The Color Purple

One glimpse of life, which is not always filled with pink happenings or puffy people...
This is LIFE.
And this is a masterpiece.

Bright Star

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--
No--yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever--or else swoon to death.

(John Keats - Bright Star)

PS: "I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain."

On Settling

“Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.”

(Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City)

Les poupées russes

Xavier : "If I think about all the girls I've known or slept with or just desired, they're like a bunch of Russian dolls. We spend our lives playing the game dying to know who'll be the last, the teeny-tiny one hidden inside all the others. You can't just get to her right away. You have to follow the progression. You have to open them one by one wondering, 'Is she the last one?'"

(Les poupées russes)

What Do You Want?

"So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. And we're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that, because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me? Please? Will you just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now, what's it look like? If it's with that guy, go! Go! I lost you once, I think I could do it again, if I thought it's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out."

(The Notebook)

Writing In The Darkness

"My darling,

I'm waiting for you. How long is an hour in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone and I'm horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings, not writing these words. We die. We die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we've entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we've hidden in - like this wretched cave. I want this all marked on my body. Where the real countries are. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That's what I've wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps. The lamp has gone out and I'm writing in the darkness..."

*The English Patient

The War Of The Sexes (part 06)

'Women need to like the job of the guy they’re with. If they don’t like the job, they don’t like the guy. Men know this, which is why they make up the phony bogus names for the jobs they have. “Alright, I’m the regional manager supervisor of development research consulting.”
Men, on the other hand, if they are physically attracted to a woman, are not that concerned with her job. Men don’t really care. Men will just go: “Really? A slaughterhouse? Is that where you work? You’re just whacking their heads off? That’s great. Listen, why don’t you shower up and we’ll get some burgers and catch a movie.”'

*Seinfeld

The War Of The Sexes (part 05)

"Men can't be friends with women, Howard. They must posses them or leave them be. It's a primitive urge from caveman days. It's all in Darwin. Hunt the flesh. Kill the flesh. Eat the flesh. That's the, ah, male sex all over."

*The Aviator

Call It A Night

'You know, I think that even if you’ve had a relationship with someone, or let’s say, ESPECIALLY if you’ve had a relationship with someone, and you try and become friends afterwards, it’s very difficult. It’s hard because you know each other so well; you know… you know all each other’s tricks. It’s like two magicians trying to entertain each other, and one goes “Look, a rabbit” and the other goes “So?! I believe that’s your card. Look, why don’t we just saw each other in half and call it a night.”'

*Seinfeld

All About Eve

"We all come into this world with our little egos equipped with individual horns. If we don't blow them, who else will?"

(Addison DeWitt, All About Eve)

and also, the "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" line. (by Margo Channing, marvelously played by Bette Davis)

Tonight's Revelation

People are always saying that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... HAS HAPPENED.

Movie Marathon II

What better reason for a new movie marathon than a post break-up therapy? These are the choices:

The Taming Of The Shrew (1967)

Zeffirelli’s rendition of the famous Shakespearian play, with a cast that basically assures the success of the motion picture: the astonishing shrew Elizabeth Taylor meets her equal in Richard Burton. All we have to do is sit back and enjoy the fireworks!

Barefoot In The Park (1967)

Another classic of the American cinematography, it’s the gorgeous adaptation of Neil Simon’s homonymous play, with the young Robert Redford and exhilarant Jane Fonda.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

The perfect soothing balm for a broken heart, the best medicine after a break-up! Nevertheless, one must not forget the beauty of the Tuscan landscape! Diane Lane is a great choice for the divorced middle-aged woman, who has nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Such a pretty story and such a great city! I had to see it once again, because life in NY in the autumn is simply breathtaking. And there’s plenty of chemistry between America’s Sweetheart Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, to assure that one will rest melancholic after watching the movie. And with a crush on New York!

Good Night, Dear Void!

"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void."

(You've Got Mail)

Photo by Radu Micu

Three Favorite Movie Lines

for Cancer

'We all go a little mad sometimes.'
(Psycho)

'Only in the mysterious equations of love can any real logic be found.'
(A Beautiful Mind)

'I see dead people.'
(The Sixth Sense)

... And So It Is

It turned out to be more than a movie. For me, at least. It had some lines that actually spoke to me at a level that no one managed to reach in a while. The same thing happened approximately 2 years ago, while trying to get myself back on track after yet another fucked up relationship. Then, the rescuing boat was called THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. I actually saw the movie with "the one" at that time, and when I started crying at the end of it, he did not realize that it meant something more to me. That movie's idea was: LET GO, MOVE ON. Everyone kept telling me that, but one thing's for sure with me: I don't believe what others tell me. I always do things by my own rules. And if I chose to let go, I let go.
Same thing happened tonight. Went to see INCEPTION. I wasn't expecting the thing that happened, but I had quite a lovely surprise. Same situation, different guy, same message. Too stubborn to see the obvious for myself, but thank God for movies seen at the best timing ever!

Movie Marathon (I)

Been sick as a dog for some days now, so I figured what better reason to have a movie marathon than this one? :)
Here are my movies, with the trailers and reason of choice:

- Far and Away (1992)
Just for Tom Cruises' boxing skills. OK, for his accent, too.
trailer: here


- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Paul Newman. A young Paul Newman, with a drinking problem. Paul Newman. Oh, did I mention PAUL NEWMAN?
trailer: here

- Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
I love musicals. Oh, and the "anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better" :)

- Fight Club (1999)
Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club!

-Los Lunes al Sol (2002)
Great movie. Javier Bardem before being the ultimate Spanish discovery.
trailer: here

- Ondine (2009)
not stating the obvious Colin-Farrell-love reason.

- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
there's no one in this world to say better the word FUCK than Hugh Grant.
trailer: here

- North By Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock is reason enough. And Cary Grant.
trailer: here

- The Joneses (2009)
David Duchovny!
DAVID DUCHOVNY!!
trailer: here

12:38 AM Revelation

I don't need a boyfriend, I need a Greek chorus!

(via The Last Station)

Piece of Mind

'What have I got? Really? Some money in my pocket, some nice threads, and I'm single. Yeah... unattached, free as a bird... I don't depend on nobody and nobody depends on me... MY LIFE'S MY OWN. But I don't have peace of mind.
And if you don't have that, you've got nothing. So... what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself. What's it all about? You know what I mean?'

(Alfie, 2004)

Today's Revelation

"I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them DOES REJOICE. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone... I guess I just miss my friend."

(Shawshank Redemption)



for you, M!

You Can't Always Get What You Want

'And I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of Chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door.'
Or call.
Or text.
Or something.
A simple sign to show you that you're in his thoughts.
Of course, that never happens.
Cry yourself to sleep for several nights, and after that, take a deep breath.
And start breathing normally again.
Face the tears, face the pain.
And take the next small step.