10/07/2011

Drive - by Nicolas Winding Rfn


In Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a stunt driver by day and get-away driver by night set in downtown L.A. The movie is adapted from the 2005 book by James Salli
. There’s a nostalgic vibe to this film, as it pays homage to the genre of car films, yet never quite pin-points the decade in which it’s set. It's both an unpredictable and exciting outing for action fans, but all the same well-observed and gritty, which will no doubt appeal to indie viewers. So a lot of people love it! And the musical score is hip and awesome... I give it 3 stars !

Plaid !

“Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy.”Albert Einstein

8 Million Stories

One thing I love doing when I have some free time in the City is to sit down in a Starbucks and watch people in the street...

Yes, I am a stalker.

But seriously, have you ever thought of what other people were doing or thinking at this exact moment. Those 8,175,133 New Yorkers. Is there something comforting about looking around and imagining the lives of the people around us? I think so.

I wonder where this girl walking in this tiny shirt and tight leather leggings on a cold October morning is rushing to. Where can she probably work?
And that guy! His suit is way too big! Unless he doesn't have any hands? I doubt it.
That family must be French. French tourists. I'm telling you.

... So you see? Why is it so enjoyable?
NYC is such a fascinating city. We are surrounded by so many people. But in the other hand, it seems so difficult to meet people and establish some kind of solid relationships.

Sometimes I hope that I will get a chance to learn the stories of the tiny guy, the French family... etc; the stories behind those passing encounters.