Living On Cloud Nine

Good friends of ours started production on a Documentary just as we left Australia at the end of last year. We have both been hanging out all year waiting to see the finished piece. Well the wait is over and we are so proud of our talented friends.
This documentary follows a group of young surfers heading overseas on a surf trip/life changing look at poverty. If you have a spare 30 mins please watch it.

moonrise kingdom

This weekend Morgan and I went to the cinemas for the first time since arriving in France. We went and saw Wes Andersons new film "Moonrise Kingdom" and I think I have a new favourite Wes Anderson film. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, have a little look. We highly recommend this film.
-kim

our night at a silent film

To celebrate my last day working last Thursday, Morgan and I travelled out to The Majestic Theatre, to experience the wonder of a silent film. This theatre has been open for 90 years and has so much character. The film we saw was 3 Bad Men, a Western set in the American Gold rush. This was such a special experience watching this 1920's film with a live piano playing alongside it, to an audience that consisted of us and only 5 others.





We forgot to take a camera up, so just snapped these ones on the iphone. Our friend Derek visited earlier this year and took a couple of beautiful photos you should see. They capture it a lot better.
-kim

a to z

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I did a post about movies I love not long ago and it got me thinking, if I had to do an A to Z of my favourite films, what would it look like. So I wrote it out.

A} The Assasinations of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Redford. I find Casey Affleck an amazing actor. Simple yet captivating.
B} Big Fish. I'm a big fan of Tim Burtons film, this one is a beautiful tale without the blood and guts.
C} Control. I grew up listening to Joy Division. This is one of my favourite music/band movies. Sam Riley plays lead singer Ian Curtis too well.
D} The Departed. All star cast, all star soundtrack and all star director.
E} Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. One of Micheal Gondrys best.
F} Fight Club. Brad and Edward. enough said.
G} Garden State. Just watch it if you haven't.
H} Hook. Who didn't love Robin Williams growing up?
I} I'm Not There/Inception/Into the Wild/Inglorious Basterds. Too hard to pick, gun to my head....Inception.
J} Juno. All time feel good movie.
K} The Kid. Not the Bruce Willis movie, I'm talking silent film by the great Charlie Chaplin.
L} The Lord of the Rings. All three are the true movie watching experience.
M} Memento. Complex script/screenplay. I love it.
N} The Nines. Ryan Reynolds has a great screen presence.
O} Ondine. I couldn't understand Colin Farrell in parts, but who doesn't love a Irish movie about love.
P} Paris, Je t'aime. A bunch of beautiful short films set in Paris.
Q} Quintin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction. Q was very hard. Classic film.
R} Robin Hood (Disney). Best Disney film. Roger Miller as the rooster. Great.
S} Snatch. My favourite Guy Ritchie film.
T} Temple Grandin. A beautiful movie about Autism.
U} Unbreakable. Who doesn't wish they had a super power.
V} V for Vendetta. Poetically messing up the establishment.
W} Walk the Line. Incase you weren't already into Johnny Cash.
X} X-men. Like I said, who doesn't want super powers.
Y} Yellow Submarine. I had a confusing childhood.
Z} Zoolander. I do like comedies as well.

This was really hard to chose but looking back I think I am happy with the list. If you disagree with some or all of my choices let me know. I would love the challenge to watch movies I have not yet seen.
Enjoy
-morgan

one hundred.

Well this is our one hundredth blog post so I'm going to let you in on one of my favourite things....
MOVIES

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Ever since I was young I've loved movies. Never really comedies... although I did love them. I was always about a script, something written like a book and something that visually blew my mind (and I'm not talking about special effects, I mean cut and put together well, beautiful cinematography).
So from time to time I thought I'd share some new films we've seen or some old favourites.

What better place to start then my top 7 movies (for each day of the week) in no particular order

1) Fight Club- I watched this young with few friends, it freaked them out a bit, but it sparked something within me. Since I have read most of Chuck Palahniuk books and watch nearly all of Edward Nortons films.

2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- This was the first time I took Jim Carey seriously. I am a big fan of Michel Gondrys music clips and thought this movie was amazingly beautiful.

3) Memento- What the hey... Any film by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Inception, The Prestige etc) is amazing. I think he is my favourite writer/director. He turns a complex script into art on a screen

4) Into the Wild- To show I'm not all about weird, twisted movies I also like something that inspires you, although this movie is sad it makes me want to travel the world and sell all my possessions.

5) Lord of the Rings- All three shows that good blockbuster can be made and that a book can be translated to the big screen

6) Snatch- Although all of Guy Ritchies films are the same, the way they are put together with great shots, music and actors makes me laugh and appriciate the art of film.

7) Life is Beautiful- Although I was only 10 when I watched this movie, it changed my life. If you haven't seen it yet... do so now.

There you have it. I've left alot of movies out, and might have a new list in 6 months but this sums me up pretty good I think.

What's your favourite movie?

-morgan-