Today I watched two things:
Today I watched two things:
Zhang Yimou's Hero which was shot by Christopher Doyle, the genius behind Wong Kar Wai's stuff. Goooorrrgggeeeeoooouuuussssss film. Kind of an odd tension between what I assume was Zhang Yimou's traditional tendencies and Doyle's more crazy side. Lots of gorgeous people in it too, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung, good stuff. Not the greatest film ever, but pretty good and had great cinematography and some fun sword play.
The other things was I finished Angels in America on HBO, the second half aired today. I really liked the source material and I think Tony Kushner's original text and the play in actual play form are probably better. I liked the characters and the story but the actual filmmaking bothered me at many moments. Distracting camera movements, special effects, unnecessary "cool" shots, stuff that distracted from what it was all about: the people. Overall though I thought it was really good. Directed by Mike Nichols incase you're curious... the brains behind The Graduate.
What else. Nothing. Oh wait, actually more stuff.
In the past couple days I've also watched Blue Velvet, Taxi Driver, and Mean Streets. All awesome films.
The End.
