entering day 4 of holiday break, i have finally watched a couple of classic films: "In the Mood for Love" and "2001: A Space Odyssey". yes, i know, i'm very late.

1. In the Mood for Love, by Wong Kar-wai (2000)

first of all, i loved it for its use of bold colors - in the cheongsams, the walls, curtains, and the lighting. and i finally understood why this film is dubbed as "frames within frames", and its significance in the story -

it's not just for the purpose of beautiful cinematography, but also the characters (this i realized after watching an analysis on YT lol). with minimum dialogues and settings, this film is simple yet profound. i think it's quite rare to find modern films with similar simplicity.

imo, one of the best quotes from the film is in a quote itself.

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Stanley Kubrick (1968)

where do i even begin!? i'd known that it was a classic, cult, sort of a must-see-before-you-die type of film. i resisted reading into it too much, lest i spoiled myself from this grand discovery i was about to have.

as i was entering it cold, i realized that this was nothing like i've ever seen before. well i haven't seen much either BUT good gosh it was straight-up weird even in the first 20 mins?!!

ok hear me up first. no need to get defensive.

as i was weirded out in the first scenes, i read the wiki page more. then i found out that kubrick intended it to be mostly nonverbal. ok, that explained it, i thought. so, if you plan to see it, expect to hear uncommon sounds or score, a lot of it. i'd even say that its sound-

-track is akin to one of a horror film's. but as strange as it is (this film was made in the 60's, so what did i expect really), it's also somehow advanced, transcending the limitations found in that era. i could see where "Interstellar" or "Gravity" got their inspirations from.

and the story is, yet again, simple but mindboggling and unsettling, as expected because it deals with space and beyond. so, i guess the strangeness of it kind of attributes to the fact that it's one of the best films of all time.

and what i found similar to "In the Mood for Love" (forgot to mention that it's also deemed as one of the best films ever made) is its choice of bold colors use too.

imma share some of my favorite shots.

[this may be a SPOILER, so beware]

i've never got more riled up by a computer (in films, not my personal possession) than by HAL 9000!!! not even by that auto-pilot in WALL-E, which i got reminded of when watching this film! i think it's his voice.

and my 1st tweet of this thread got a like by a user named Hal after that very computer lmao.