I’m currently in limbo, finishing off my dissertation. I broke my finger which warranted me getting an extension for two weeks. So now I have a week and half left, and people are disappearing from York whilst I sit in my room reading about concentration camps and ‘The Red Shoes’. This is made much easier by the fact I actually really like my topic. However, all the books I need to dip into at the last second have been taken from the library and I’m drinking far too much tea. All I know is that this is going to a long week and a bit. But come the 4th of October I’ll be blogging and writing again.
I watched Pina [Wim Wenders, 2011] yesterday, and it was stunningly beautiful. I wish it would have shown a whole dance, and I kept wanting to see the faces of the audience. The dvd extras interview with Wim Wenders had such awful sound I wondered why they’d bothered putting it on. You could barely understand what Wenders was saying amongst the babble in the background.
I also saw Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. It was very good, the acting was incredible and I loved the sound design. The framing was gorgeous, the only thing was that the focus pulling felt a little arduous at times. However, I loved that he didn’t patronize the audience into spelling everything out too simply. I felt confused at points, but this was part of the confusion of the film.
Recently I have started finding blogs to follow regularly. Here are three that I really enjoy dipping into:
Ultra Culture | The UK’s Greatest Movie Blog! (Check their own movie links out to find an incredible gallery of online movie gifs. Who knew they could look so stunning? Also ‘The Art of the Title’ is fascinating too.)
A Piece of Monologue: Literature, Philosophy, Criticism (Good links to lots of things about literature)
Studio Lauren (My friend’s blog in which she makes things and takes hilarious and cute pictures/videos of her daughter, Ivy)
I finally use my twitter account a lot more: if you want to find me I am @missknee.
See you on the otherside.
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