Treeless Mountain

I want/hope to see this run in SG.




The director So Yong Kim said in a statement:

Treeless Mountain is inspired by events from my early childhood in Pusan, Korea. My mother divorced our father and left us with our grandparents on a rice farm. She immigrated to America in order to find a better life for herself and to build a future for her children. At the time of these events we were too young to understand and our mother did not tell us what was happening. I began writing the film to search for certain lost memories from this period of my life and also as a letter to my mother.

It makes me think of the film Nobody Knows and the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, both of which are remarkable.

Nobody Knows continues to haunt me to this day because of the terribly sad ending. I can't look at Meiji Apollo Strawberry Chocolate without thinking about the little sister.

I suppose there's no better day to fall sick than on a rainy day

It really is cold today. Perfect for burrowing into bed, perfect for hot, steaming Milo, perfect for immersing in alternative universes.



I finally got to watch Antique! The movie is every bit as funny as the animation even though it had to gloss over some details. Everything was gorgeous - the shop, the uniforms, the men and the cakes, oh the cakes. I'm dying for a kickass strawberry shortcake right now.

Also watched 渺渺 / Miao Miao. Not exactly original but not bad either.



今天不小心看了兩部跟同性戀與蛋糕有關的電影
大力推薦 Antique
故事有創意﹐人物描寫都很棒
是喜劇但也有溫馨的一面
而且拍的好漂亮。

渺渺還不錯
旅行的意義用的有點過頭
但我喜歡憂鬱老闆的故事。

Antique Bakery

Heh heh heh. He's so cute.

I saw this trailer and couldn't stop laughing. Then I looked for the animation and watched the 12 episodes in one sitting. It's super funny and highly entertaining.

Can't wait for the movie!

(Read about Antique Bakery on Wiki here.)