a musical

i saw the film "once" today. it's a contemporary musical, set in dublin, and is absolutely brilliant, simple, tiny! it explores the process of music, music as a language, music as healing, music as community and communication. there's this one scene where after spending an entire weekend in a studio recording songs, the musicians all go on a little road trip to the ocean and when they get there, they run around on the sand and play frisbee and run with a dog and it's the most beautiful scene in the world. the way it was shot and then edited, with the music beneath...and you can just feel how the connection among the people is so deeply rooted in the music they made together.

don't you sometimes just feel like you're going to jump out of your body with excitement when you think about the power of music???


also! "paris, je t'aime" was amazing!!!
and coming up is a summer of great cinema! i'm excited.

new york's been a little cold lately...still the parks are all so GREEN. the trees are really living.