June 26, 2011

• Taipei Exchanges - 第36個故事

  I started watching Taipei Exchanges (第36個故事), and listening to the soundtrack, I thought of the classic:

  The Shadow of Your Smile

  One day we walked along the sand, one day in early spring
  You held a piper inyourhand to mend its broken wing
  Now I'll remember many a day and many a lonely mile
  The echo of a piper's song, the shadow of her smile

  The shadow of your smile, when you are gone
  Will color all my dreams and light the dawn
  Look into my eyes my love and see
  All the lovely things you are to me

  Our wistful little star was far too high
  A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I
  Now when I remember spring, all the joy that love can bring
  I will be remembering the shadow of your smile

  (Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel)

  There was once a time that I sought out sombre, pensive movies, such as the ones that Wong Kar Wai directs - ones full of 無奈感。 可是，我發現我最近沒辦法一直看。其實，人的生命已經夠痛苦了，何必滿天注意傷感的是？何必考慮難過的回憶？我小時候能看所有的可憐的故事。當時我覺得悲傷的情況很有意思，有一種藝術的精神。我不一定要以愉快的生命，可是我認爲，不用故意投入無奈的想法。

  對嗎？

  對吧。。。

  As a note, I don't think that Taipei Exchange is a sad film - but it is pensive.

  Singapore Dreaming ( 美满人生 ) is an example of hope and life in a dystopian world.  It made me really sombre, as I look at the haves and have-nots in the ultra materialistic modern Singaporean society.  Not easy to deal with...  Much of human ambition is not sustainable.

   

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