Monday, October 17, 2005

The value of Effort

A lot of people before me have put in a lot of effort in things I have deemed boring or of little value. Like manufacturing engineering and repetitive work like sorting letters at a post office. However, its due to their effort that I can keep in touch with someone I love so much, in so many different ways. And that adds so much to my life.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Movie Review

Title: Mulholland Drive
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This is one weird movie the first time you watch it. It seems to have unrelated strands, but you know that thats not true, that the scenes must have some connection, and as a result you're confused.

There are three main strands in the movie: Initially when a woman in a black evening gown loses her memory in a car crash, and ends up at Betty's (Naomi Watts) house just hours before she comes to the house to stay. Betty is a wannabe actress chasing her dreams in L.A. , staying at her aunt's house in Havenhurst. She finds the woman, who calls herself Rita. Together they chase a Diane Selwyn, the only name Rita remembers, for a clue to her real identity. In between Betty manages to wow a small group with her acting in an audition.
Alongside this investigation is the story of Adam Kutcher, a hotshot movie director who is being forced by the mafia to cast a Camilla Rhodes as the lead in his new fil