We just watched this. An amazing surfing film like no other. Highly recommended.

“There was once a man who became unstuck in the world – he realized that he was not his car, he realized that he was not his job, he was not his phone, his desk or his shoes. Like a boat cut from its anchor, he’d began to drift.”

I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. To smoke and have coffee, and if you do them together — it’s fantastic! Or to draw, you know, to take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line, and together it’s a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them, like so, together. See that’s good, that feels good. There’s so many good things… —Peter Falk in Wings of Desire [‘Der Himmel über Berlin’] One of my favorite films. Thank you, mianoti.

I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. To smoke and have coffee, and if you do them together — it’s fantastic! Or to draw, you know, to take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line, and together it’s a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them, like so, together. See that’s good, that feels good. There’s so many good things…

—Peter Falk in Wings of Desire [‘Der Himmel über Berlin’]

One of my favorite films. Thank you, mianoti.

Takashi Shimura as Watanabe, the bureaucrat doomed to die from cancer, in Ikiru (1952, dir. Akira Kurosawa) “Occasionally I think of my death … then I think, how could I ever bear to take a final breath; while living a life like this, how could I leave it? There is, I feel, so much more for me to do — I keep feeling I have lived so little yet. Then I become thoughtful, but not sad. It was from such a feeling that Ikiru arose.” One of my favorite films. Thank you, liquidnight. -Kurosawa, quoted in Akira Kurosawa: Interviews [via oldhollywood]

Takashi Shimura as Watanabe, the bureaucrat doomed to die from cancer, in Ikiru (1952, dir. Akira Kurosawa)

“Occasionally I think of my death … then I think, how could I ever bear to take a final breath; while living a life like this, how could I leave it? There is, I feel, so much more for me to do — I keep feeling I have lived so little yet. Then I become thoughtful, but not sad. It was from such a feeling that Ikiru arose.”

One of my favorite films. Thank you, liquidnight.

-Kurosawa, quoted in Akira Kurosawa: Interviews

[via oldhollywood]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds | “O Children” with Scenes from Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite Jeunes diables au collège (1933)

This is great. Thank you, firsttimeuser & poboh.

Opening Scenes from Werckmeister Harmonies directed by Béla Tarr (2000)

I’ve always been suspicious. I don’t even look into my face. I shaved this morning, and I look at my cheeks so that I don’t cut myself, but I don’t even want to know the color of my eyes. I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century. A major, major mistake. And it’s only one of the mistakes of the twentieth century, which makes me think that the twentieth century in its entirety was a mistake.
Werner Herzog, in an interview with Chris Heath for GQ. In other news, Cave of Forgotten Dreams has opened here at last! (via itgivesitthew & buffleheadcabin). Go see Cave of Forgotten Dreams, it’s truly an amazing experience.

(Source: GQ)

Olivia Hussey in Romeo & Juliet (1968, dir. Franco Zeffirelli). Thank you, oldhollywood & avanishedtime via.

Olivia Hussey in Romeo & Juliet (1968, dir. Franco Zeffirelli). Thank you, oldhollywood & avanishedtime via.

Peter Falk: “I can’t see you, but I know you’re here. I feel it. You’ve been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. See that’s cold; that feels good. Or to smoke. Have coffee. Or if you do it together, that’s fantastic. Or to draw. You know, you take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line and together it’s a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them together. See that’s good, that feels good. There’s so many good things, but you’re not here. I’m here. I wish you were here. I wish you could talk to me…cuz I’m a friend.” —from Wim Wenders remarkable film, Wings of Desire. Watch the trailer at Criterion. RIP Peter Falk. Thank you, wolfandfox for finding the video for this scene.

Peter Falk:

“I can’t see you, but I know you’re here. I feel it. You’ve been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. See that’s cold; that feels good. Or to smoke. Have coffee. Or if you do it together, that’s fantastic. Or to draw. You know, you take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line and together it’s a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them together. See that’s good, that feels good. There’s so many good things, but you’re not here. I’m here. I wish you were here. I wish you could talk to me…cuz I’m a friend.”

—from Wim Wenders remarkable film, Wings of Desire. Watch the trailer at Criterion. RIP Peter Falk.

Thank you, wolfandfox for finding the video for this scene.

Many films diminish us. They cheapen us, masturbate our senses, hammer us with shabby thrills, diminish the value of life. Some few films evoke the wonderment of life’s experience, and those I consider a form of prayer. Not prayer “to” anyone or anything, but prayer “about” everyone and everything. I believe prayer that makes requests is pointless. What will be, will be. But I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or love someone, or do a good thing. Those prayers validate existence and snatch it away from meaningless routine.
Roger Ebert (Thank you, theantidote, azspot, & redcloud)