Make a whole new religion

18 Grams of Love
Han Yew Kwang | Singapore | 2007 | 85 mins | PG

I thought this film is going to suck.
But it turned out to be the best.
Very delightful.
Too bad only maybe about a hundred people got to see this good film last night.
Look out for this show in the future. They are trying to push it for a wider distribution.
Finally. A ray of light (for me) for local film industry :)

Amina
Khadija Al-Salami | Yemen | 2007 | 75 mins | PG

I've always depended on SIFF to watch documentaries about things that are going on in other parts of the world.
This is a nice film that informs.
And of course, we have to remember that the film maker (Khadija Al-Salami) made that film in Yemen. That will mean that she risked much of her well being while making this film.

I’m Not There
Todd Haynes | USA | 2007 | 135 mins | M18

If you ask me.
All these years of learning about films.
All the time of trying to find out what film means to me.
I realised that making a film should never be solely a self indulgence project.
This is why I didn't like the film.
Cate Blanchett wasn't that great too.

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The story is about two magicians who spends their whole life trying to prove that one is the better of the other.
And of course, each pays his own price in the end.


To me, the essence of the movie is when Robert Angier (played by Hugh Jackman) was showing his 'magic' - a real machine that can duplicate any element and form, to a prospective investor who is also a great magician, all the amazed man said was, "Add something to the act. Give the audience something to suspect about."

Isn't it true that sometimes the truth is not enough?
People want fanciful things.
If magic cannot look like it is something that is merely a trick, people will not buy it.

And I must know this well because people often ask me to be honest.
But I have to be tactful.


People are adorable.
Truth and nothing but the truth.


The Prestige's official movie site.

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