what you should be looking forward to...

unfortunately for me, i was responsible for one time in my life and made a plan, took some time off work, and saw the new hou when it played at the indianapolis international film festival. unfortunate in that, this has left me without something to look forward to this week.

fortunately for you, i didn't see many of you in the audience. so you do.

so this week, instead of telling you what i am hyped about seeing(which by the way is nothing in particular)i get to put the early stamp on this particular piece of grade aaa taiwanese(by way of paris)beef. this selection is coming with the beer cannes approved insignia on the shrink wrap. i(landmark) present for your pleasure:

the flight of the red balloon-hou hsiao hsien

if you have the desire to be wrapped up in a foreign atmosphere where everything is new, and fresh, and alive in a way that makes one gaze upon it with a childlike wonder then watch this film. it's beauty, as if seeing the world through the eyes of a child, allows any petty tensions to fade upon the instant immerssion into the new fantastic that is a fresh way of seeing the mundane world. no experience shall be taken for granted in hou hsiao hsien's paris as the lens swirls and dips and slides to take in every molecule of air that the cityscape has to offer. this film allows one to discover things anew and discover them in a different way. it is gorgeous and the work of a true poet, writing a sonnet to a life that is loved for its living.

other than that, i might watch when did you last see your father, as i kinda liked the look of shopgirl and i like colin firth, or perhaps roman de gare even though i often refer to director claude lelouch as claude ledouche because his previous work seems so mediocre at best. but then again, i may just go see the hou again as i know it will be infinitely better than the above two pretenders. or perhaps standard operating procedure(thanks heather!!) has scarred me to the point that i am fearful of the recorded image. or then again maybe not.

so go hop to it and go see the flight of the red balloon... sit up real close to the screen and tell them beer cannes sent you.