The Saturday film and chat
it was a fulfilling weekend spent at the Arts House where it was screening this controversial movie about two boys who reconnected through their sexual abuse as boys. The movie, mysterious skin, is cutting edge, painfully truthful and weaved very seamlessly through great narration of the two main cast with the good use of flash backs and present day. yet the good use of lighting and scene transition seen through the eyes of two young eight-year-olds was fab.
I guess it wasn't draggy and doesn't force the audience to take pity on the characters but rather feel what the characters go through. yet it left me and my friend, fern, feeling rather as traumatised and violated as the two young boys in the show.
this is the synopsis from the arts house website.
"A disturbing childhood mystery of two individually desperate teens—one believes he was abducted by aliens, the other works as a hustler—who become reconnected by the sexual abuse they shared as boys. The secret denials of the American middle class against the backdrop of a vintage red-state political world add to the shock and awe of this daring film. With work such as The Living End and The Doom Generation, Gregg Araki has never been one to shy away from controversy, and, in adapting Scott Heim's novel, he's made his most demanding, provocative and, indeed, his finest film to date."
http://www.theartshouse.com.sg/event_details_2007.php?id=614
of course this was followed up by great chat with another friend who met up with me for coffee. sometimes we do wonder about the weird tribulations of people around us and the wonderment of love affairs which just left us feeling dumbfounded.
sometimes i guess going with the flow and taking it easy is better than getting obsessive over whether a relationship works out or not.
i reckon this short one week break was what i needed in gaining real perspective on a lot of things i've been doing. reflection. ponder. wonder. realise. being convinced by my inner voice to do what i feel ought to be done :)
I guess it wasn't draggy and doesn't force the audience to take pity on the characters but rather feel what the characters go through. yet it left me and my friend, fern, feeling rather as traumatised and violated as the two young boys in the show.
this is the synopsis from the arts house website.
"A disturbing childhood mystery of two individually desperate teens—one believes he was abducted by aliens, the other works as a hustler—who become reconnected by the sexual abuse they shared as boys. The secret denials of the American middle class against the backdrop of a vintage red-state political world add to the shock and awe of this daring film. With work such as The Living End and The Doom Generation, Gregg Araki has never been one to shy away from controversy, and, in adapting Scott Heim's novel, he's made his most demanding, provocative and, indeed, his finest film to date."
http://www.theartshouse.com.sg/event_details_2007.php?id=614
of course this was followed up by great chat with another friend who met up with me for coffee. sometimes we do wonder about the weird tribulations of people around us and the wonderment of love affairs which just left us feeling dumbfounded.
sometimes i guess going with the flow and taking it easy is better than getting obsessive over whether a relationship works out or not.
i reckon this short one week break was what i needed in gaining real perspective on a lot of things i've been doing. reflection. ponder. wonder. realise. being convinced by my inner voice to do what i feel ought to be done :)
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