By the way I hated the movie “Nine” what a waste of Daniel Day Lewis.
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photo: Victor Demarchellier for shala.thepop.com, turban and gloves vintage, blouse: miu miu, skirt: prada
I mean the movie “Nine”.
So far all the reviews I’ve read this morning, top of my list is the New York Post. Words like “tacky”, “clumsy” and “mediocre” were in that review. I won’t repeat what the NY Times had to say.
My main interest is Daniel Day Lewis, so I will still see it.
Otherwise I always wondered why anyone would want to touch a film that was already perfect.
Nine is based on Fellini’s master piece 81/2. If you haven’t seen it, its really a deep surrealist intropection on the director’s psyche, but done in the most stylish way.
It is such a work of art that one can take any still or scene and it would still be captivating…
But I love all the actors so I will take a look anyway, in spite of what the critics say.
photo: Victor Demarchellier for shala.thepop.com, dress and shoes: miu miu, gloves: George Rech
I saw ”Men who stare at goats” this weekend. It stars George Clooney, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges.
About the movie: I just don’t understand… except it reminded me of Jimi Hendrix’s “Rainbow Bridge”.
If you’re curious, that way inclined or have a lot of time on your hands, take a look at these two movies and report back to me. I’d love to discuss it.
I'm still staring at the goat... this one's actually a sheep, but in the spirit of the movie...everythings hazy you know what i'm getting at?
A line from a song by Boubaka Traore/ Karkar. It’s from the film Je Chanterai Pour Toi by Jaques Sarasin, presented by Jonathan Demme.
A still of KarKar from the movie, "I sing for you"
“We don’t fall in love by accident” Karkar
“Immigrant even if you come from a great family, the people around here know nothing of your fame and fortune.” Karkar
I saw this film on Time Warner Cable, OnDemand. Try it out if you have any interest.
I’m getting a racing heart as the countdown to Francesco Vezzoli’s Ballet begins. Take a look here
LA is kinda pretty.
So many different kinds of trees, with with so much character.
Weeping willows and reaching cyresses.
Ancient palms and lazy pines.
I don’t mind LA so much.
For some reason I keep thinking of the movie CHINA TOWN.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
I’m in LA and I’m in a seventies mood.
Boogie woogie SHAFT.
Boogie Woogie, Car Wash…
Waiting in traffic in L.A I pass my time away taking photographs...
I arrived in New York after 15 hours of flying and basically went straight to the Boom Boom room for Valentino’s DVD release party. All I have to report back is Genevieve Jones’ feet. I love that she does this often, reminds me of Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz”.
There’s no place like home…
Genevieve Jones, Dorothy, Holly Golightly...
For a moment I had a slight worry that I was becoming a budding alchoholic.
Doha has erased that fear as I have been here for 5 nights and have not had a single glass of wine.
Ok I’ll admit I did have a couple of cocktails with a bunch of the film festival organizers, at the W Doha, but that doesn’t really count.
In New York, I have at least one cocktail a night, at least.
I can actually hold my own with the boys but here, I’ve been having fresh fruit juices like I’ve never had, and I’m from the Caribbean; land of fruit.
For dinner tonight, mint tea, lamb tanjine and morrocan salad.
I did also begin my day with a swim.
No breakfast and didn’t have lunch, or a glass of rose, but didn’t have lunch till four and hadn’t even realized I’d missed lunch.
My point must be that the culture here doesn’t require much consumption (I suppose I didn’t need to go to the Amazon after all).
I did go to the super market (big mistake) Walmart K-mart and Target has nothing on the Doha Carrefour.
I must have bought every tea and spice under the sun.
Oh and bars of soap, they smell like i’d leave a trail of desire behind me.
And why after that did I feel the need to go to a souk? You’d think I’d learnt from Marrakech.
That must mean no India for me!!!
At least there’s no shopping after rose here. (a la St.Tropez)
Voilà I’m not an alcholic.
night scene, Doha Qatar
palm tree, Doha Qatar
The Mummy al-momia
Just a few stills from this movie made in Egypt in 1969 by the director Shadi Abdel Salam. It was restored in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna/ L’lmmagine Ritrovata Laboratory with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture from the original sound and camera negative preserved by the Egyptian Film Centre.
The movie was screened outside beneath the vast Doha sky.
Audience
still from al-momia
