tonight i stumbled upon the film 'Dolls' / ドールズ  (2002)
i've been a little obsessed with asian arthouse films lately. mostly japanese.
they're incredible: every aspect of misc-en-scene, the mere premise of each script
this particular film was excruciatingly slow at the start and barely had dialogue throughout its duration,
but i was in tears about twenty minutes in. it is a story about three different 'never-ending' love short-stories
intelligently crafted to intertwine, somehow. i recommend it to everyone who believe they have
the time and patience for this, or just feel a little lost in life.














looking at photos of the london trip i had last year, i found a photo of this poem from
cheyenne's copy of 'classical love poetry', from the british museum.



i adore this so much
i want to engrave it on withered wood

my favourite french film to date.

“Things Wong Kar Wai taught me about love”

1. You will fall in love only once. Obstacles will prevail. The rest of your life is spent recovering.
2. Anything that distracts you from the pain of your loss is good. Some people are more
    successful in this regard than others.
3. Eroticising their objects will be the pinnacle of your sexual fulfillment.
4. Desire is kept eternally alive by the impossibility of contact.
5. The most potent way to exist is to occupy someone else’s imagination.
6. Technology will only heighten your sense of desolation making you more keenly aware that no
    one is trying to call.
7. Hook up with someone. Live with them. Sleep with them. Tag along. Don’t be fooled. You are
    only a transitory distraction. Ask for commitment. Declare your love. Watch the set up evaporate.
8. Some coincidences are deliberate.