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Okuribito (2008)
For people who wanna feel something
This is a real gem. I haven't seen a movie like this for quite a while - and I've seen quite a few lately. Actually I must say I haven't seen a movie like this for way too long. This movie took a hold of me right from the start, and didn't lose its grip for a second. Although I'm trying, evidently, it is hard to describe exactly how beautiful this movie really is. I guess everyone should find it out for themselves. Suffice it to say that it is movies like this that make watching movies worthwhile.
On of the many messages in this movie I was able to distill is that everything happens for a reason. Whether or not the latter is actually true will probably always remain a mystery. It is, however, something I believe in. And it is for this, that I suddenly see, why this movie moves me.
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Never start a new experience, twice.
I just watched Exit Through The Gift Shop. What a great documentary. This documentary displays a great example of a man who finds his purpose in life serendipitously. It all started out when Mr. Brainwash (MBW), Thierry Guetta, was mysteriously taken away from his father after the sudden death of his mother, and Thierry realized that he didn't want any moment to be taken away from him ever again. So Thierry decided to record the rest of his life, literally. He soon got a fascination for street art, and became the right hand of controversial street artists like Shepard Fairey and Banksy, assisting them to tightrope-walk the thin line over the gray area of law valley. As wary as these artists were at first, they were also pleased that Thierry offered a sort of safe escape hatch to release their work after years of keeping it under wraps. Ironically, it was not until the first time Thierry turned the camera around that it started to dawn on him; Thierry was an artist himself. Violating all art rules - the ones that don't exist - he held his first exposition soon, and put himself worldwide on the map as an artist, selling his work for prices many established artists can only dream of.
Moral of the story - in my point of view - if everybody tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before, or because it goes against all conventional rules, take that as encouragement to do just that.