Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Lovely, lovely, lovely!


Don't you think that he's lovely???
This clip is from "500 days of summer", a super-cute movie starring Joseph Gordon-Lewitt and Zooey Deschanel, a tale of love and life which is going to surprise you. I loved it! I watched it a few days ago and its freshness and power and its beautiful soundtrack made me smile scene by scene. Joseph is really nice and a good actor, I envy her!
This is my favourite scene, guess why! :) Kind of a musical scene: Tom has completely fallen in love with Sole (Deschanel) and he just walked out the door walking on sunshine and the world is suddenly bright: every person he meets shakes his hand and smiles at him, everything is so perfect, it's a brand new day since love has come into his life. :)
Simply wonderful! Enjoy it!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Roaring 20s


I can't wait to see "Burlesque" with Christina Aguilera (who's got a beautiful voice, plus a fantastic haircut!!) and Cher, I'm curious about the plot and how Christina will act, I don't remember having seen her in any film yet, I think it's her first. Recently I've been more and more amazed by rétro style, by the 20s actually, I love those dresses, the music (Bessie Smith in particular) and the power of beauty and magnetism actresses of that time had. It all started when I saw "The Great Gatsby" with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, a sad, sad story, I loved their costumes and the atmosphere...

...then I saw "Chicago", the movie version of the famous Broadway musical, with a splendid Catherine Zeta-Jones and a surprisingly good Renée Zellweger (her number "Roxie Hart" is unforgettable); finally, the 20s scene set in New Work in True Blood, when Bill is singing at the piano and Lorena is chatting with the house's owners (I'll post it below).
I think I'd love to go back to the "Roaring 20s" to see how life was - even if with the Prohibition and all it must have been an uneasy and contradictory period both for the lower and the upper classes. I don't know, maybe this could be one of my next investigation.:)
I'm so ignorant about many things... I've never loved History, but now I'm realizing that knowing the past is vital. Not just because it's important to know how things were, but it could help if I wanted to write novels or drawing costumes or make a movie which is set in the past. So, again: I need to study! and find out all that is possible to know!