The Bucket List

The Bucket List: 1. Witness something truly majestic

"It is difficult to understand the sum of a person's life; some people will tell you it is measured by the ones left behind; some believe it can be measured in faith; some say by love; other folks say, life has no meaning at all. Me? I believe that you measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you...

Even now, I can't claim to understand the measure of a life, but i can tell you this: I know, when he died, his eyes were closed, and his heart was open..."

Carter Chambers

this one is for you, Jim

Jim Dial, and Murphy Brown

"When you are so low, that you can't remember what happy feels like; when you are so scared, that sleep is a distant memory, and smiling is a forgotten art; when being sad is as natural as breathing; then you go (to join a support group, while battling against breast cancer). Until then, I am here for you."

Jim Dial, to colleague and close friend, Murphy Brown

P.S. Murphy Brown, Episode 10x13 Turpis Capillis Annus

The Truman Show

"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented."

Christof, to Truman

Take an overnight of mind draining work till 6-7 in the morning, add to it some 5 hrs of scant sleep (yes, 8 hrs is my niche), a supposedly healthy lunch further badly cooked, followed by a whole afternoon of college classes that you are left no choice but to attend wearily so that the attendance percentages don't dip below a certain minimum, with some nagging mind intensive work in evening as a garnish, to cook up your mind to such desperation, that it cries for that elusive uninterrupted 12 hrs of pacific sleep, and yet cannot have because even though the mind is tired, it's still irritatingly active and anything but feeling drowsy..

Now, where to bury the frustration.. a sitcom episode of the current favourite Murphy Brown.. okay, finished the 225th episode.. it was the usual good sarcastic laugh, but needed something more, as watching straight 80-90 episodes had built up an unavoidable monotony and i needed a season break! Cut-to, i remember promising a friend to watch his recommended movie today.. okay, can give it a try.. shouldn't hurt, even though i am usually wary of watching good recommended movies, (read profound) threatening to overburden the already mentally exhausted state with more layers and quantities of impactful and/or provocative thoughts, i decided to go with this movie called 'The Truman Show' (hadn't heard of it earlier, and what did the name indicate about the movie, i wondered?), for the sole reason of seeing Jim Carrey as the leading man.. it seemed a safe and light package...
Some 2 hrs later...

Well, what do i say about this one.. Simply put it, it's a kind of unique movie (yes, it did burden the already burdened mind, but in a refreshingly positive way) i haven't watched in a long, long time, and deservedly, it shows up in the list of 'Must Watch ( unique) Movies Before You Die', at the 'Cinema is Forever!' blog post, a definite place to be for all cinema lovers, at http://cinemaisforever.blogspot.com. And, in case you were wondering whatever happened to all that sulking, well, as a friend of mine put it, "good cinema is therapeutic!", and i can surely tell you now, i couldn't agree any more!

You want more reasons to watch the film? Well, be my guest and follow the link, but better still, head straight for the movie, and save the link for post watch..

It's time out for these pleasures of mind now. Over to some pleasures of the taste. Time to hopefully get the first decent meal of the day, and hopefully follow it up with that sleep thing i was talking about earlier, as a another friend of mine recently wished me well, "may slumber soothe us all..."

:)

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again..."

Benjamin Button, in letter to his daughter

Well, the picture I have put up above, is a freeze of one of the profound scenes from the movie, that always sends me into such an indescribable state of awe inspired shock whenever I see it: so terrible yet so beautiful at the same time (no, you won't be able to judge that just by looking at the picture, if you haven't seen the film)...

And, about that piece from a letter mentioned above, even though you may not find in it something you have totally unheard off earlier (the last sentence has its similarities with Kipling's 'If'), I absolutely love it for the way it momentarily liberates me from every mundane set-of-rules laid down before me by the world on how to live and judge my life... And, the manner in which it is portrayed: a person who has truly lived a unique life, summing up his profound life experiences for his daughter's ease, it's among those few scenes from the movie I can usually watch over and over again (along with the scene from which the freeze-frame is put up above), and yet can never have enough of...

Insomnia

"I guess it's about what you thought was right at the time, than, what you're willing to live with."

Rachel Clement, to Will Dormer

Ah, with these and more quotes, I would like to express, those some lines from a movie I recently watched, that were presented cinematically in such a way that the effect stayed, or which I wanted to stay for a while; thoughts, that I felt, maybe, summarised the whole movie for me in those moments; thoughts, I had never encountered earlier; thoughts, I thought I understood, when maybe I did not; thoughts, I think I would like to revisit again, to may be fondly rekindle the faded memories of that once watched movie...