31/08/2013

Your Grandchildren




Well, I'm not surprised. The real question is whether their parents are themselves reasonably good people. But to my mind, many of them would get tired of giving a moment of unprejudiced thought to such questions as "Why should I live?" We care about smartphones, food and drink, cosmetics, and seek attention (deserved or not) on the net day after day. I don't mean that these things must be unworthy to do, but the is that we usually care too much about them while giving little or no attention to many other things. Yes, you can call it blindness. Our grandchildren will probably be even worse off, not only due to climate change.




26/08/2013

The Way We Dance




















I didn't like dancing or seeing people dancing, and never found myself able to appreciate any part of Hong Kong's popular youth culture (so some people said I was cynical and 老人精). But when I was leaving the cinema, I missed all the movements, all the steps, all their pain, and all their smile, all against the background of dance music. I have a hunch that《狂舞派》("The Way We Dance") will be considered by many film critics as a remarkable Hong Kong movie of all time.