_?THE TREES GREW EMOTIONS AND DIED*^

When I saw A Single Man one thing that struck me was the amazing score that accompanied it and having seen many of Wong Kar-Wai's films I recognized some tracks were done by composer Shigeru Umebayashi who is a frequent Wong Kar-Wai collaborator. Most of the score consists of music composed by Abel Korzeniowski and at times feels similar to the atmosphere and tone of the score composed by Clint Mansell for Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain. I added the soundtrack to my playlist but only yesterday started to listen to it just in time 'cause summer has officially begun bringing in the hot hot weather and what better way to enjoy it with this incredible soundtrack to accompany me on bike rides and my weekly minutes spend in trains!

This song is of the killing kind, so incredibly beautiful and powerful. In my mind I can imagine a million film scenes for which this piece of music would be perfect!



Here's the track as it appears in the film. If you haven't seen the film yet I suggest you go and watch it first. It's sublime one of the best films released last year. My response to it was similar to that of Xavier Dolan's J'ai Tué Ma Mère



There's also this band called Cold Cave that got me a little bit obsessed



The other day I was bored to death and decided to play around with my webcam


Sad face :P




A lock of hair covering half of my face. It kind of has become my trademark over the years, I keep doing it




There's always some acting silly involved



Getting my Xavier Dolan on :P





When I take webcam pictures I end up looking just the way when I look at myself in the mirror, but when I take pictures of myself with my camera I always end up looking less pretty :((( Except when I take pictures of myself being reflected in the mirror. So either my camera or the mirror lies...

I've been spending waaaaaaaaaay too much time on the internet collecting images from all these different kind of Tumblrs most of which start with 'fuck yeah'
Here are some picked by me to put you in a summer mood, a dark themed one of course! :P

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Fashion week has moved from Milan to Paris and Yves Saint Laurent has been doing rather well






Via COÛTE QUE COÛTE

Here's a recording of the show


Via ErichBen

That's all for today ;)

|}THE WRESTLER TAKES THE GOLD>^

Just recently I watched Darren Aronofsky's Requiem For A Dream again, making me realize once more how much I love the film and the guy. Though his follow-up The Fountain was considered by many as being flawed, I love it and it's one of my favourite films. Aronofsky always provides something interesting and I love his cutting and his mixing of images creating this effect of chaos such as with the opening credits of Pi. His latest effort is said to be his most easily accessible film yet, causing a lot of criticism in fans who want to see another Aronofsky in the same line as his previous films. Some people called him a sell out and point out that this is what happens when your last film isn't as succesful as studios hoped it would be. Some are afraid Aronofsky is no longer able to really be as creative as he wants to be having now to please the studios in order to gain back the studios' trust, showing that indeed he can still make a good film after The Fountain which some found to be a disaster. But now The Wrestler turns out to have won the golden lion at the Venice Film Festival, taking top honours, which is a big thing! Mickey Rourke who stars as the film's main protagonist already received raves for his performance, but the film winning the lion shows that the film itself is apparently really good as well. So I'm now very exited about seeing it and to see where this film will take Aronofsky. The music is still by Clint Mansell who's music for The Fountain is beautiful. Hopefully Aronofsky wins back the studio's trust and soon is able to really do a project the way he really wants again and is most passionate about.