nightlydvdreviewMeet the new mind behind CINEMA VOYAGE
March 27th 2010 08:28
Hi film buffs,
In a past life as a Korean masseuse, I often wondered how I could best serve humanity. Well, in this incarnation, I escaped the four walls of my Catholic high school and emerged onto the UTS (University of Technology Sydney) scene with noble aspirations to be the ultimate ace reporter/investigative journalist. Strangely, this was not to be and I instead found a home on the movie reviews page of premier student publication Vertigo, where I decided that hobnobbing with leading Aussie film critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz at free screenings was kind of cool anyway.
My experience in film reviewing has lasted a little over a year and a half. During this time, there have been tears and there’s been laughter. But it always amounts to the same thing: confirmation in my undying passion for cinema. And so, with a slight sense of anxiousness, I’m taking the next logical step and moving into the blogosphere. It’s with an overwhelming sense of privilege that I take over the ‘Cinema Voyage’ blog and endeavour to keep the excellent standards of Michelle Sweeney.
Very rarely do I ever make promises that I know I cannot keep. This then may be one of those very rare instances, but I promise to make ‘Cinema Voyage’ a weekly updated blog. I encourage all readers to suggest films for reviewing, or simply topics relating to all things film. I find that some of the best conversations of my life have arisen from a contrary point of view on a particular film. On that note, I’d like to know your favourite film of all time. The more surprising, bizarre and unique it may be, the better!
I’ll start: Lost In Translation
Yours dedicatedly and lovingly,
Akito Hirata
In a past life as a Korean masseuse, I often wondered how I could best serve humanity. Well, in this incarnation, I escaped the four walls of my Catholic high school and emerged onto the UTS (University of Technology Sydney) scene with noble aspirations to be the ultimate ace reporter/investigative journalist. Strangely, this was not to be and I instead found a home on the movie reviews page of premier student publication Vertigo, where I decided that hobnobbing with leading Aussie film critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz at free screenings was kind of cool anyway.
My experience in film reviewing has lasted a little over a year and a half. During this time, there have been tears and there’s been laughter. But it always amounts to the same thing: confirmation in my undying passion for cinema. And so, with a slight sense of anxiousness, I’m taking the next logical step and moving into the blogosphere. It’s with an overwhelming sense of privilege that I take over the ‘Cinema Voyage’ blog and endeavour to keep the excellent standards of Michelle Sweeney.
Very rarely do I ever make promises that I know I cannot keep. This then may be one of those very rare instances, but I promise to make ‘Cinema Voyage’ a weekly updated blog. I encourage all readers to suggest films for reviewing, or simply topics relating to all things film. I find that some of the best conversations of my life have arisen from a contrary point of view on a particular film. On that note, I’d like to know your favourite film of all time. The more surprising, bizarre and unique it may be, the better!
I’ll start: Lost In Translation
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in what must be one of the sweetest moments of cinema
Yours dedicatedly and lovingly,
Akito Hirata
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Comment by Jason King
Sydney Table
Salty Popcorn
Total Randomness
Looking forward to reading your stuff Akito
Comment by Chris Champion
Vyoos
Zoomies
Bloggercises
The Blog of Lists
Newly Old
Money Whither
Comment by Akito Hirata
Jason - if you asked me 13 years ago what my favourite film was, I just might have responded with 'Titanic' but I decided to jump ship once I saw 'Lost In Translation'
Comment by Michelle Sweeney
Competition Queen
Comment by Real Nanny Limos
* Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu)
* Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai)
* Water (Deepa Mehta)
* In the Realm of the Senses (Nagisa Oshima)
* Zabriskie Point (Antonioni)
* Léolo (Jean-Claude Lauzon)
*À bout de souffle {Breathless} Jean-Luc Godard
* Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard)
* Fargo (Joel Coen)
* Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
Thanks
Comment by Akito Hirata
Real Nanny Limos, thanks for all the great suggestions. I'll try reviewing as many as possible in the near future.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
I'm a bit late to the game but wish you luck here at orble..hope to read more of your stuff as time goes on..
As for favourite film, its impossible to narrow it down...to name one I really dug, in the last decade or so i would have to rank Donnie Darko very highly.
In the Sophia Coppolla cannon I would list The Virgin Suicides as her masterpiece, nothing else has come close for me, even Lost in Translation.
Michelle you will be missed, hope you took a step up
Comment by Akito Hirata
I'm a big fan of Darko, but I seem to enjoy it less and less with each viewing. Weird huh.
The Virgin Suicides I love! But it really is sooo different from Lost in Translation, it's basically the antithesis - complete hopelessness, perhaps a little self-consciously sad? I know we're all film nuts here, but have you read the book it was based on? It's interesting...
Cheers for the comment