Doggie Love
Hello to another week ahead. Waves of goodbye to last week.
There is one thing that I need to do this week in which I have been procrastinating and as I stand at the crossroad between not doing it and finally getting it over and done with, I have one thing to say…
“Amores Perros...”
Amores Perros (AP) directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is a Mexican film that was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2001. Was reminded about it when a random discussion of the Best Picture winner this year (Crash) sprung up at work. Was rooting for Brokeback Mountain though. I admit it's a bious choice because of obvious reasons why, namely Mr Ang Lee. As I was saying, I thought of AP because it coincidentally runs on a similar theme with Crash. I forgot the title and in an attempt to, my inner CPU only managed to recall two things about it.
1. There were lots of dogs in it (Yes, woof, woof! Doggie year it is)
2. There was a horrific car accident and a model was paralysed
Some of us swear by Google but I have been Yahoo-fied since the beginning. I remember my first ever search was for Mariah Carey thanks to my uncle who opened up the envelope to the world of cyberspace for me. Gosh, how the woman has morphed.
I digressed.
What similar plot?
Everyone’s life is interwoven. At each intersection, the characters are faced with a choice and a decision, which will bring about the domino effect, affecting the lives of others that do/do not have a connection with them. For AP, the central force of this film is ultimately, Love. Love fuels, love drives all actions and emotions. I can't say for Crash but I reckon it is along the same line from the synopsis I have read. However, there is a racist touch to it with people from different racial and economical backgrounds colliding.
Sigh, love…can’t live with it…can’t live without it.
As Ashley sings, L-O, L-O, L-O, L-O-V-E…(Love this song! Its catchy and upbeat rhythm just makes me sing along everytime. I'm even thinking of saving it as one of my ringtones. Ha!)
I digressed again.
This fresh from my memory... another film to add to the list with an intertwining touch is also from the same director as AP - 21 Grams starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn which was also nominated for an Oscar but for Best Picture.
There are times when we’ve got to do what we've got to do…
What is so true about these films is the real life, daily struggles impersonation is portrays. When we watch a film, we are merely spectators witnessing the stories of onscreen lives unfold to the finale. Sometimes however, a particular situation may be of one that we are experiencing and our emotions are heightened because we feel what the character feels. The end might leave us feeling worse, more encumbered but perhaps it could be the positive awakening of a realization. Making us braver to confront what we have been too cowardly to do or assist us in making a decision which we have been torturing, tormenting, tearing ourselves apart with.
Catch these films if you can but bear in mind that love is not depicted like sweet strawberry shortcake in AP and 21 Grams but an idealized bitter pill that leads to misery, brutality, resentment, coldness and pain. Shall grab the DVD for Crash soon to see if it is true to my predictions.
Life is simple, we make it complicated.
Life is simple, Love makes it complicated.
There is one thing that I need to do this week in which I have been procrastinating and as I stand at the crossroad between not doing it and finally getting it over and done with, I have one thing to say…
“Amores Perros...”
Amores Perros (AP) directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is a Mexican film that was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2001. Was reminded about it when a random discussion of the Best Picture winner this year (Crash) sprung up at work. Was rooting for Brokeback Mountain though. I admit it's a bious choice because of obvious reasons why, namely Mr Ang Lee. As I was saying, I thought of AP because it coincidentally runs on a similar theme with Crash. I forgot the title and in an attempt to, my inner CPU only managed to recall two things about it.
1. There were lots of dogs in it (Yes, woof, woof! Doggie year it is)
2. There was a horrific car accident and a model was paralysed
Some of us swear by Google but I have been Yahoo-fied since the beginning. I remember my first ever search was for Mariah Carey thanks to my uncle who opened up the envelope to the world of cyberspace for me. Gosh, how the woman has morphed.
I digressed.
What similar plot?
Everyone’s life is interwoven. At each intersection, the characters are faced with a choice and a decision, which will bring about the domino effect, affecting the lives of others that do/do not have a connection with them. For AP, the central force of this film is ultimately, Love. Love fuels, love drives all actions and emotions. I can't say for Crash but I reckon it is along the same line from the synopsis I have read. However, there is a racist touch to it with people from different racial and economical backgrounds colliding.
Sigh, love…can’t live with it…can’t live without it.
As Ashley sings, L-O, L-O, L-O, L-O-V-E…(Love this song! Its catchy and upbeat rhythm just makes me sing along everytime. I'm even thinking of saving it as one of my ringtones. Ha!)
I digressed again.
This fresh from my memory... another film to add to the list with an intertwining touch is also from the same director as AP - 21 Grams starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn which was also nominated for an Oscar but for Best Picture.
There are times when we’ve got to do what we've got to do…
What is so true about these films is the real life, daily struggles impersonation is portrays. When we watch a film, we are merely spectators witnessing the stories of onscreen lives unfold to the finale. Sometimes however, a particular situation may be of one that we are experiencing and our emotions are heightened because we feel what the character feels. The end might leave us feeling worse, more encumbered but perhaps it could be the positive awakening of a realization. Making us braver to confront what we have been too cowardly to do or assist us in making a decision which we have been torturing, tormenting, tearing ourselves apart with.
Catch these films if you can but bear in mind that love is not depicted like sweet strawberry shortcake in AP and 21 Grams but an idealized bitter pill that leads to misery, brutality, resentment, coldness and pain. Shall grab the DVD for Crash soon to see if it is true to my predictions.
Life is simple, we make it complicated.
Life is simple, Love makes it complicated.
Amores Perros...Love's a Bitch.
posted by Perfectly Flawed® at 7:06 pm
2 Comments:
I have Crash :P
Brilliant movie.
...and I have your Apricot Nougats waiting for you to bite into :)
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