Tan Kahong: A Personal Log

The capture of life, passionate with photography, writing and design. 时空光影,心情交集。

Paprika

Can’t wait to see Satoshi Kon’s latest work Paprika

“Paprika (パプリカ, Papurika) is a Japanese animated science fiction film, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s 1993 novel Paprika, about a female research psychologist involved in a project to develop a device that will permit therapists to help patients by entering their dreams.”

Paprika @ Wikipedia

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

不需要哗众的特技,不需要取宠的三维,只需要朴素的画面,一样可以把科幻故事拍得让人感动。至少我觉得,电影最基本元素就是要和观众共鸣。

电影主要是环绕着一个少女,突然得到不可思议的力量,把生活次序都颠倒以后,带着观众和她一起经历少女内心的变化。这不是一部启发性,或是哲学电影,所以当中是有不能解答的疑问。

还是强烈推荐的一部动画小品。

為甚麼忘了愛你

The Photograph - Penelope Lively著 / 潘勋译

我承认,选择一本书,往往会因为题目,或是封面;书名“为什么 忘了爱你”就翻译得不错,也和故事互应。

人是如何活在他人的心中,而且一直活下去,无论你的生命结束已否?从每个人的回忆,堆砌出凯丝天使般的人物,从主观去认识她。

其实,这书不好读,可能是因为翻译,有些段落太过沉闷;感觉上很拖泥带水。但是,故事的细腻、情节的铺排、人物的描写,都是超棒,才让我比一般有耐性。也许,我会再去阅读原文。

伊莎贝拉

伊沙贝拉导演是彭浩翔。一直都很喜欢导演的买凶拍人,也很早就听说了这部电影。可是至到最近看了这部电影后,才知道是同一个人。虽然影片有浓厚的反差色彩,还好没有沦落为风格式电影,也许该归功于编剧。虽然没什么特别惊喜,可是故事中感情变化,父女关系中的微妙,探测着观众的意识,很多小镜头都很感人,却没有放大强调,点而为止更有感觉。

导演的一些作品都还看不出他的风格,希望不要沦落为风格表面化导演。强力推荐。

ndroo

A passionate photographer with good sense of beauty. He is a friend of mine which we do not meet each other often but every time he surprise me with his new stuff. His work has been featured by FILE Magazine (one of the best photo collection), Digital Camera Magazine, Indulgence magazine, win numerous national award and a lot more then mention here.

You can see his work at his website: ndroo.com