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Tag Archives: #film
Thwarted II
I hate having my errand thwarted. I arrived at the garment market only to find that it was still closed for Chinese New Year. Oh, well, I’ll go buy shoes instead. I arrived at the New Balance store to be told … Continue reading
Mummies
The “Mortals of Last Millennium” exhibit — aside from having been named by H.P. Lovecraft, apparently — was devoted to mummies. It was creepy. My first walk through the exhibit, I refrained from taking any pictures because I thought it … Continue reading
Ethnic
Braved the falling snow to visit the Xinjiang Museum. Started with the “Memory of the History of the Western Regions” exhibit. But the guard — I’ve never seen so many guards at a museum! every room! — shooed me away from what … Continue reading
Crush
Between Shanghai & Xi’an and Xi’an & Ürümqi, I ended up watching a cheesy Chinese movie called Time Raiders. Twice. Without headphones. I fear I’ve fallen in love with Sichun Ma.
Friends
I always love seeing movies at the IAPM mall here in Shanghai. Before the movie starts, there is this CG short with cute little characters singing along to a song about shutting the fuck up and watching the movie. 朋友们， … Continue reading
Hollywood
As per usual, the first day I arrive in any country outside China, I go see an American movie. I finally had a chance to see La La Land. To be honest, I feel guilty I didn’t love it as … Continue reading
Jest
And but so it wasn’t entirely unselfconsciously that I took my second daily dose of bupropion1 just before I finished reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, with its ending less like an exit through the gift shop and more like finding oneself at … Continue reading
Biblioteca II
The Baths of Diocletian were the biggest in Rome. Even bigger than the Baths of Caracalla. So big that it boasted two libraries (among many other amusements.) In additon to parts of the structure being incorporated into the Santa Maria degli … Continue reading
Ininterrotto
The Pantheon is amazingly well-preserved compared to the other ancient ruins in Rome. (For many of the ancient sites, I hear Indiana Jones’ voice in my head muttering “the general poor condition of the find.”) The secret of its preservation … Continue reading
Bocca
The famous Bocca della Verità as immortalized in Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. (Or Only You with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. If you’re a philistine.) Putting my hand in the mouth, all I could think … Continue reading
Arena
This is the Colosseum. World famous, of course, for being the location where Bruce Lee defeated Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon. Construction was begun under Vespasian in 72 C.E. and completed in 80 C.E. under his heir, … Continue reading
Colonna
Ancient Romans liked victory columns even more than they liked Egyptian obelisks. This one is the Column of Marcus Aurelius to commemorate the Macromannic Wars along the Danube at the northeastern European border of the Roman Empire. It was during this campaign … Continue reading
Melodrammatico
You simply don’t know passion until you’ve watched Titanic dubbed in Italian.
Stellari
An hour after getting out of the airport, I was checked in to my hotel. An hour after that, I was watching Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. (It seems to have become something of an annual tradition to leave … Continue reading