caelista ([info]caelista) wrote,
@ 2007-10-23 18:43:00
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Two More Movies
Pillow Book - Set in Japan and Hong Kong, this is an unusual and sensual movie. I'm interested in collage so I enjoyed seeing the way the director incorporated smaller frames into the main one, showing action at various points in the story simultaneously. It's a bit slow-moving but it's beautiful. Plus, Ewan McGregor and Vivian Wu spend a lot of time naked. And I mean totally nude.

Shopgirl - Technically this isn't a movie about art, it's just something I'd been wanting to see. Turns out Claire Danes' character is an artist, so that all worked out. The movie was a bit flat for me. That might have been because I watched it while I was sick. It just never seemed to take off.

I think I've watched all the artsy ones. I'm still trying to decide whether to finish Morvern Callar. I figure it has to get interesting at some point...right? I'm still having fun with this theme so I may look into more movies about artists and writers. A couple of people, including [info]junquegrrl, suggested Camille Claudel.

(Edited because the movie was Pillow Book, not Pillow Talk.)



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[info]sonnetofthemoon
2007-10-24 01:57 pm UTC (link)
Do you mean The Pillow Book? I put it on my Netlfix queue (along with Pillow Talk which looks like a fun and quirky 1950's movie). I'm not a perv or anything but the addition of one naked Ewan McGregor to an already beautiful movie is something I have to see.

Also, I want to see Shopgirl because I love Jason Schwartzman. Even if the movie was flat, how was he?

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[info]caelista
2007-10-24 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Oops, the Pillow Book is exactly what I mean. I got it confused with Pillow Talk a bunch of times before I watched it, so I guess that mixup is stuck in my brain now.

Ewan was looking quite good, I must say.

Schwartzman was cute and quirky in Shopgirl, much more of a character than Steve Martin.

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