December 28, 2006

The Puppetmaster (1993)

戲夢人生
Taiwan

The Hole (1998)


Taiwan / France

[Broadway] The Little Dog Laughed

December 21, 2006
Cort Theatre

Written by: Douglas Carter Beane
Cast:
Tom Everett Scott
Julie White
Johnny galecki
Ari Graynor

[Gig] Lou Reed - Berlin

December 15, 2006
St. Ann's Warehouse, DUMBO, Brooklyn

I walked alone in the cold night, as always, on the street of Brooklyn. After few turns, there is was, the Bridge. Magnificent but not intimidating, surreal as as the show I was going to hear. Everyone sit, the swing of the body could only within few inches parameter. I could not help wonder what was it like if the performance took place 30 years ago. This was the second one of the four shows, and I felt like it locked in the secluded place and night, became some kind of tale or myth.
I might have to persuade myself that I've seen Lou Reed years from now.

December 26, 2006

The Painted Veil (2006)

US
Director: John J. Curran
Book: W. Somerset Maugham
Cast:
Naomi Watts - Kitty Fane
Edward Norton - Walter Fane
Liev Schreiber - Charlie Townsend
Toby Jones - Waddington

December 03, 2006

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

De battre mon couer s'est arrêté
France
Director: Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips)
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Cast:
Romain Duris - Tom
Niels Arestrup - Robert
Linh-Dan Pham - Miao-Lin
Aure Atika - Aline
Emmanuelle Devos - Chris

Big Eden (2000)

US
Director / Screenwriter: Thomas Bezucha
Cast:
Arye Gross - Henry Hart
Eric Schweig - Pike Dexter
Louise Fletcher - GraceCornwell
George Coe - Sam Hart

December 02, 2006

[Gig] My Morning Jacket

November 30, 2006
Roseland Ballroom
w/ The Slip (who are moose, raccoon, and wolf tonight)

If I can reserve a section of my brain, dedicating to My Morning Jacket, engraving their performance this evening in my head and never letting anything else to overwrite that section, I will. Maybe I've already done so. In my short-listed gig-going history, this one easily reaches the top of my list. Lack of knowledge and vocabulary in rock'n'roll writing prevent me from properly documenting my overloaded senses, but the brain-exploding experience can not be more authentic. The first time I find a band/performance so integrated, impeccable team work and chemistry, and Jim James.

My Morning Jacket and the voice of Jim James will haunt me for a long time, and I welcome it heartily.

My Morning Jacket is:
Jim James
Two-Tone Tommy - bass
Parick Hallahan - drum
Bo Koster - keyboard
Carl Broemel - guitar

Setlist:
one big holiday
wonderful man
gideon
way he singz
off the record
just one thing
it beats
wordless
lowdown
lay low
phone
dondante
run thru
they ran
--
tonite i want to
nashwille to ky
golden
steam
dancefloors
mahgeeta
anytime