ももいろそらを／About the Pink Sky/ 粉紅色的天空

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Independent

Dir: Kobayashi Keiichi
Cast: Ai Ikeda, Ena Koshino, Reiko Fujiwara
Japan, 2011, B&W, 113min

High school student Izumi Kawashima, whose daily routine is rating newspaper articles, finds a wallet containing a large sum of cash. Instead of returning the wallet to its owner, Izumi decides to lend a substantial portion of the money to a middle-aged male acquaintance. She eventually returns the wallet to its owner, a wealthy high-school boy named Koki, who notices the missing money, and as compensation, asks Izumi to do something for his friend - to create a newspaper that brings happiness to its reader.

extracted from imdb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1890472/plotsummary

Biography
Keiichi Kobayashi was born in Japan in 1972. Kobayashi has directed numerous television programs, music videos, commercials, and Web‐based dramas. ABOUT THE PINK SKY (MOMOIRO SORA O) is his debut feature film. The film won the Japanese Eyes best picture award at Tokyo IFF in November 2011.
extracted from
https://www.festivalscope.com/director/kobayashi-keiichi


导演：小林启一
国家：日本
年份：2011
色彩：黑白
片长：113分钟

小林启一要创新超级英雄，但不是超人也非哈利波特，而是头脑古怪、有点早熟的高校女生。前提是九成日本人路不拾遗，女生川岛拾到30万，怎么办好？答案是拿去接济钓鱼友。两个死党催迫下，她去找物主，有钱仔物主跟她交换条件：炮制报喜不报忧的报纸，来安慰入院的朋友。原来开正她戏路，川岛开始在大街小巷，寻找作古仔的面孔。创意先行的青春片新类型，男女生以自然演绎卡哇儿，令有生命力的画面像磁石吸住眼球，获东京电影节最佳电影奖。

转载自好戏网
http://www.mask9.com/node/51055

Invictus

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Other

Invictus
by William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

不可征服
威廉·埃内斯特·亨利（1849 – 1903）

夜幕中我独自彷徨，
无边的狂野一片幽鸣。
感谢万能的上苍，
赐给我倔强的心灵。

任凭恶浪冲破堤坝，
绝不畏缩，绝不哭泣。
任凭命运百般作弄，
血可流，头不可低。

在这充满悲愤的土地，
恐怖幽灵步步已趋，
纵使阴霾常年聚集，
始终无法令我畏惧。

且不管旅途是否顺畅平稳，
不管承受多么深重的创伤，
我是我命运的主人，
我是我灵魂的船长。

（页底注释：《Invictus》译文来自互联网，译者不详，谨向译者致敬！）

3 IRON SOUNDTRACK

This is a song from Korean movie 3-Iron (빈집, Bin-jip, meaning Empty House) is a 2004 Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk.

The title of the song is "Gafsa" from album "Halim" sing by Belgian world music singer Natacha Atlas. Natacha Atlas was born to a father of Moroccan, Egyptian, and Palestinian ancestry who was born in Jerusalem and a British mother who had converted to Islam.

Gafsa (Arabic: قفصة‎ Qafṣa) is the capital of Gafsa Governorate of Tunisia. There is no know reason yet why this song is titled as this location.

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Lyrics translation of different version:

The breeze of romance started blowing in my mind. Give me the peace of my Habibi(Beloved).You will say, 'Return my precious, forget the separation and the strangeness.'
My imagination will say, 'I wonder aimlessly, and my ambition will be happy. "And she appeared from the high towers,and said strange words...
Return my love,I don't have luck in this world. You are my love then, But it is impossible that you will be mine again.
Oh night,
Oh my love,
It is Finnished.
Salaam Habibi
From: SerpentHeadSoldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlCP6I45z6s

Natacha Atlas - Cage=Gafsa The winds of love suddenly began blowing in my head Bringing me the greeting of my beloved Saying "return my precious" "The separatoin has been long while you are away" The impatience of my imagination wandered in a void And it was a happy wish for me She emerged from a high tower And said a strange word Return my love I don't have any destiny for me in this world
By budapest1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvPx3pcbtw

Habet Riyahel Hobi fi bali
*The breeze of romance started blowing in my mind
Tahdeeni Salam el habib X2
*Present me with the peace of my sweetheart.
Tigouli 'Erja3 ya Ghali
*You will say 'Return my precious,
Ta3lel fourag wal il gharib' x2
*Forget the separation and the strangeness.'
Goulet Hayali "Sharadat Hali,
*My imagination will say 'I wonder aimlessly,
Wa gounet manali sa3eed."
*And my ambition will be happy."
Wa ttalet min bourja3 il 3ali,
*And she appeared from the high towers,
Wou Galet Kilamah Ghareeb...
*And said strange words...
"Erja3 ya Hobb,
*Return my love,
Mali fi dounya naseeb.
*I don't have luck (destiny) in this world.
Inta hobi lakin,
*You are my love then,
Mish moumkin tkouni halali."
*But it is impossible that you will be mine.
Ah lel
*Oh night
Ya 3ayni, ya.
*Oh my eye, oh (Arabic term of endearment.)
Khalas
*it is Finnished.
(Ammar I miss u)
by mirelagoi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlCP6I45z6s

Hello Ghost (Korean Emotional Movie) 开心鬼上身 (韩语温情片)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Other

Life is constant layers of stacking and wrinkling.....
*The twist is at last 10 over minutes but you could not get the meaning of it if you start to watch the end or fast forward it.

生命就是不断的堆叠与皱折........
*转折是在最后十多分钟，但是快转或者一开始就看结局就失去电影的意义。

http://www.natnatvip.org/2​011/04/hello-ghost.html

LET ME DECIDE 让我们自行决定 (Chinese Subtitles)

LET ME DECIDE 让我们自行决定 (Chinese Subtitles)
www.youtube.com
查寻网站 http://let-me-decide.tumblr.com/

一个优秀的社群靠的是附有独立思考的能力，不是审查官武断的决定。 审查官不能为我决定我的道德标准和价值观。 若我不能为自己做出什么是对自己最好的判断，那审查官凭什么认为他们能？ 严厉的审查将防碍新加坡发展成国际都会的进程，还有剥夺我们自主的权利。 是时候对审查制度说不了！是时候让我们自行决定了。

查寻网站 http://let-me-decide.tumblr.com/

Visit http://let-me-decide.tumblr.com/

A society's "competitive edge" is marked by its ability to think for itself, not by a censor's arbitrary scissors.

I am responsible for my morals and values, not the censor.

If I'm not the best judge of what is "appropriate" for me, what makes the censors think they are better?

And why do they claim they are "protecting" us, when they are harming Singapore's development into a global city - and assaulting my right to judge for myself?

It's time to say thanks but no thanks to censorship. It's time to LET ME DECIDE.

Visit http://let-me-decide.tumblr.com/

令人討厭的松子的一生（日語：嫌われ松子の一生，英語：Memories of Matsuko）

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Foreign

龍洋一：神既是愛。自己也不知道為什麼會被這句話吸引，視線卻怎麼都無法離開這句話。

神父：神就是愛。

龍洋一：告訴我那一句話的意義。告訴我，請告訴我......

神父：你發自內心很恨過誰嗎？你能夠為你恨的人祈禱嗎？

龍洋一：做不到

神父：這樣即可。人的心是脆弱的，是不能做到為了憎恨的敵人而祈禱的。但是如果依靠神的力量，是能夠做到的。原諒無法原諒的人，並且去愛，那就是神的愛。

龍洋一：原諒無法原諒的人，並且愛他.........松子就是我的神。

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川尻笙：人的價值，並不是從別人那裡的到什麼，而是為別人做了什麼......

龍洋一曾經說松子姑姑是自己的神，但是她最後還這麼沒用。把這麼不幸的人當作神....我不清楚神究竟是什麼，也沒有想過。但是如果這世界上有神.....像姑姑這樣給人帶來歡笑，讓人打起精神，去愛別人；但是自己總是傷痕累累，孤獨，一點都不時髦。

神如果是這樣遲鈍的人，我覺得，即使相信這樣的神也不錯。

Rated M18 in Singapore 新加坡解禁的短片

SINGAPORE : The government has lifted a four-year ban on the film "Singapore Rebel".

The film, about Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan, is now rated M18, which allows those above 18 years old to view it.

It is the first political film to be allowed since the Films Act was amended in March.

This follows the formation of an independent Political Films Consultative Committee to assess if such films are suitable for public viewing.

Even though the film was banned in 2005, "Singapore Rebel" has been extensively viewed by about half a million people online, according to its filmmaker Martyn See.

In May this year, Martyn resubmitted the film to the Board of Film Censors for vetting.

The Media Development Authority said on Friday that the Board of Film Censors had referred the film to the Political Films Consultative Committee (PFCC) for advice on whether it should be regarded as a party political film under the Films Act.

And after reviewing the film, the committee said "Singapore Rebel" is a documentary and not a party political film.

Amy Chua, chairman, Board of Film Censors, said: "The government has amended the Films Act to allow for more types of party political films that do not dramatise and/or present a distorted picture, as part of the government's move to further liberalise and expand the space for greater political discourse.

The applicant (Martyn See) has requested that his film be assessed as a documentary without any animation and composed wholly of an accurate account depicting actual events, persons or situations.

"The PFCC had assessed that the film would fall under the statutory exclusion set out in section 2(3)(e) of the Films Act."

It is the first film to be assessed and allowed by the new committee.

While the man behind the film has welcomed the move, he still has mixed feelings about the lifting of the ban.

Martyn said: "First of all, it is symbolic. Symbolic because it has been watched by half a million people on YouTube and Google Video for the last four years.

"In that sense, I am not too elated about it but on the other hand, it is a good step forward in the sense that other future film makers who want to attempt to do the same kind of films will know where the boundaries are."

Martyn has no plans to screen the film any time soon. But he is hoping that his other film, "Zahari's 17 Years", about former political detainee Said Zahari, will get the green light as well. - CNA/ms

extracted from Channel News Asia Site
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=Singapore%2520Rebel&id=1004351


《新加坡反叛者》影片解禁

（2009-09-12）
● 叶鹏飞

　　电影检查局昨天决定对独立影片制作人施忠明所摄制的影片Singapore Rebel（《新加坡反叛者》）解禁，把它归类为M18级影片，并加注“成人内容”的忠告。

　　被归类为M18的影片，将能够在本地公开放映，但是观众必须年满18岁才能入场观看。

　　据媒体发展管理局宣布，电检局是在把《新加坡反叛者》送交政治影片咨询委员会（Political Film Consultative Committee）审查之后，根据委员会的意见，决定对这部介绍新加坡民主党秘书长徐顺全政治遭遇的影片解禁。

　　这个委员会在提出意见之前，必须认定《新加坡反叛者》是否是一部政党政治影片，须受到影片法令管制。它在审查后认定《新加坡反叛者》是今年三月修订后的影片法令第2（3）条e节所定义的纪录片，因此不应视为受禁止的政党政治影片。

　　《新加坡反叛者》片长26分钟，成了政府修订影片法令，放宽对政治影片的管制之后，第一部送交政治影片咨询委员会审查，并获得解禁的影片。人民行动党青年团的宣传影片“For I Am A Singaporean”，也已送交这个委员会审查。

　　施忠明（Martyn See）昨天也在自己的博客上提到这部影片被解禁的消息。

　　他说：“经过了四年半，政府终于在今天解除了对《新加坡反叛者》的禁令。”

　　他回忆说，这部影片是在2005年4月被禁，他随后经历了警方长达15个月的调查，在对他发出“严重警告”之后，警方并没把他提控上法庭。

　　施忠明透露他是在影片法令于今年三月修订后，于5月29日重新把影片提交审查。而他的另一部类似影片《赛扎哈里的17年》（Zahari’s 17 Years）仍然被禁，而且只有部长才有解禁的权力。赛扎哈里曾是本地的一名政治犯，被监禁长达17年。

　　有网民在施忠明的博客上留言，指《新加坡反叛者》被解禁已毫无意义，因为已有许多人在互联网上观看了这部影片。

　　施忠明是在2005年1月为《新加坡反叛者》报名参加新加坡国际电影节的短片竞赛，虽然没入围，但按照电影节的惯例，它原有机会在影穗节上放映。但是，因这部短片的主角是政治人物，被当局视为内容涉及政党政治的影片，在当局于同年三月对他发出警告后，决定退出。然而，他却在同年四月把影片送到美国、纽西兰和马来西亚参加人权电影节。电影检查局随后向警方报案，开始了15个月的调查。

　　警方经过彻底调查及征求总检察署的意见后，于2006年8月决定向施忠明发出警告，而没援引影片法令中关于制作政党政治影片的条文提控他。

转载自联合早报网
http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp090912_019.shtml

《赛扎哈里的17年》（Zahari’s 17 Years）
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLaeDN4t2U

My respect to Director Yasmin Ahmad 我敬佩的雅絲敏·阿莫導演 - Star World interview 電視訪談

Yasmin Ahmad (July 1, 1958 - July 25, 2009) was a critically-acclaimed multi-award winning film director, writer and scriptwriter from Malaysia and was also the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well-known in Malaysia for their humour, heart and love that crosses cross-cultural barriers, in particular her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company. Her works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally.

extracted from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Ahmad

雅絲敏·阿莫（Yasmin Ahmad，1958年7月1日－2009年7月25日）是一位馬來西亞頗受好評且多次獲獎的電影導演與編劇，並且也是在吉隆坡李奧貝納廣告公司相當有創意的廣告導演。她的電視廣告與電影作品都因為其中關於跨越文化差異的幽默、鼓舞與愛而在馬來西亞廣為人知，特別是她為馬來西亞國家石油公司所拍的廣告。她的作品無論在馬來西亞國內或是國際上都獲得不少獎項。

引用自維基百科
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%85%E7%B5%B2%E6%95%8F%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E8%8E%AB


some extracts of interviews

“It never starts from an idea (when I thinking about a film). It starts from the feeling. Something I feel about for example people who stay in love when they old, second film something I feel about inter-racial marriage…”

“I never have ambition. Life is too short for ambition.”

“I think the fact that ours is an imperfect country makes it great for the writing (of story). For example if you were in a squeak clean city, there is nothing much to write about. But if you live in New York I guess there is plenty to write about. May be painful but its have ups and downs…. ”

訪談摘錄

“在構思電影時，我從不是從一個想法，而是從一種感觸開始。有時我對於比如說當人們在年紀大的時候還在相戀相愛有所感觸...第二部電影是我對於不同種族通婚的感觸...”

“我從來沒有野心。對雄心壯志而言，生命是過於短促了。”

“我覺得我們的國家的不完美有助於寫劇本和故事。比方說你在一個乾淨無瑕的城市裡，就沒有太多值得寫的東西。但是如果你生活在紐約，我想你會有很多題材可以書寫...可能心會有些疼，但是有高低起伏...”“

15MALAYSIA

http://15malaysia.com/
15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

15Malaysia是一个短篇电影活动，由15个马来西亚导演创作的15部短片电影组成。这些电影探讨的不只是马来西亚的现今社会和政治课题，更招来了国内许多知名人物，包括演员、音乐家和政治领袖参与其盛。您可以把这些影片当成是由15个马来西亚人为马来西亚人民制作的超酷小电影。

http://15malaysia.com/


Following is one of the film titled "Chocolate". Director Yasmin Ahmad passed away on 23 July 2009. This is her last film directed.

以下是其中一部影片“巧克力”。導演雅絲敏·阿莫於2009年7月23日逝世，這是她最後導的一部電影。