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women in advertising

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:54:31 -0300

Right now I'm watching a documentary (more like a filmed lecture) called Killing Us Softly 3 which is about the depiction of women in advertising and how it affects all women and all men. Very interesting and super-informative.

You can watch it here.

I think the solution would be to love ourselves, no matter what age, skin color or body shape we are, and to be more critical of what we see or hear.

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chori chori

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:29:47 -0300

I was looking for that Chori Chori song from The Guru, and came up with a whole truckload of other Chori Chori's when I searched YouTube. Granted that some of them are from the movie called Chori Chori (which I should probably watch one of these days), but I found them interesting nevertheless. My favorite Chori Chori song is still the one from The Guru, though. And I have no idea what it means!

This is so random.

Chori Chori

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time perception

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:02:15 -0300

Cashback

The more you look at the clock, the slower time goes.
- Ben Willis, Cashback

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cashback

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:40:03 -0300

Cashback

Cashback, by far, is the best movie I've seen in the past couple of weeks. It's about Ben, a guy who suddenly stops sleeping after a breakup with his girlfriend, who finds out that he could freeze time. That's just the tip of the iceberg; there's so much more to this movie than that. It's smart and funny and just the right kind of sentimental in parts. If I were to have a perfect boyfriend in the form of a movie, this would be it. And no, it's not a chick flick.

I also happened to watch it on a day when I needed a bit of a mood boost, and I found it in this movie. Those who know me well know where those bits are; hearing them totally made my day (and pretty much confirmed to me that I am going the right way) and made me smile.

It stars Sean Biggerstaff, better known as Oliver Wood from the Harry Potter movies. He's all grown up now, less munchkin-cute, a bit more dorky-cute but in that sweet, kind of sexy way that Jake Gyllenhaal is.

So many good reasons to watch this movie!

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funeral blues

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:21:28 -0300

Four Weddings and a Funeral

W.H. Auden is one of my most favorite poets ever and hearing this recited while watching Four Weddings and a Funeral was a treat. I always liked how straightforward his poetry was; somehow it was that exactly that made his poems memorable. Even his most sentimental works always left me with this impression that he was trying to hold back this tidal wave of emotion. There's always that restraint that oddly makes everything concise and crystal clear. I'd say he's a man of few words, but how weighty and well-chosen those words are.

Funeral Blues
W. H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

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vox hunt: i (secretly) love this movie

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:46:08 -0300

Video: Show us a movie you feel guilty for and/or would deny loving.
Submitted by Captain Manta.

It's a toss-up between the two:

White Chicks

Slap Her... She's French

Then again, no guilt or denial there. My taste in movies has always been... eclectic.

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romeo for hire

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:28:04 -0300

The Great Happiness Space

I just finished watching the documentary The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief, which is about guys who work in host clubs in Japan. It has been ages since a documentary has kept me riveted in my seat like this (the last time was a couple of years back when I was watching this one on TVE about a woman who had herself operated on so that she'd become a man, down to the equipment). It opens with Issei, who's the top host in a host bar called Café Rakkyo in Osaka and from there it goes into the kind of life he, his workmates and their clientele lead. It's just brilliant, and a wee bit sad, too.

People interested in all things Japanese will love this, so will people into psychology and sociology. Same goes for people who like watching movies, people who are bored and want to see something new, and people who are just plain trying to figure out what is it really that people want. The documentary works on a lot of levels and it's some good fodder for thought.

You can watch the documentary here.

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i ♥ kim ki-duk redux

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:24:38 -0300

Bad Guy

I watched Bad Guy last night and it was great, as usual. As expected. Whenever I want to watch a movie and be completely satisfied at the end, I'd usually pick something by Kim Ki-Duk. I'm never disappointed. Maybe weirded out sometimes, but not disappointed.

So, Bad Guy. It's about this guy who works as some sort of security person for a brothel and he falls in love with one of the prostitutes, a college girl who I'm guessing works there because she needs to pay for tuition. He doesn't talk until near the end of the movie, but nevertheless, it doesn't spoil the film. On the contrary, it makes things even more interesting.

What can I say? Kim Ki-Duk is a genius.

Two thumbs and all toes up.

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i ♥ kim ki-duk

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:01:09 -0300

Shi gan

I just finished watching Kim Ki-Duk's second-newest movie, Time. I am at a loss for words. It's sheer genius, as usual, although this is probably the talkiest of all his movies (because he has movies like Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring and 3 Iron, where the characters didn't even say a word but it was fantastic nevertheless). Although I like the two I mentioned better, he still is in excellent form here nevertheless.

Time is about a girl who gets plastic surgery because she thinks it would prolong her relationship with her boyfriend. While she wasn't particularly ugly, she was always jealous and paranoid that her boyfriend was getting tired of her and was apt to replace her with someone new and prettier. Something like that. It's slightly a bit more complicated, but in a good, horrific, Kim Ki-Dukish way.

Totally recommended, if I had four hands, I'd give it four thumbs up!

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vox hunt: under 17 not admitted

nobody@vox.com(lemon) — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:19:05 -0300

Video: What was the first R-rated movie you saw (or were allowed to see)?
Submitted by Lisa.

Michael Nyman - The heart asks the pleasure first

The Piano. I was 14 or 15 at the time, and I think I got in because my mom was there. The finger-cutting freaked me out. And Harvey Keitel was teh ugly. Still is.

Edit: Now that I think of it, the first one might've been Pretty Woman (when I was about 10 or 11) or Belle Epoque (when I was 13 or 14). I'm not sure if they were really R-rated, though. I guess I started watching grown-up movies pretty early and it didn't occur to me until just now.

Belle Epoque - Orchestral Music

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