Midnight In Paris

  The first few minutes of the Paris streets and building already caught me into it.  I smiled at Owen Wilson's voice over about Paris. Not only I have a thing for Paris but the city just look great through the camera. The movie remind me of 'Somewhere In Time'. When its playing with era, the costume is stunning, not only it's well made, because 20s of Paris is really breath taking. The debate point is, do people into certain kind of thing because they appreciate the beauty of it or they are escaping form the real world? It's a physiological movie with art and humour. And it takes time to absorb the idea and the beauties.

ONE DAY

  Though it doesn't receive many good reviews but it is a nice made movie to my point of view. It's noway to compare with the book for sure. Never there's a movie base on a book can compare to the original creation. The beautiful words in the book was wasted at the first half of the movie, the skipping of times lost the details of the character. I wish they would have voice over or add a scene about the letters between Dex and Em. But the art direct and the costume did a good job on the late 80s to 00s. The small change of the era yet it's so precise. The great part of the story is it captures the possibility of life, the struggle to the reality which people can relate to. Beautiful story doesn't have to be happy ending.

 雖然很多影評都說不好，我倒是挺滿意。因為電影口味真是人人不同，正如有些人看一些笑片可以沒五秒爆笑一次我反而一點都笑不出來。電影當然是無法跟書相比的，書的文筆非常美，電影剛開始的部份跳過得快，錯過了一些可以讓人物性格明顯一點的小細節。故事由80年代尾開始到00年代，美指和服裝在時間變遷的微細部份都做得好。這故事讓人喜歡的地方在於它的真實可能性，看的人可以代入。也可能是為甚麼坐隔壁的兩個中學生一完結的時候說悶，語氣聽得出來是受保護新一代。

LCF BA Show

  LCF BA show at Victoria House basement. Public view 01-04/Jul (Open: 12:00-19:00)

Showcasing design, media & imagery course from School of Design & Technology and School of Media & Communication.

Ai Weiwei - Circle of Animals

  Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is still under capture of Chinese government. His re-creation of the 12 Chinese zodiac heads are currently showing in the square of Somerset House in London. 

  中國藝術家艾未未目前還被中國政府的禁閉當中。而他的中國12生肖像正在倫敦的Somerset House廣場中展覽。

International Day Against Homophobia

HANNA

  I  would say this is quite a disappointment. Not only the the cadence is bad that you can't feel the tension, the story telling is also quite messy. It's a bit of this and that, I can't really see the focus. The two thing impressed me are the music by Chemical Brothers (of course it's good.) and the camera move. There are some very interesting long & hand carry shot work so smoothly make the movie visually entertaining. So what did it become? Nice music and interesting camera move...you got it! It's a 111mins music video! I can so tell you that all I remember form the film when I walked out the cinema are (1) the music (2) the camera moves (3) the Prada heels Cate Blanchett was wearing.

  我不得不說，這部電影讓我失望了。故事的表達太混亂了，每件事點一下題然後又沒了下文；找不到重點。只有兩樣東西讓我印象深刻就是Chemical Brothers做的音樂(那是當然了)，其次是攝影，有一些長鏡，手提鏡位非常有趣。結果在好音樂和鏡頭作用之下，這就像是個111分鐘的MV。離開戲院的那刻，我只記得 (1)音樂 (2)鏡頭  (3)Cate Blanchett那雙Prada。

LCF - Final Year Show 2011

  London College of Fashion final year show for Fashion Design Technology BA & FDA courses today. Although I made a really bad choice of seat so the photos aren't nice; there are few collection which are eye catching. Here are some of the pieces.

  今天是London College of Fashion的年度畢業展，這一場的展是學士和基本課程的合展。以下是其中幾套的展出服裝。

Confessions

  I've left this behind for a year, and finally, I watched "Confessions". With all those very good comments on Takako Matsu, the performance actually didn't surprise me at all. I guess it's because the role is so different from many of her previous work and she at least portray the character fair enough. The young actors and actress, especially Yukito Nishii. I somehow thought he's the main cast. Nakashima is getting even better, the deadly cool tone and the music video like CG visual scene were  combined beautifully, and didn't feel like over-doing.

  我拖了一年，終於看了《告白》。松隆子表現完全沒驚喜(拖了那麼久就是怕這個，結果真的中了。唉) 很多人說她演得好，只是因為那跟她演了那麼多年很不一樣的角色然後她只少能表現那感覺罷了。反而小孩們非常搶戲，西井幸人不得了，差點以為你是主角。中島哲也越來越厲害了，畫面流露的冷漠，和那些很MV的CG畫面融合得異常舒服不做作。

Tate Modern

  Tate Modern Day! Gabriel Orozco exhibition is ending very soon and it's the first day of the brand new exhibition of Joan Miró, no more time wasting, head to Tate Modern today. Orozco's works reflect life with a special point of view, personally prefer the photography series of the yellow scooter. What surprised me is the Miró show; it's a rather big collection and I love the colour of the works! You can feel the passion, the fun and the happiness within his work, not just through the colour, also the way he draw. The works are surreal but they express in a direct way like a child. Simple but strong. To be honest, they are very strong, I tried to draw one of his piece, just to realise it's not easy to draw like a child. It's one enjoyable experience, and I'm sure you are leaving the show with a smile on your face!

因為Gabriel Orozco的展覽快將結束，同時也是Joan Miró新展覽的開幕，事不宜遲的來到Tate Modern。Orozco的作品都用很有趣的角度去看生活上的點滴，個人比較喜歡小機車的街拍系列。但讓人驚喜的是Joan Miró的展，展品很多而且個人很喜歡他的用色。從他的創作中你能感覺到他的熱情，不單單是從顏色，連他的畫風都十分可愛。像小孩那種抽象，但很直接的表達方式。看似簡單但其實是很強烈的表現。這是一個看了之後心情很愉快的藝展。

Shop Opens!

  The Franky Mang Illustration shop is now open on Bigcartel.com! I've created a postcard with blank boxes and background so you can draw and write your thought! (sample shown below.) It does feel nice to see your own drawing become a product, just I hope there will be customers! (LOL) Tote bag will be available soon!

Franky Mang Illustration網店在Bigcartel.com開幕了！第一個要賣的就是明信片，留白的小盒子和背景讓你可以畫和寫你的心意。(示範如圖) 環保包包即將退出