A night of movies

It feels weird to wake up when the sun is about to set. Weird but normal if you are went to sleep when the sun was about to rise. But not very normal thing is to watch films all night. I wonder. Scanorama's "laughter lights": Illusive tracks, Trully human, Rock'n'Roll never dies, The bothersome man.
Some films where really that funny - made you burst into laugh, sometimes they made you laugh through the tiers. Scandinavians do have a violent sense of humor - makes you laugh while hurting others. But in those 4 films - the laugh was only a mean to address more serious topics and problems - never just a shallow laugh.
And I don't regret a single sleepless minute spent in cinema - it's way better than watching movies about man in tights who tries to save a world.

"reconstruction" at scanorama

It starts with "a bit of magic. A bit of smoke..." and a beautifully old-fashioned Cole Porter's "Night and day" melody.
Nothing is clear till the end in this film. And even after it, you keep guessing what one or another detail hides. You can interpret it as you like and you always will be right. But the film is not about that.
It is about love. And mostly all the movies are about that. "How common and banal" one may think and he will be right: it's mostly exploited and depicted theme both in movies and other medias. But don't hurry to judge the "poor" theme for being so popular. Probably there is a reason for it. It's not because that easy to speak about human relationships, probably it's because this topic is so exciting and really important.
Usually it doesn't matter that a movie is about banal things like love. It doesn't really that matter about what, it is more important how it is expressed. And probably, the combination of what&how is mostly important.
You won't get straight answers there. You won't be told when the feeling between the man and woman in movie starts and when it ends. You'll start to think, that you know how clear it is, but you will be confused.
And you will always be reminded about that it's all a film. it's all a construction. But it still hurts. Did it hurt?

anime that inspired me

Not long ago I finished watching Ghost in the Shell (GITS) anime. Then I watched the movies for it I haven't seen. Then the movies I have seen. Amazing. This is probably old stuff and very well known for those who have been with computers for sometime, and for those who love Anime of course (it fits even if you like only cyberpunk). But also it may be a great discovery for someone who is new to this stuff. Especially, knowing that it's Anime that inspired Matrix creators. Actually it's a must-see-it for computerized persons.
It's not secret that some writers and creators for GITS are the same as for film "Avalon". Of course the theme is similar, but I also found other details which are in common and I wonder how these things are connected. The detail to mention would be a basset dog, which was a pet of main character in "Avalon" and it was also a pet for Batou from GITS. Who knows.
Anyway, it's a very good anime, a must-see-it along with S.Lukjanenko's "Labyrinth of reflections" and "False mirros", and of course "Matrix". Probably I'll have to extend the list one day.