26 February, 2007

at Seoul Art Cinema

Yesterday, of course on sunday I went to Seoul Art Cinema, which is one of the movie theaters operated by 'The Korean Association of Cinematheque'.
And I'm a supporter of it.
I think SAC lags behind other nations.
Nowadays SAC has started the movement, "Making a own theater".
One was that SAC held '2nd festival of La Amis de la cinematheque'(means Friends of cinematheque) last month.
Many famous and populat directors in korea participated in it and seminars as panels.
I went there, of course, and watched some of art films.

Anyway Britsh Free Cinema was opening there yesterday.
I selected a movie, "A Kind of Love" by John Schelsinger. It was the first movie of him.
It was interesting somewhat, however I dozed. :P



The day before yesterday I watched "Babel" alone.
It was a really difficult movie of others I saw lately.
Its like an omnibus movie made by one director. Each episode is linked with a trivial relationship of characters. and people in episodes failed to communicate with each other.
From it tragic events happen. Characters lay in that situation, and they should choice under the imminent case.
Some of behaviors were sometime wrong. For example, Chieko has drugs and undresses herself as an expression of loneliness. There is no need to say that is wrong. And she would think so.
I think that is the babel, the confusion.

The director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, of Babel is so great in editing.
Furthermore he knows the way to express a situation between the best moment and the worst.
After Susan had a pee, Richard and she kissed. I love that sceane. Anyone can't imagine the expression in their situation.

Desipite of them, Babel is difficult to understand.
Because I don't know his life in Mexico and the United States, I can't figure out why in Morroco, Japan.
Today Academy award was held. Babel won only Best Music(score).
Actually I miss Clint Eastwood didn't won!
By the way if I have more time I'd like watch Babel again.

This picture is inside the movie theater, MegaBox, where I watched Babel.

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