“Now let’s all agree to never be creative again.”
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared - This Is It
“Using your mind to have a good time”
OH MY! HUGO is the first movie shot in 3D that completely enhanced the story and never distracted from the story. It simply added a visual element of texture as if we were stepping into a storybook. Scorsese really is the first director to use 3D in order to further the depth of his storytelling beyond just being an added yet empty visual spectacle. Never once did the 3D seem arbitrary. Especially in the opening tracking shot that zooms through the crowded train station and the moment that the Station Inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) looms over Hugo in a close up that feels like it will crush us all, among many other wonderful scenes.
Additional to Scorsese’s meaningful use of 3D technology, he once again shows us that he is a master storyteller in the medium of film and a lover of cinema himself. This movie has film history, film appreciation and film preservation-all subjects that Scorsese has shown to have a strong passion for-perfectly cushioned in a delightfully universal story about loneliness, self discovery, love and happiness found in our passionate purposes. (side note: the use of color in Scorsese films is always a wonderful stimulus. The use of blue and yellows in both the Station Inspector’s uniform along with his love interest’s scarf Lisette (Emily Mortimer) are food for the eyes among so much more.)
My absolute favorite part of this movie is the celebration of the early filmmaker Georges Méliès and his massively creative body of work and how his films remind us that movies are a magical undertaking that allow for the impossibly fantastical and beyond to be brought to life and enjoyed by many. A film like Hugo reminds us that film making isn’t about the awards and praise yet it is about the passion and love we inject into our work.
HUGO is an inspiring movie and a reminder that creative endeavors are where dreams are made.
“i fucking love outer space! all those planets and stars and shit….” is the best thing i have ever read in my entire life, ever. and if you dont believe me, read it out loud and tell me you dont fucking love outer space and all those planets and stars and shit ….. (seeeeeeeeeeeeee)
& THE MILKY WAY, & MARS, & ALIENS & UNKNOWN SHIT.
Tanzania
A day is a day is a day.
A month is just a month.
A year?
A fucking year?
A year is 365 days.
I like
to think that I will never die.
If only I could think that forever I just might live forever and ever.
happy heart
life should not be printed on dollar bills -?
waking life
When I say "love,"
the sound comes out of my mouth...
and it hits the other person's ear,
travels through this Byzantine conduit in their brain,
you know, through their memories of love or lack of love,
and they register what I'm saying and say yes, they understand.
But how do I know they understand? Because words are inert.
They're just symbols. They're dead, you know?
And so much of our experience is intangible.
So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed. It's unspeakable.
And yet, you know, when we communicate with one another,
and we--
we feel that we have connected,
and we think that we're understood,
I think we have a feeling of almost spiritual communion.
And that feeling might be transient, but I think it's what we live for.
