#life
We Are Lions! Goodreads
author: Jens Mattsson / Jenny Lucander translator: B.J. Woodstein publishing house: Groundwood Books 2023 - 3
I am a lion, and my big brother is one, too … until one day, he gets sick. The narrator and his big brother have the best game in the world together. They are dangerous lions on the savannah! One day, big brother doesn’t want to run around anymore. His stomach hurts. He has to see the doctor and take medicine, and even has to stay at the hospital. Lions don’t want to be trapped by wires and tubes! The narrator instigates a hunt, and the brothers run around the hospital together, chasing gazelles and startling the wildebeest. But big brother is very sick and can't keep up. Lions can’t cry, his little brother insists. But they can miss the rest of their pride. With Mom and Dad, the narrator tries to comfort his sibling. Soon, he knows, the two lions will go hunting again. A tender story, unexpectedly punctuated by moments of humor, about the illness of a sibling, the love between brothers and the healing power of imagination.
Under the Open Sky (2020) Eggplant.place WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
すばらしき世界
7.8 (175 ratings) director: 西川美和 actor: 役所广司 / 仲野太贺
other title: 美好的世界 / すばらしき世界
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
June 26, 2023 watched
背負著前科,試圖讓自己“正常化”的挑戰不僅僅有那些看得見的、技術上的、巨大的困難,還有無法講述的、細微的…呃…東西。要成為“普通人”自然要像他們一樣守法、自律、掙錢,但還要像他們一樣平庸、市儈、懦弱。義氣、熱血、雄心這些“普通人”本來會稱頌的品質都會因為“前科”變成“死性不改”。“普通人”是不是還是要有點兒自知之明。總想到怒羅權的汪桑的那個《在日本當黑社會老大》的節目,關於這個社會的講述存在一種“沒犯罪的人”的話語霸權。一個象友的評論說得好啊,這軟刀子拍得可真是……拍得透,但是沒說破……
#crime #society #life @japan
如果還有明天 Douban
author: 社團法人台灣生命教育學會病人自主研究中心 publishing house: 天下生活 2022 - 1
自終而始,在病痛與生死中,看見生命的意義
丁菱娟‧于美人‧王小棣‧朱 平‧吳庶深‧余 湘
周守民‧陳郁秀‧陳建仁‧孫效智‧張曼娟‧張淑惠
曾昭旭‧黃健予‧黃勝堅‧楊玉欣‧楊秀儀‧趙可式
趙自強‧趙翠慧‧鍾欣凌‧譚敦慈‧嚴長壽‧釋慧開
─────────────24位影響力人士/淬鍊共筆
善終,不倚運氣,靠的是選擇與準備
一路向死的人生,該怎麼活,才不枉此生?
談論疾病與死亡,原來是為了「活得更好」?
我們總像不會死去般地活著,但生老病亡,可曾停下等待任何一人?
若終將一死,如何才能不遺憾、不害怕的離開?
24篇來自病人、照顧者、甚至有過多次瀕死經驗的人、
曾與摯愛告別或即將臨終的人──他們以生命淬鍊的真實故事。
在「如果還有明天」時,像「如果沒有明天」般活著
本書以對立概念的思辨碰撞:昨日與明日、無常與幸運、離別與相遇、生命與死亡,一篇篇面對病痛及生死情感的調適與跨越,描繪出人生的樣貌,在看似谷底的黑暗中,看見新的體驗與啟蒙,引領我們思考生命的本質,讓生命的目的變得清晰,終能為自己與所愛之人做出愛的行動與選擇。
當疾病與死亡不再是個禁忌的話題,日積月累地「好好生活」,方能轉為人生謝幕時無憾的本錢。當無常降臨時,方才有餘力將震驚、匆促、慌張化成凝視雨後彩虹的力量,細細體會無常中,不同視角所見的幸運。
The Grace Lee Project (2005) Douban
director: Grace Lee actor: Grace Lee / Grace Lee
When Korean American filmmaker Grace Lee was growing up in Missouri, she was the only Grace Lee she knew. Once she left the Midwest however, everyone she met seemed to know "another Grace Lee." But why did they assume that all Grace Lees were reserved, dutiful, piano-playing overachievers? The filmmaker plunges into a funny, highly unscientific investigation into all those Grace Lees who break the mold -- from a fiery social activist to a rebel who tried to burn down her high school. With wit and charm, THE GRACE LEE PROJECT puts a hilarious spin on the eternal question, "What's in a name?"
May 20, 2022 watched
Grace Lee 陳玉平傳記電影 - 前傳。革命家Grace絕對精彩當然不用說了,對這些其他Grace的尋訪同等程度的精彩,但是是完全另外的質地了,但是好精彩,Amazing Grace-s,哈哈哈哈哈。這麼多不同的人有這麼多不一樣,但是又是那麼不一樣。這個感覺真的好難形容。蹭熱點、偷懶的描述就是現實版的瞬息全宇宙了。"I can't wait to meet the rest of us" 又屬於Grace們自己,又屬於地球上的所有人。Wow...太有意思了!!
@usa #woman #life #documentary
C'mon C'mon (2021) Eggplant.place Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
C'mon C'mon
8.0 (100 ratings) director: 迈克·米尔斯 actor: 华金·菲尼克斯 / 伍迪·诺曼
other title: Sempre em Frente / Come on, Come on
Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.
April 8, 2022 watched 榮譽[Made in NOLA] 建議有被娃搞得手足無措的創傷的家長慎重決定要不要看。尤其是娃還在10歲以下、正扳著指頭數還有幾年、念著“大了就好了”的家長朋友。不用謝。.....沉澱了一天,終於知道要怎麼寫觀後感了:如果你覺得別人家的孩子怎麼這麼好,首先那是因為那是別人家的孩子,ta不會在你這兒耍把戲、散德性,你們的交流也就在那麼短短的相處裡面,而且你面對別人家孩子的態度也是你自己不散德性的時候。所以……嘿!想什麼呢!什麼狗屁“以面對別的孩子的態度就可以促成改變”啊,屁咧!!做夢都夢不到那麼好的事情啊!!哈哈哈哈……相愛相殺就相愛相殺吧,只要不放棄比昨天多一點點點點努力,不要太難為自己,也不要太難為小孩就好了。最後還是要誇獎一下,把紐奧良作為解決問題的地方是很正確的決策。嗯!很好!
@usa @nola #life #child #parent
Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots (2020) Douban
君は永遠にそいつらより若い
7.6 (73 ratings) director: 吉野龙平 actor: 佐久间由衣 / 奈绪
other title: 你永远比那些家伙年轻 / 君は永遠にそいつらより若い
社會學系的堀貝為畢業論文苦惱,靠剪貼美女寫真減壓,大學的倒數日子裏 遇見哲學系的猪乃木。朋友偶然相聚,笑笑無法破處的自己真的受傷了,說 說別來無恙最近忙着見工面試了,想想一見鍾情的他忽爾告別了。堀貝想 做社工幫助兒童但欠自信,猪乃木則努力掩飾童年往事,一句「很抱歉,那 時來不及在你身邊」撫慰了彼此。改編太宰治獎及芥川獎作家津村記久子小 說,處處散發感性與治癒的語言力量。與惡的距離或近,但少年的你永遠比 他們年輕,幸福終站在你的一方。
March 10, 2022 watched
柔弱又堅強、膽小又勇敢、敏感又遲鈍的普通人。
@japan #lgbtq #life
狮子山下:日出日落 (1975) Douban
獅子山下:日出日落
director: 张敏仪 actor: 夏雨 / 江毅
other title: 獅子山下:日出日落 / Sunise Sunset
七十年代初,一群屈居在鐵皮木板下的安置區居民,正苦候著政府徙置的安排。擠逼侷促的生活空間,基本設施的嚴重缺乏和惡劣嘈吵的居住環境引致居民間的爭拗埋怨,甚至抱著「各家自掃門前雪」的冷漠態度。直至一名老翁的猝死和一場大火,居民終於領悟到互助互愛的重要性,而他們最後亦得到徙置,離開這非人生活的地方。
Aloners (2021) Eggplant.place WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB Skybridge
혼자 사는 사람들
6.9 (50 ratings) director: 洪成恩 actor: 郑多恩 / 徐现宇
other title: 혼자 사는 사람들 / 独自生活的人们
Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone – until she is suddenly tasked with training a new recruit.
Dec. 29, 2021 watched
繼續“陌生人善意”相關話題。忠實還原孤獨生活,並不覺得是誇張、極端的描寫,是精細的提煉啊。影片並沒有說這樣就好、那樣就不好,就是表現了主人公如何意識到了自己已經遺忘、忽略的細小東西,誰也沒說沒有這些就過不下去,但是意識到了就會想有所改變,哪怕只是拉開常年緊閉的窗簾,讓陽光透進來這樣的。所以還要繼續探索的空白和不確定才是真·治愈呢。作為導演首部長片,真是很棒。
@korea #life #family #loneliness #femaledirector
Godspeed (2016) IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
一路順風
7.3 (140 ratings) director: 钟孟宏 actor: 许冠文 / 纳豆
other title: 一路顺风 / 一路順風
2016 Taiwanese black comedy film by Chung Mong-hong
Dec. 26, 2021 watched
媽的[國語腔]怎麼可以慘得這麼好笑又辛酸又傷感又回味悠長。肯定談不上治愈,倒像是覺得沒有盼頭的時候,也不太熟的人給的意料之外的一點點善意那樣不多也不少,但也不是剛好,因為我也不知道我要的是什麼。老許的廣式國語講人生感悟可真是絕了……這誰設計的?!
@taiwan #crime #life
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone Goodreads
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
author: 詹姆斯·阿瑟·鲍德温 publishing house: Blackstone Audio, Inc. 2016 - 1
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable.
For between Leo's childhood on the streets of Harlem and his arrival into the intoxicating world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. An adored older brother vanishes into prison. There are love affairs with a white woman and a younger black man, each of whom will make irresistible claims on Leo's loyalty. And everywhere there is the anguish of being black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war. Overpowering in its vitality, extravagant in the intensity of its feeling,
is a major work of American literature.
Sara (2014) IMDb Douban
雛妓
6.2 (132 ratings) director: 邱礼涛 actor: 任达华 / 蔡卓妍
other title: 雛妓 / Que Sera Sera
何玉玲(蔡卓妍 饰)是杂志社的记者,一心想要出人头地的她将所有功夫都花在了一篇曝光官商勾结丑闻的报道上,然而,四个月的辛苦过去后,但稿件即将出版之时,何玉玲却发现自己的文章因为涉及了杂志社的某些隐秘利益而被撤换了。
辛勤劳作的结果打了水漂,何玉玲的心情十分郁闷,她决定前往泰国清迈旅游,抒发心中的不快。在清迈,何玉玲结识了名叫阿东(Sunadcha Tadrabiab 饰)的雏妓,在了解了阿东的身世之后,何玉玲心生怜悯,决定不顾一切也要帮助她脱离苦海。原来,阿东的经历勾起了何玉玲对往事的回忆,在回忆中,一个亦父亦友的男人甘浩贤(任达华 饰)的身影始终磨灭不去。
Oct. 8, 2021 watched
[2015-06-02] 情节、对白、设定简单粗暴到让人难以忍受的地步。表演也烂到家。由于大量自干五因杜汶泽给一星,所以加一颗星。
@hongkong #life #love #sexism
Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan (2013) Douban
ハーフ
director: Megumi Nishikura / Lara Perez Takagi
other title: ハーフ / 混血一族
A journey into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern day Japan. For some hafus, Japan is the only home they know, for some living in Japan is an entirely new experience, and the others are caught somewhere between two different worlds.
The Whole Gritty City (2016) Douban
director: Richard Barber / Andre Lambertson actor: Bruce Davenport Jr. / Kirk Dugar Jr.
Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get them ready to perform in the Mardi Gras parades, and teach them to succeed and to survive.
The King of New Orleans (2015) Douban
director: Allen Frederic / Coodie actor: Scott Alexander / Paul Aubert
Larry Shirt is a taxi driver whose passengers are the city's hustlers, tourists, socialites, musicians, housekeepers, weirdos and reporters. Bobby Cohn, a college student home from school and in the middle of a personal crisis, is one of those passengers. The circumstances that bring them together lead to a bond that is ultimately turned upside down by Hurricane Katrina, but instilled by the love of the city that they both call home.
Oct. 5, 2021 watched
[Made in NOLA] [2019-02-01] Every New Orleanian is a king. (注:四分為感情分. 不懂勿評,不喜勿擾. Who Dat!)
#life @nola
From Roots to Roses (2015) Douban
director: Patrick Marrero actor: Markell Montgomery / Elexa Ruth
The Roots of Music's Marching Crusaders and their journey from post-Katrina New Orleans to Pasadena, California to march in the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade. From the practices, to the fund raising, to the bus ride, to the climactic march down Colorado Blvd., we follow the bands experience as it makes history as the only middle school aged band to play in the parade.
Oct. 5, 2021 watched
[Made in NOLA] [2019-02-10] 這個項目的初衷只是讓孩子們有事做,可以避開街頭暴力犯罪的高發時段。僅僅數月的集訓,就讓這些連五線譜都沒見過的孩子們在千萬人面前一面吹奏、一面進行繁複的隊形變換。與其他參加遊行的樂隊相比,這支最年輕、最業餘的樂隊的演奏和行進連別人做準備活動的水平都比不上,但卻無法不被這一張張稚嫩面孔面對鏡頭講述自己所思所想的認真態度,還有發自內心對自己的驕傲所深深地打動。另外不得不說,這些天使本應以他們鍾愛的各種方式來盡情地享受音樂,而“躲避黑暗”永遠不應該在這其中佔半個位置。他們理應獲得更多。
@nola #music #life #children