me, after california dreamin' plays for the 400th time: "PLAY IT AGAIN WONG"

I always love films about people feeling...lost. It reminds me of who I am. There's this feeling of trying to find a connection to something but there's a struggle as you don't know how to work that connection. That's what I think Wong Kar-Wai pulls off so well with this film. He creates these parallel stories of people who want to connect but are too lost to do anything about it. This is the true work of a master and I can already tell Wong Kar-Wai will be a great director to explore in the future. I kind of adore this movie if you haven't already realized.

you're not quirky unless you break and enter

I have this idea of "Shoegaze Cinema". It's filmmaking evocative of the same type of mood that music from bands like My Bloody Valentine created. This is exactly the sort of thing that comes to mind when I ponder the idea of that genre existing in cinema

sometimes i feel like a can of expired pineapples

finally some good fucking food and not the expired canned pineapples kind

for my 22nd birthday, i knew i had to watch something that changed everything; myself, my perspective of the world around me, how i view cinema, the kinds of films i only dream of making in terms of quality...few, if any, have rattled me like Chungking Express. its why i found the idea of a rewatch so incredibly daunting. its all so much. i cry at every little thing in this movie. every single time california dreamin plays. when He Qiwu is watching movies in the hotel room with the woman whos asleep. the water stained boarding pass. the way dreams by the cranberries kicks off the ending. i hope every film lover has that special director for them that seems to fundamentally understand you.

anyways, that was corny (but i meant it) and this was just as painful as it was that first summer. but its nice to feel things again for my birthday.

you never know if it's going to rain or be sunny. one of the all-time great Vibes movies

I wanted to like it....so badly....but I didn’t care about anything that was happening.

all the leaves are brown ᵃˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵉᵃᵛᵉˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵇʳᵒʷⁿ
and the sky is grey ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵏʸ ᶦˢ ᵍʳᵉʸ

love dies at dawn, - a movie meant to be watched alone at 3 am.
I wish I could say my biggest takeaway wasn't "Takeshi Kaneshiro is hot as hell" but I cant because that's my biggest takeaway . (I much preferred his plotline and the first hour of the movie in general) BUT I really adored the tangible loneliness of feeling lost in a big city. one to revisit (alone. at 3 am.)

Mad Amelie vibes

leung dirty talkin XL garfield

A decent enough film, just not really my thing

pra alegria do dhiego finalmente assisti mas não vou admitir pra ele que adorei pra ele não ficar se achando

‘Where do you want to go?’
‘Wherever you want to take me’

This was beautiful 

I shouldn’t have watched it while feeling deeply lonely 

I hope I die in my sleep

im obssesed with the camerawork in wong kar wai’s movies. so fucking good. i wish i saw this before fallen angels. that last scene omg. love you for 10,000 years will live in my mind now.

Emotional towel

Very subtle, incredibly sweet. A film to watch with icecream and camomile tea

J'ai pas 100% accroché, mais merci à ce film de m'avoir appris que le meilleur moyen d'aborder une fille, c'est de lui parler d'ananas

Every shot was a shot to my heart. The actors are so good and charming. Perfectly atmospheric, romantic and lonely.

As Mitski once says: "I want a love that falls as fast
As a body from the balcony"