6. Tokyo!

Caught this quirky gem of a movie at Cathay Cine on Friday. Tokyo! is a collective of three movies by directors Michel Gondry, Leo Carax and Bong Joon Ho. Similiar to other movies about big cities like Paris, I Love You, Tokyo! showcases the lonelier and darker part of the city and about the people.


Interior Design is the first of the three by Michel Gondry, who needs no introduction (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Be Kind, Rewind (most LOLLL movie this year)). A couple is moving to Tokyo and temporarily staying with a friend. Akira is an aspiring film-maker who is very much in his own narrative world, while Hiroko (played by Ayako Fujitani, the daughter of Steven Seagal and his first wife, akido master Miyako Fujitani) is the supportive girlfriend who loves art and photography but is being called a girl with "no ambition" by her boyfriend. She begins to feel neglected by Akira, feverish in his artistic pursuit and looked down upon by her friend. Then... one day she wakes up to find a hole in her!


The poster has something to do with the ending. And I'm not telling you what! The second video, also the longest, is Merde by Leos Carax (Lovers on The Bridge). I really don't like this as it's the longest and grossest. I just don't enjoy farce, with a scary green suit, dunno what language he speaking, red beard, milky eye, black furry back, flower and cash eating crazy man. And how he bombs up Tokyo with grenades.


The green suit wearing picture of him gives me a nightmare. And it's not cute! That's why this picture is so small. The final video is my favourite, Shaking Tokyo by Bong Joon Ho (The Host) about a hikikomori and how he overcame his fear of contact with people and the outside world, because of his love for the pizza delivery girl.


Aoi Yu stars as the pizza delivery girl. She is stunningly Japanese.





Unreal. In other news, I'm looking for a blush that has NO glitter or shimmer, I'm now thinking I should go to Body Shop to look for one. Why is shimmer in blush... Gosh. We aren't kindergarten kids who need shiny face paint for their graduation recital. And I need an event for those maryjane heels!

// In other other news, Psapp is coming to Singapore! 14 March, 7.30pm & 10 pm.