Geeky Chic

It’s not out in American theatres yet, but I watched Wong Kar Wai’s 2046
today, and I know it will fail theatrically in the U.S.  It’s not
a bad film (though the second to least favorite of the 5 films directed
by him that I have seen), but it’s his most difficult movie to
date.  I very rarely find myself uttering, “weird,” while watching
movies, and this popped out of mouth several times today.  My one
sentence summation of the film is Wong Kar Wai meets Goddard meets
Phillip K. Dick.  I don’t want to write a full review of the film
now, but I would like to point out that the theme of disconnectedness
from Wong Kar Wai’s films played itself in this movie as different
characters spoke to each other in different Chinese dialects (and
Japanese was thrown in at times as well).

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The rain in the city along with the break from work has steered my
clothing choices today in an unusual direction.  I was a bit
grungy today in my homeless person’s coat (this woolen plaid atrocity),
oversized taupe pants, and a black knit cap.  Oddly, it felt
liberating.  No work clothes.  Nothing that would elicit a
“That’s a nice shirt.”  It was the type of outfit that
would embarrass my mother if we ran into her friends.