Crash (1996) dir. David Cronenberg
Every family has a myth for the young to inherit – an undocumented fable passed between mouths, a grave illness to be contracted – as if the very words were a blight to infect the youth with and let them know they’re now welcome to the fold. After all, what exactly is a family, if not a brotherhood and sisterhood afflicted with the same terminal disease?
Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.
urban melancholy
rob adams / jules de balincourt / frank brunner / sydney smith
in the mood for love (2000), dir. wong kar wai
hearing a song you really like on the radio just hits different than streaming it. same with catching a movie you really like on cable just as it’s starting. streaming services will never be able to capture this very specific kind of simple joy
im gonna miss him for the rest of my life
a prayer
Les Félins (René Clément), Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar Wai), Malcolm T. Liepke, Gustav Vigeland (Eros and Psyche), Stephan Sinding (Adoration), Soul Eom (kiss, hug and die)