lunes, 28 de abril de 2014

Miseryland, not with the "t".


Well, is not that hard to remember this party.

It took place in Picarquin, San Francisco de Mostazal in a festival called "Mysteryland".

It was december of 2011 and with a couple of friends we went there. We bought the tickets with months of anticipation. We wanted all perfect.
 It was the first time that this festival took place in Chile (it is from Holand) and we were so excited, because it was like a camping party in the middle of nowhere for three days. The most incredible part was that  the alcohol was allowed  to be brought by the public.

But that’s not the reason I remember this party. It was supposed to be an amazing weekend with my friends, but it turned into a mess. 
My closest friend had a fight with her girlfriend, which is also friend of mine. One thing took to another, and we were all angry. 
The music, the people, the atmosphere surrounding us was so good. But we were just not in the same frequencies. 
We spent a lot of money to enjoy this trip, and we leave things behind so we all could go there with no problems. And just with this fight between them all went to hell.

Now that I see this with perspective, I feel the same. That’s a shame. 



lunes, 21 de abril de 2014

Holy Motors; a strange movie but a good one.


I think "Holy Motors" is one the strangest movies I have ever seen on a screenplay. It was directed and written by a French filmmaker known as Leos Carax (not his truly name). And I think the movie represents all that Carax is capable of. That is, his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love taken to a whole new level.

The movie tells the story of Mr. Oscar, a man trapped in his own representation. We follow him in his limousine with Celine -the driver- while he plays different roles in the city (not any city, it is Paris). From dawn to dusk we are spectators how he journeys from one life to another. Mr. Oscar it is at the same time an assassin, a beggar, a family man, a sexual machine, etc. He attends to his appointments but there are no cameras, there are no stages or back stages. We don´t really know the intention behind all this performances.

Mr. Oscar is interpreted by Denis Lavant, and his partner Celine is played by Édith Scob, also at the end a famous singer and actress appears, I think you know her very well, she is Kylie Minogue.


So, if you are looking a different movie. I think I have the best option for you. It hasn't arrived to the national screens, and probably it never will. But there are a lot of torrents that has it in a big resolution. So go straight to your laptop and download it.