La Règle du jeu
France
Director / Screenwriter: Jean Renoir
Cast: Nora Gregor - Christine de La Chesnaye
Jean Renoir - Octave
Marcel Dalio - Robert de la Chesnaye
Roland Toutain - André Jurieu
Paulette Dubost - Lisette
September 26, 2006
September 25, 2006
[Gig] The Flaming Lips
Hammerstein Ballroon
opened by Deerhoof
The Lips, Period.
Setlist:
The Tada Song
Race for the Prize
Free Radicals
Yoshimi Pt 1
Yoshimi Pt 2
Vein of Stars
The YYY Song
The W.A.N.D
Cosmic Rebellion
She Don't Use Jelly
Do You Realize??
--
Spoonful
You Got to Be Joking
opened by Deerhoof
The Lips, Period.
Setlist:
The Tada Song
Race for the Prize
Free Radicals
Yoshimi Pt 1
Yoshimi Pt 2
Vein of Stars
The YYY Song
The W.A.N.D
Cosmic Rebellion
She Don't Use Jelly
Do You Realize??
--
Spoonful
You Got to Be Joking
September 24, 2006
Seven Samurai (1954)
Japan
Director / Screenwriter / Editor: Akira Kurosawa
Cast:
Takashi Shimura - Kambei, leader of samurai
Toshiro Mifune - Kikuchiyo, would-be samurai
Yoshio Inaba - Gorobei, wise warrior
Seiji Miyaguchi - Kyuzo, swordsman
Minoru Chiaki - Heihachi, amiable samurai
Daisuke Kato - Shichiroji, Kambei's friend
Ko (Isao) Kimura - Katsushiro, young samurai
Delicate film in every way: mise-en-scene, character building, story telling.
Director / Screenwriter / Editor: Akira Kurosawa
Cast:
Takashi Shimura - Kambei, leader of samurai
Toshiro Mifune - Kikuchiyo, would-be samurai
Yoshio Inaba - Gorobei, wise warrior
Seiji Miyaguchi - Kyuzo, swordsman
Minoru Chiaki - Heihachi, amiable samurai
Daisuke Kato - Shichiroji, Kambei's friend
Ko (Isao) Kimura - Katsushiro, young samurai
Delicate film in every way: mise-en-scene, character building, story telling.
September 23, 2006
霸王別姬 (1993)
Farewell My Concubine
China / Hong Kong
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li
China / Hong Kong
Director: Chen Kaige
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li
September 17, 2006
[Baseball] Red Sox
2-5, Red Sox
First game of the consecutive two days doubleheaders.
Two things worth to remember this day. First, 3 hours burning sun in main box. Yes, never sit on the third base side of the main box in an afternoon game. But just because I sit in the last section of main box on the third base side, which is right next to Red Sox's bullpen, that I have the second thing worth to remember that day: the sound Josh Beckett's fast ball pounded into Doug Mirabelli's glove.
First game of the consecutive two days doubleheaders.
Two things worth to remember this day. First, 3 hours burning sun in main box. Yes, never sit on the third base side of the main box in an afternoon game. But just because I sit in the last section of main box on the third base side, which is right next to Red Sox's bullpen, that I have the second thing worth to remember that day: the sound Josh Beckett's fast ball pounded into Doug Mirabelli's glove.
September 16, 2006
September 09, 2006
[Baseball] Dodgers vs Mets
Finally got the chance to visit Shea Stadium.
Hong-Chih Kuo's first Major League start, and first win. 5-0 Dodgers.
But honestly, I was more thrilled to see Nomar Garciaparra on first base.
Hong-Chih Kuo's first Major League start, and first win. 5-0 Dodgers.
But honestly, I was more thrilled to see Nomar Garciaparra on first base.
US Open 2006
Day 12
Arthur Ashe Statium
Men's Doubles - Final
Jonas Bjorkman / Max Mirny def. Ashley Fisher / Tripp Phillips 6-1, 6-4
Women's Singles - Semifinals
Justine Henen-Hardenne def Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Maria Sharapova def Amelie Mauresmo 6-0, 4-6, 6-0
Arthur Ashe Statium
Men's Doubles - Final
Jonas Bjorkman / Max Mirny def. Ashley Fisher / Tripp Phillips 6-1, 6-4
Women's Singles - Semifinals
Justine Henen-Hardenne def Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Maria Sharapova def Amelie Mauresmo 6-0, 4-6, 6-0
September 04, 2006
[Baseball] Minnesota Twins
First game since I was back in New York.
10-1, Yankees, and JOE MAUER, I'm pretty satisfied.
10-1, Yankees, and JOE MAUER, I'm pretty satisfied.
September 02, 2006
US Open (2006)
Day 5
Grandstand
Calos Moya def Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5(5), 7-6(7), 6-4
Andy Murray def Alessio Di Mauro 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
Elen Dementieva def Vera Zvonareva, 7-5, 6-3
Grandstand
Calos Moya def Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5(5), 7-6(7), 6-4
Andy Murray def Alessio Di Mauro 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
Elen Dementieva def Vera Zvonareva, 7-5, 6-3
August 29, 2006
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Screenwriter: Michel Arndt
Cast: Abigail Breslin (Olive), Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano (Dwayne), Alan Arkin (Grandpa), Toni Collette (Sheryl), Steve Carell (Frank)
Screenwriter: Michel Arndt
Cast: Abigail Breslin (Olive), Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano (Dwayne), Alan Arkin (Grandpa), Toni Collette (Sheryl), Steve Carell (Frank)
Superman Returns (2006)
Director: Bryan Singer
Screenwriters: Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris
Cast: Bradon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella
Screenwriters: Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris
Cast: Bradon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella
August 23, 2006
August 16, 2006
The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich (2004)
Der Untergang
Germany
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Germany
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
August 13, 2006
August 08, 2006
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
US
Director: Tim Burton
Screenplay: John August
Book Author: Roald Dahl
When our hero, Charlie (Freddie Highmore), the good kid, inevitably wins one of the five golden ticket and heads to Willy Wonka's (played by Johnny Depp) chocolate factory, and inevitably wins the ultimate prize, the factory itself, in the end, I can't help thinking: it is just too obvious. No way the whole thing is so simple.
Charlie gets his first piece of Wonka chocolate as an early birthday present, although his family almost runs out of food. No golden ticket. His grandpa gives him some money he hides for a long time, telling him to go to the nearest store and buy the first chocolate Charlie sees. Still no golden ticket. Then Charlie finds a bill half buried in the snow outside the sidewalk, he grabs it and without thinking, he runs into the nearest store for another Wonka chocolate bar. The store owner hands him one, and this time charlie is getting lucky. Yes, luck. Not the money from Charlie's beloved parents and grandparents, but random money from the street and the chocolate from a stranger's hand.
It's clear that the other 4 kids being chosen is a meditation, a scheme somehow organized by Willy Wonka. So the Oompa Loompas will have a song when a spoiled kid is "punished" for his or her behavior. But what about Charlie? The heterogeneity of a single character, usually the leading one, is created for the audience to project our sympathy. But how Charlie gets the grand reward blurs the movie's main theme, the connection between good heart, good deeds and good consequences is weaken. As a movie primarily made for children, I can not help wonder is there any dark intention hidden in this colorful and overall delightful movie.
Director: Tim Burton
Screenplay: John August
Book Author: Roald Dahl
When our hero, Charlie (Freddie Highmore), the good kid, inevitably wins one of the five golden ticket and heads to Willy Wonka's (played by Johnny Depp) chocolate factory, and inevitably wins the ultimate prize, the factory itself, in the end, I can't help thinking: it is just too obvious. No way the whole thing is so simple.
Charlie gets his first piece of Wonka chocolate as an early birthday present, although his family almost runs out of food. No golden ticket. His grandpa gives him some money he hides for a long time, telling him to go to the nearest store and buy the first chocolate Charlie sees. Still no golden ticket. Then Charlie finds a bill half buried in the snow outside the sidewalk, he grabs it and without thinking, he runs into the nearest store for another Wonka chocolate bar. The store owner hands him one, and this time charlie is getting lucky. Yes, luck. Not the money from Charlie's beloved parents and grandparents, but random money from the street and the chocolate from a stranger's hand.
It's clear that the other 4 kids being chosen is a meditation, a scheme somehow organized by Willy Wonka. So the Oompa Loompas will have a song when a spoiled kid is "punished" for his or her behavior. But what about Charlie? The heterogeneity of a single character, usually the leading one, is created for the audience to project our sympathy. But how Charlie gets the grand reward blurs the movie's main theme, the connection between good heart, good deeds and good consequences is weaken. As a movie primarily made for children, I can not help wonder is there any dark intention hidden in this colorful and overall delightful movie.
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