I saw the movie “In the mood for love” by Hong Kong based director, Wong Kar Wai some days ago. It left quite an impression on me. I have seen a couple of movies by the director. I like the way he uses music in his films. I also like the way he plays with colour and the way he builds the characters in his movies. I think I like “In the mood for love” the best among his work. This movie has received a lot of international acclaim and awards. What I specifically liked in the movie was the way he showed the 2 protagonists. The background score. The lovely heroine in her very beautiful and stunning cheogsams (1970 style dresses). I am not a big fan of skinny, thin women, but Maggie is so beautiful and ethereal. Her long swan like neck and the silhouette she makes has to be seen to be believed. I hope the You tube link works. If not then, do go and watch some clips of the movie in You tube.I know, many of you might find that the pace of the movie too slow. But all in all, I loved the mood the director has created.
I was wondering if I should put a disclaimer saying that the title of this post is about the movie and not about the way I am feeling J. That brings me to the question, what mood am I in? I have gone through myriad different moods over the past few weeks. It has taken me a long time to finally get myself to write something. Renu dear, I am definitely not going the Frozy way. Frozen sun is apparently neck deep in work and hardly has the time to breathe. I have had some intermittent bouts of “busy- ness”, but nothing alarming. There were some unexpected heavy showers in Mumbai today. Maybe that is what got me in the mood to write this post. The weather had become unbearably hot and sunny and I was bracing myself for the ‘October heat’. That is when it started pouring. I loved the way the rain looked from the glass window at office. Nice! Very nice!
October has been a good month, so far. Lots and lots of public holidays. Last week we had 2 day’s holiday and tomorrow, we are getting a holiday for Dussehra. I wish you all a Happy Dussehra. The thing is that I was looking for a nice short vacation this time of the year. I was thinking of a 5 day vacation. I did try and make plans, but sadly nothing panned out. I so wanted to get away from Mumbai at least for a couple of days. I could have gone to some place touristy, but I didn’t for want of company. Isn’t it ironic? When I was still in good terms with my husband, I used to say that I will go vacation on my own, in jest. And now, when I really can go and have a vacation on my own, without having to bother about calendars matching etc etc, I wish that I had company.
Maybe it is the way we humans are wired. We look before and after and pine for what is not. It was not so bad being in Mumbai. I did go for a concert by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. It was a good experience. It was great to listen to them perform their hits from over 10 years in Bollywood. It’s a pity that there were no good movies to watch in theatres. “Drona” and “Kidnap” both didn’t live up to expectations. I gave them both a miss. I have been watching some movies at home, instead. Maybe I ought to find new options for entertaining myself. More concerts maybe. Plays, theatre, community service.
And about getting in the mood for love, I still think I am very jaded and cynical. So, no love for me anywhere, anytime soon.
I was wondering if I should put a disclaimer saying that the title of this post is about the movie and not about the way I am feeling J. That brings me to the question, what mood am I in? I have gone through myriad different moods over the past few weeks. It has taken me a long time to finally get myself to write something. Renu dear, I am definitely not going the Frozy way. Frozen sun is apparently neck deep in work and hardly has the time to breathe. I have had some intermittent bouts of “busy- ness”, but nothing alarming. There were some unexpected heavy showers in Mumbai today. Maybe that is what got me in the mood to write this post. The weather had become unbearably hot and sunny and I was bracing myself for the ‘October heat’. That is when it started pouring. I loved the way the rain looked from the glass window at office. Nice! Very nice!
October has been a good month, so far. Lots and lots of public holidays. Last week we had 2 day’s holiday and tomorrow, we are getting a holiday for Dussehra. I wish you all a Happy Dussehra. The thing is that I was looking for a nice short vacation this time of the year. I was thinking of a 5 day vacation. I did try and make plans, but sadly nothing panned out. I so wanted to get away from Mumbai at least for a couple of days. I could have gone to some place touristy, but I didn’t for want of company. Isn’t it ironic? When I was still in good terms with my husband, I used to say that I will go vacation on my own, in jest. And now, when I really can go and have a vacation on my own, without having to bother about calendars matching etc etc, I wish that I had company.
Maybe it is the way we humans are wired. We look before and after and pine for what is not. It was not so bad being in Mumbai. I did go for a concert by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. It was a good experience. It was great to listen to them perform their hits from over 10 years in Bollywood. It’s a pity that there were no good movies to watch in theatres. “Drona” and “Kidnap” both didn’t live up to expectations. I gave them both a miss. I have been watching some movies at home, instead. Maybe I ought to find new options for entertaining myself. More concerts maybe. Plays, theatre, community service.
And about getting in the mood for love, I still think I am very jaded and cynical. So, no love for me anywhere, anytime soon.
1 comment:
nice cleavage! very visble in that black dress!
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