"A Rainy Day in New York" - Woody Allen ****

This movie reminds me of the expression "old hand".
Everything runs so smoothly, works so well.  All gears in place, film runs on a fast pace rhythm.  No accidents, revelations are grave, but nothing more than "just dont talk about it, ok?".  Very blasé experienced people.  Even students, they are all so unfazable.
Only someone who has enough life experience on all levels could make a film like this.
Like what?
First, every character in the movie seem to not have to deal with money problems - they all have enough to not to have to deal about limitations.  So, when that is no longer an issue, what are the things they care about?  Existential problems, love, self love, being in love, getting the girl, or the guy.
I am not a big fan of Woody Allen, but after having seen this movie, makes me want to see his other movies carefully.
Great dialogue, setting, he shows the world thats not so easily seen and displayed in a very knowledgeable way, unlike a lot of movies thats not nearly as convincing.

As for the plot, its about current young rich peoples turmoil and interactions.  A warm New York flick.

The actor, young actor sings well.  He lives in a romantic hazy world, melancholic dreams and really it doesnt matter if he went to college or not, with his powerful family background, we dont need to worry about that for him.  He resolved his mother/son problem - just like most of us common people - after hearing an unapologetic family truth from his mother.  How many people could afford to do that?  (Not many, because most of us may not get out of our tunnels so easily.)

We get a chance to see the lives and woes of the privileged, fame and wealth cushioned people.  Movie goers gets the glamour, the truth in life, everything swift and quick.  There is no profound melancholy, sadness, no, all smooth as butter.  Good sophisticated entertainment.

My world also changed a little bit after watching this movie, now for me, that is already an achievement.

"DreamCatcher 2019", "MobileMusic 10%" 2019, Pixel Cubes

Pixel Cubes by Shuengit Chow 2019

New material, light weight and unlimited size for monumental sculptures. Sculptures do not necessarily have to be huge and heavy, why not do it modularly? Like a human body, made of cells? A seacrab shell is very strong, but after you removed all the flesh, the internal structures are very delicate. 

Not only we should have huge monumental stone, metal works, we now have composite material today, very strong and light weight and unlimited size. How about that?

"DreamCatcher 2019", Lugau, Germany 2019

Entrance to bike trail + exercise park

"DreamCatcher 2019", Lugau, Germany. Aluminum skin + epoxy structure. 

The aluminum cubes comes from everywhere around the world. 

Beauty of the everyday, fixed in permanence. Some cubes come from aluminum skins made 10 years ago. 

The preprinted cubes are also contemporary history of our world, the information on the aluminum skin are also evolving.  Ten years ago there werent any QR codes preprinted on the cans, nor are there invitations to join social clubs for the drinkers.  These details reveal the world that we live in, and show whats available to us and is witness to how we might we be living our everyday lives.  
Graphic design also changes due to style, and current events.  Anime figures, "cyber" characters, and previous illustrations of animals, all mixed on the same platform - our everyday aluminum drink cans from everywhere - through international commerce and tourism travels.  

MobileMusic 10%, Etretat Gardens, Etretat France 2019

"Bitter Flowers", ***half - a warm, docu style movie. Director Olivier Meys,

"Bitter Flowers", ***half - a warm, docu style movie.

Director Olivier Meys,

Actrice: Qi Xi, Wang Xi, Chloe Maayan

Very sensitive and soft, kind to the characters in the film. With very good actrices. Go see?

The film has won best first film award in Belgium. Its an unusual sympathetic film. Because people look down on prostitutes, or they eroticise the profession. The content about prostitutes are usually v sensational. Here, its more about the lives of people going for a better future and when reality does not match to the expectation, what to do? The story revolves around mainly 2 women, with side characters. We see contemporary urban scapes of Dongbei, how people live. Very delicate it shows the men and the women the older folks and the younger children - everything in a succinct form thats recognisable without much distorsion. Docu style. We could easily compare this film to "Belleville Shanghai" a film on similar subject. Both are more than your usual voyeuristic view into China town and the girls on the street.

If we see the film as a personal reaching for better lives goal movie, and if the husband of the Lina character could accept that she also has a right to try for a better life and its also a valid experience. We see in the end, the man, so hurt by his woman being "sold" to Europe, his lost of face, he never never saw once how she had to do all the work - from imagining a better future, daring to take steps, resolve all the accompanying problems, and eventually accepting to reveal and face the reality and to go home - all this takes much more strength than a mere "keeping face" issue. But he is not a bad guy, he loves his wife and he lets her cook noodles with him in the end. :) Everything will be fine. Even though its not easy or pleasant to suffer through all this, in the end, adjustments could be made and from the view of someone outside of the situation (movie goers like us), it is not that bad. Life will be better for this couple.

"Dream Catcher" Lugau Germany 2019 (Pixel cubes with aluminum skins from Vienna, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Paris, US, Canada and Lugau, Germany)

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"Dream Catcher" Lugau Germany 2019 
(Pixel cubes with aluminum skins from Vienna, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Paris, US, Canada and Lugau, Germany)

Photographer: Bernd Franke, 
and some selfies