It's the year of 2012 and this is my first post

Finally I am living abroad, and realizing my dream. Overcame many obstacles over the last few months.


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Official Re-Release Trailer


I've bought an easel, and painted five oil paintings already. The 2001: a space odyssey poster is hanging on my wall. It's amazing. I love oil painting, rock'n'roll, film and television. I'm glad that I have extensive knowledge in these areas that the smartpants of science couldn't match up to me. He doesn't even know who's Schubert because he "didn't study music". We don't have to study music to know who's Schubert. We have common sense.

Here's the list of the movies I watched recently for my studies and leisure:
- Sex, lies, and videotape
- Puss in Boots
- The Iron Lady
- Atonement
- Day For Night
- Bridesmaids
- Margin Call
- Death Becomes Her
- Ed Wood
- The Limey
- Hugo
- The Artist
- Breathless (1960) (Original title: À bout de soufflé)
- Touch of Evil
- The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Great Muppet Caper
- The Muppets Take Manhattan
- The Muppet Movie
- Rumble Fish
- Run Lola Run (1998)
- Buffalo
- Beginners
- The Untouchables
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Mission Impossible 4
- Transformer 3
- Thor
- Pirates of the Caribbean 4
- Rio
- Little Ashes
- The Exterminating Angel
- Un Chien Andalou
- Double Indemnity
- To Kill a Mocking Bird
- Vertigo (1958)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- I'm Not There- Spellbound
- 2001: a space odyssey (1968)
- That Touch of Mink
- Contagion
- Big Night
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- The English Patient
- American Graffiti
- Thelma & Louise
- Moonstruck
- Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- Rudy
- Tootsie (1982)
- Nowhere Boy
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Harry Potter & Deathly Hollows 2
- Super 8
- X-Men: First Class
- New York, I Love You
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Whatever Works
- Four Rooms
- Red
- Source Code
- Memento (2000)
- The Tourist
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Chinatown
- Cash Back
- Micmacs a tire-larigot
- Morning Glory
- El Mariachi
- Constantine (2005)

Some of them are good. They are cross-mentioned in lessons on screenwriting, film analysis, and cinematography.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and the Shop Around the Corner (1940)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Clip


These two movies are leaded by James Stewart. They're both black and white movies.

It's a Wonderful Life is about a man who had been stuck in life because he had to oversee his dad's organization. He wanted to go out and see the world. But he couldn't. He then faced a huge problem in life that he wanted to kill himself by jumping off the bridge. Luckily, an angel was sent to help him. As for how the story ends, you'd better watch it yourself!


The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Trailer


The Shop Around the Corner was reproduced in a modern version staring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan know as You've Got Mail. It's really an interesting story. In You've Got Mail, Meg Ryan's book shop is called the Shop Around the Corner, a tribute to the old movie.

Both movies are highly recommended.

The Signature Collection - Cary Grant and Vivien Leigh

I bought 2 signature collections of Cary Grant and Vivien Leigh.


Notorious (1946) Clip

The collection of Cary Grant includes:
1. Notorious (1946) (with Ingrid Bergman)
2. Suspicion (1941)
3. To Catch a Thief (1955) (with Grace Kelly)
4. North By Northwest (1959)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940) (with Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart)
6. An Affair to Remember (1957) (My favourite)
7. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
8. Destination Tokyo (1943)
9. Monkey Business (1952) (with Marilyn Monroe)
10.Brining Up Baby (1938) (with Katharine Hepburn)
11.His Girl Friday (1940)


Gone with the Wind Trailer

The collection of Vivien Leigh includes
1. Gone with the Wind (1939) (with Clark Gable and is one of my favourites)
2. Waterloo Bridge (1940)
3. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (I'm sorry but I think it's boring)
4. Fire Over England (1937)
5. Anna Karenina (1948)
6. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
7. Dark Journey (1937)
8. Sidewalks of London (1938)
9. Storm In A Teacup (1937)

I havne't finished watching all yet. But I found the acting by Cary Grant was versatile. He can act a variety of characters.
I realized that I prefer Cary Grant and James Stewart much more than Marlon Brando (coz his role in A Streetcar Named Desire was destructive). And I like Katharine Hepburn more and more because her roles are lighter. They make you feel happy.