"a word at the start: laughing sounds a lot like screaming."
"there's a sound inside me. 'tick tock, tick tock,' it says. telling me to hurry. the sound inside me that says something will soon be over."
"the most fascinating thing about stardom is that it's a kind of deformity, like cancer. [...] a fascinating face, in a state of collapse."
"well, it's certainly convenient to be pretty.. but beauty is different from happiness."
"pretty on the outside, but like…
"since you've been with him, all you do is suffer."
recommended by: michelle
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top 250 directors challenge // (2/254)
director #39 - abbas kiarostami
alphabet challenge // (12/130)
milk in a glass in the microwave. ten things happening at once, but still, nothing is happening. but everything is happening. the phone rings, the intercom buzzes. there's a wound to treat, someone's screaming. you can't get to anything before another thing sounds the alarm of needing…
aching for a meaningful connection, we find our main character keiko as lonely as can be. feeling invisible, she goes to and fro, from place to place, desperately and silently begging someone to *see* her; to pluck her from her invisible obscurity, and to make her existence matter. the film starts off this way (though very loquaciously), until finally, finally, it happens; she meets a woman who makes her feel extraordinary. the love of her life, you could say. but,…
recommended by: michelle
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october scavenger hunt #79 // (4/31)
task 6 - watch a film about food
watchlist clean out challenge // (12/100)
task 81 - watch a film someone recommended to you
in a family where ties are strained, storms are weathered, and feelings are bottled until they explode, we have - at the heart of it all - a father who loves his daughters, daughters who love their father, and sisters who love…
