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Ep 214: “My Blueberry Nights”
We devour Wong Kar-Wai’s “My Blueberry Nights” and discuss:
- Music, keeping heavy moments light;
- Cinematography, step-printing, lighting, reflections, shallow depth of field;
- Story & Writing, the thesis and antithesis, stories of broken people, transportation as a metaphor;
- and other such stuff and things and stuff.
“We’re all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.“ – Wong Kar-Wai
Notes & References:
Undercranking / Step-printing
Anthropomorphize: to attribute human form or personality to things not human
MOS in filmmaking (wiki)
Sandlot “Saving it for a good time”
Tears vs Sweat: Esquire says: “The actual glands that secrete them are totally different.”; This Mandom article adds: “In fact, tears are clear blood…both of the two are made of blood”
Art Spotlight: Tim Robbins interviewed by Matt Taibbi
This Week’s Recommendations:
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