My Blueberry NIGHTS

A friend of mine, a relatively new friend, insisted that i start blogging. Only i knew it was a difficult task for me if not impossible. His faith in me or my so-called talents boggles me. So for every little drops of faith that he shows in me. ..i take this effort to start blogging, again. Its not that I dont write. I do, just that it remains in my journal. I am more of a diary person. So here goes...

They say , wannabe filmmakers should watch films everyday. I have friends who watch upto 5 films a day. I cant ! I watch one film and then I spend the rest of the day mulling over it. My good friend, suggested I should Review films as I have a unique perspective on everything I watch or come across. thanks buddy. I am in the process of completing several of my incomplete writing projects. (these, short film ideas and stories that I had started long long back , were starting to gather dust so I thought I should finish them) So as an exercise to educate and enlighten myself further on FILMS , i've decided to watch as many films as I can, atleast One a day.

Today I watched "My Blueberry Nights" by Wong Kar Wai. (these are films I bought long back but hadn't watched..especially because you need patience to watch them & I had sort of forgotten how to be patient due to addictive TV watching where you flip through channels the moment you begin to get distracted or bored.) This isn't a review but my experience of watching it.

I have to admit, it was hard to stay put but stay put i did and then i started enjoying i did as i knew i would. This film had "Wong Kar Wai" written all over it, right from the first frame.

People dont expect anything else from Wong but his own personal style that he is known for. The colors , the frames, the emotions, the unsaid feelings.

I loved all the characters in it..the cafe, the bar.. There wasn't anything new it. Nothing you haven't seen already. Its about people falling in and out of love...some getting betrayed ..some feeling betrayed...some failing to see life beyond their love...Its all about love...

So in a way you relate to it..because you never know why people do the things they do when they are in love ! but Wong kar wai sure does know how to melt your hearts..

Oops..suddenly i have got nothing to say about the film. I am stumped. May be only this much for now as I am just starting out..will spread my wings in days to come hopefully.

Hope I didn't bore you Arun..since you are the only one who will read this blog! ;P