Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I was introduced to this module by watching Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2010) during the third week of class since I enrolled in late...and for my last film diary entry, I shall do a response to this movie using my film photos I took in Chiang Mai, since this movie transported me back to the enjoyable relaxing holidays I had in Thailand before the hectic university life commenced.

Romance in Taipei

Au Revior Taipei by Arvin Chen (2010) is a light-hearted romance comedy, to describe it aptly using the words from a critic’s review on it, the movie is alike to “Taiwan delicacy ‘Pearl Milk Tea’ -- sweet, bubbly, with something tasty to chew on”. After watching many of the films in my 40 movies list which almost all inevitably touches on something dark in life, Au Reviour Taipei is purely sweet and cheery. I loved the ending scene of the both leads doing the lindy hop, it makes me wanna do the same too, hahaha.

"Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life."

“I once had a girl. Or should I say, she once had me.” – Norwegian Wood, The Beatles

I managed to catch Norwegian Wood by Tran Anh Hung (2010) in the cinemas yesterday, along with two friends. An adaptation of the novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood is a 1987 novel which brought the author to national recognition, which was ironically, to his dismay.