and the ones that will actually win.

Best Picture: The Artist

Best Director: Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Best Actress: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash (The Descendants)

Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation

Best Documentary Feature: Pina

The Last Picture Show and Tell

GPOY with a Pretty Little Liar. :))

"I think it’s the ultimate way to tell a story for a filmmaker."

Michel Hazanavicius on silent movies

(Source: mubi.com)

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"The funnier it is in the beginning of a story, the more dramatic it can become. Because when an audience is laughing, that’s opening their souls somehow, and when you have an audience with an open soul, it’s much better to hit them with a knife."

Faith Akin

(Source: mubi.com)

New and Old Friends

My weekend in photographs.

Part One: Veronica’s Karaoke Party

Part Two: Moulin Rouge - Victoria Court Style