Showing posts with label Duelist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Duelist. Show all posts

Friday, February 14, 2014

Confessions of Love

Confessions will be added to as time, viewing, and copyright permit. Suggestions for inclusion are welcome in the comments.

Video Confessions are best viewed full screen. Please Enjoy!

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Confession of Love: Duelist  (10:53)
It was last winter.
Don't know whether I was possessed by the moonlight or the snow.
I was on my way to a friend's house, with a bottle of booze.
And a man and a woman were fighting like crazy with some sharp swords.
But they also looked like they were dancing.
It was like they were making love under the moonlight as well.
AnnaTheLost's mashup (2:34); Yennchan69's mashup (3:07)

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To Won's Father       June 1, 1586
    You always said, "Dear, let's live together until our hair turns gray and die on the same day. How could you pass away without me? Who should I and our little boy listen to and how should we live? How could you go ahead of me?
    How did you bring your heart to me and how did I bring my heart to you? Whenever we lay down together you always told me, "Dear, do other people cherish and love each other like we do? Are they really like us?" How could you leave all that behind and go ahead of me?
    I just cannot live without you. I just want to go to you. Please take me to where you are. My feelings toward you I cannot forget in this world and my sorrow knows no limit. Where would I put my heart in now and how can I live with the child missing you?
    Please look at this letter and tell me in detail in my dreams. Because I want to listen to your saying in detail in my dreams I write this letter and put it in. Look closely and talk to me.
     When I give birth to the child in me, who should it call father? Can anyone fathom how I feel? There is no tragedy like this under the sky.
     You are just in another place, and not in such a deep grief as I am. There is no limit and end [to my sorrows] that I write roughly. Please look closely at this letter and come to me in my dreams and show yourself in detail and tell me. I believe I can see you in my dreams. Come to me secretly and show yourself. There is no limit to what I want to say and I stop here. 


Confession of Love: "How Could You Go Ahead Of Me?"

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Confession of Love: Scent of a Woman  (3:18, First Confession)
How are you supposed to get rid of your feelings like this?
This is the well-known hot Tango scene. 
Gabi Bo's superb mashup (1:23); Sweetbanilla's MV (3:40); Jayelvid's MV (4:11)
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Confession of Love: My Love From The Star  (5:42)
And you don't look like you are
going to say that you love me.
I will just say it for you.
I love you, Do Min Joon.

When you live much longer than I do,
you will eventually forget.
But a perfect girl like me loved you dearly.
And liked you.
Don't forget that,
And be proud of it.
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The best super power that I have is...
To stop time.
...
Countless times I have stopped time...
And told you this in times you don't remember,
I love you, Cheon Song Yi.

I felt that if I told you this while time was running...
Then everything will eventually run out and fade away.
That's why I only said it while I stopped time.
I love you, Cheon Song Yi,
I love you.
"...watched 14.5 billion times..." More here and here.

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An Arundel Tomb      The figures represent Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel
 (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor, who by his will of 1375 were to be buried together “without pomp” in the chapter house of Lewes Priory.
      The armour and dress suggest a date near 1375; the knight’s attitude is typical of that time, but the lady’s crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to “restoration” by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian.
     In his will Richard requested that he  be buried “near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches…as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed.”

 
Confession of Love: An Arundel Tomb  (2:01)
What Will Survive Of Us Is Love

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Confession of Love: A Love Letter To Plywood  (7:27)
By Tom Sachs, Directed by Van Neistat.

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 Shen Xing Ren,
congratulations on winning the grand prize.
Your prize is ...
Confession of Love: Office Girls  (6:42)

The background tall building is Taipei 101, Official Site here.
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Dear Agassi, 14 Films ...

1) Female Protagonist;
2) whose age is around 29-30  (actually ranges from 15 to 40);
3) I have seen and can recommend.

All are available with English subtitles.
A few pass the Bechdel Test, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_Test.
Stuff happens. Please let me know about any broken links in the Comments. Thanks.

Alphabetically:

Angel-A   (France, 2005)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473753/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HRrFvapV4ms  (clip, 4:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=AIw5D1Hi_vk  (mix, 4:26)

Bread & Tulips   (Italy, 2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237539/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JVWLl6TBS1Q  (trailer, 2:09)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/206416  (Film, 1:56:30)

Choose Me   (U.S., 1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087054/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=uOAftLOT6Ck  (opening credits, 3:06)

Cold Comfort Farm   ('Britain', 1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112701/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=st5gmzmDFrw  (trailer, 2:05)
Cold Comfort Farm Sermon - No Butter in Hell  (scene, 2:21)

Duelist   (South Korea, 2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475616/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Hyeongsa - Like A Dance  (Thanks AnnaTheLost, 2:34)
Duelist - MV - Forevermore  (Thanks yennchan69, 3:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=eGSgivQr1UI  (ending, 10:53)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zIinft-gAeg  (Film, Part 1, 56:08) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=j8rLzmkz76k  (Film, Part 2, 55:47)

Hester Street   (U.S., 1975)
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9506E4D71538EF34BC4851DFB667838E669EDE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073107/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zxhJfVq5QuQ  (clip, 3:36)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=TF5Tg-PGsLc  (Film, 1:29:09)

I Am Love   (Italy, 2009)
www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/movies/18iamlove.html 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226236/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=TZBrWVvn9xA  (trailer, 2:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=UUXEAhJb_O0  (trailer, 2:03)
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/t-magazine/02talk-milan-t.html?pagewanted=all  (major film location setting)


My Brilliant Career   (Australia, 1979)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079596/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7X6a0DkSt28  (background info, 1:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hf_NfeN1woU  (clip, 1:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=_FfZiEJ8Nu8  (trailer, 2:58)

http://www.hulu.com/watch/454407  (Film, 1:39:38)

Please Teach Me English   (South Korea, 2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381716/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KDke6Uw_DZE  (trailer, 2:17)
http://www.viki.com/videos/190606v-please-teach-me-english  (Film, 1:53:09)

QuinceaƱera   (U.S., 2006)
www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/movies/04quin.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451176/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/style/quinceaera-genz-millennial.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hHdVRShrNHc  (trailer, 1:51)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=E43fgtbhj7I  (trailer, 1:56) 

(An almost fifteen year old, a virgin, yet pregnant ... )

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum   (Germany, 1975)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073858/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=bdnTXiiyedk  (trailer, not subtitled, 3:14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=VK692Bw1A38  (commentary, :57)

https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=DDMqvsW12V4  (Film, Part 1, 11:58)
(Film is available on Hulu Plus) (Film is at least as relevant today as it was in 1975)

The Ramen Girl   (U.S., 2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0806165/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=rRDJ8WYhgU0  (trailer, 2:55)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cAwgswOQJBo  (scene, 2:42)

Ramen Girl Learns The Secret To Ramen Mastery  (scene, 2:49)

The Syrian Bride   (Israel, 2004)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E2D9103EF935A25752C1A9639C8B63 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423310/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=s0PkVJegZZM  (trailer, 2:02)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=X2lqQBXM0AI  (scene, 3:12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=svXetQB_tz0  (ending, 3:59)
[In real life: Syrian Bride Crosses Into Israeli Zone to Marry  (Associated Press, 1:35)]

Twenty-four Eyes   (Japan, 1954)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047281/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=TWNl2IbVJMs  (trailer, 1:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LU_Y52wNNK8  (scenes, 7:03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dGjtrZ3CAS0  (scene, 1:31)
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/movies/04takamine.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideko_Takamine

(Film is available on Hulu Plus)
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Meanwhile, just north of Hanyang:
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=O-hyVzTVDLg  (short, 3:50)
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Addendum 2013 October 20
How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer  (U.S., 2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385006/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BW_m5LL_sU0  (trailer, 2:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dLr48RJXx5M  (scenes, 1:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=UNeLg2lS0qQ  (scenes, 16:14)
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Addendum 2014 June 10
How to Use Guys with Secret Tips  (South Korea, 2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2934568/reviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S6WNXz1r9U  (trailer, 1:17)
http://www.hulu.com/watch/674057  (Film, 1:54:22)
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Addendum 2018 October 15
Her Love Boils Bathwater  (Japan, 2016)
http://kissasian.sh/Drama/Her-Love-Boils-Bathwater @720
http://asianwiki.com/Her_Love_Boils_Bathwate
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4778500/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Love_Boils_Bathwater
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-japans-her-love-boils-bathwater-offers-director-a-second-chance-1064327
https://www.moviequotesandmore.com/her-love-boils-bathwater-2016-movie-review/
https://mydramalist.com/14726-her-love-boils-bathwater
https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2054535/film-review-her-love-boils-bathwater-japanese-drama-about-terminally
(Every once in a while a perfect movie comes along. This is one.)
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