I like a lot of films, it's always been a really big part of my life. Ever since I can remember I've been into films; going to the movie theatre was a big part of my childhood and continues to be. There are those films that take me to places in my life that I can't revisit otherwise, and those films that continue to make me think. But there are those few that I come back to and think about. Most of it comes from the combination of images and sounds, how what I'm seeing is linked to what I'm hearing. And that's why some of my favourite films also have my favourite soundtracks.

In my final year of university I saw 'Code 46', which is still one of my favourite films. It wasn't that the film was amazing; it has an alright plot and some plodding dialogue. But it was the combination of the sound and the image, how The Free Association added in these sounds that matched the feeling of the image. Emotion is something that I feel plays on both of these senses, sight and sound, that when it hits right it leaves an indelible impression.

There's another scene in the film where Samantha Morton's character is dancing with Tim Robbins' character and the song, 'Song #6' by Freak Power, comes in and you just feel it. You feel what they are feeling and understand how this relationship between the two works. It just stuck with me. I think of that scene often, not really sure why. I think it's just the connexion between them, the mutual attraction and that they are somehow, inexplicably linked. Fate? I don't know. I don't believe in fate but it's a nice thought.

... posted at 9:21 p.m. by gleefully gloomy. ...

back from an extended hiatus

Reading:
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
Copenhagen
Time Out City Guides

Seeing:
Juno
Jason Reitman
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson