Some things (Brick, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, playlist)

"I believe in human beings absolutely. Sometimes I'm just a little disturbed by how we rule the world." -Marion Cotillard

I adore this quote... She's so intelligent and gorgeous. I've got to watch La Vie En Rose.

(Okay SPOILER ALERT ahead)

So I just watched Brick, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. WHAT. WHAT WHAT WHAT. It was fantastically weird, leaving a dirty taste in your mouth... There was so much symbolism, I really need to watch it again so it can sink in better (I admit, I was completely distracted by how freaking adorable Joseph Gordon-Levitt was. damn that boy is hot.) ...The birds/feathers, the color red, blue, water, black and white, light and dark, blood, his jacket, the football field and why the camera was positioned so the horizon was low on the screen, ETC. There was so much. My little english-analyzing-brain almost exploded in glee.

One of my favorite scenes was in the room where the brick was kept on the floor; the spinning mirror and the light shone around the room and the creaking and the lights broken and scattered. GORGEOUS. I was holding my breath just thinking that a scene as pretty and tragic as that in a movie like this?

And the very last few minutes, when it's just Brendan staring after Laura walking away, you can watch the change in his eyes... That's a sign of really f*cking good acting. It was so subtly done and so realistic. I'm thinking that the kid was his, actually... I really just need to watch it again so I can catch more of the characterization and plot and such.

But really, what an awesome movie. My respect for JGL just shot up even higher than it was already. I mean, the guy can do something darkly artsy like Brick, and a romantic thing of sorts like 500 Days of Summer, and a strange/interesting/complex/action thing like Inception. And he does it all WELL.

 

Be still my heart. He's wearing a John Lennon #9 Dream t-shirt. Too bad he's older.

And today I made a playlist for days when it's snowing so it makes the sky dark, and you feel a happy sort of melancholy, right? Maybe not. Oh well it's good music anyway.

Let It Be - The Beatles       This song is perfect to start because it's perfect anyway, and the strong confident chords at the beginning.. yes.


Three Hours - Nick Drake     This is perhaps one of his best songs? Not that all f them weren't bloody amazing, Day is Done was second to this one, but Three Hours is long, and never gets boring. Nick Drake is a legend.

Quicksand - David Bowie     If you're gonna ask, yeah that's Robert Smith, I adore him and I think this live version of the song is awesome. I love the Cure :)

Shelter From the Storm - Bob Dylan       Okay I dare you to find a video of the album version of this song. That isn't a f*cking cover. Jesus H. Christ people, there are only so many times a song can be covered before it's worn out.

Blue in Green - Miles Davis       Or, you know, the whole freaking album. It's so genius. 

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd    Yeah I don't really care if it's a cliched song. Those lyrics are mind-blowing, I mean, "we're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year"?? That's just amazing!

Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel     This entire album is perfect, really, but this particular song is ace. And thanks to Mat Devine for finding this gem of a clip with Anne Sexton on it... just listen, it's really great.

Beatrix - Cocteau Twins    I'm not sure if enough people know about them and their awesomeness... Treasure is such an awesome album

In My Life - The Beatles     Yeah I'm such a Beatles fangirl but this song gets to me and the video's pretty sweet.

Hero - Regina Spektor   I got totally into this song and her after watching 500 Days of Summer, I confess. She's so adorable and awesome, gotta see her perform sometime.

Dance On Our Graves - Paper Route      I'm DYING to see them live... I own all the music they've released so far. They utterly fantastic and deserve a lot of attention, really

The Wings - Gustavo Santaolalla     Because it's one of my favorite movies and this song is so bitter sweet and pretty and yes.

Mad World - Michael Andrews & Gary Jules       DONNIE DARKO. Is so awesome. And this song is SO PERFECT for the story it's like it was written for it (even though it was originally Tears for Fears... the cover is better.) and the video is awesome, and the whole thing is just so gorgeous. And so it's at the end of the playlist.

So. Yeah! Some of my favorite music.