by Yasmin Ahmad
In the script, I had written, "Melur looks clean and showered, dressed in her usual boy-style pyjamas. She’s lying on the floor of the living room. Mahesh is also lying on the floor. They both have a pillow each and they’re facing each other, their legs stretched out in the opposite direction."
When it came to shooting the scene, I had an idea to make them do more than face each other. We made him teach her his language.
It was a quiet moment that turned out more sensuous than we thought. They were speaking, but you will hear nothing, except for the gentle, dreamy strains of Claude Debussy's "Claire de Lune" ("Moonlight").
Then, tired out by the day's activities, they fell asleep. We framed it quite closely at first, but it looked too much like that table scene from Wong Kar-Wai's "My Blueberry Nights".
Then my cinematographer did something miraculous. He framed them loose and pushed to the corner of the frame, and then he rotated the camera clockwise, causing the bodies to float across the frame until they finally rested in the centre. I gasped. Suddenly, they were more than just Melur and Mahesh.
They looked like the constellation, orbiting against the sky. They were so close, but they did not touch. They were two sleeping stars that looked as if they had been together for millions of years. They looked destined to be together.
They became the Yin-Yang.
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i watched talentime yesterday 我的心还留在昨天
一贯的yasmin手法，点到为止却让人深思，各种族的隔阂和复杂的情感引人入胜。
没有浮燥华丽的拍摄手法、喧宾夺主的情节画面和演员，却以最简单的方式带出细腻的情感。直接、不拖泥带水，融入不同的元素和社会讽刺，很好。
it is very simple, but it is not simple
那一发不可收拾的泪水，久久不能释怀，我的心还留在昨天。
一个超级小粉丝的心态，我最难忘她曾经回复我的留言：
dear seeyin,
don't be upset by idiots like that politician. these people only serve to show us how blessed we are that we don't think that way. there are racists in every race, in every country, you know that, and we should use them to remind ourselves how we should NOT raise our children.
peace, my dear
她叫我的名字！她认真看我给她的留言！
那时开心了好几天。
race? what is race? race car?
庆幸今年看了几部意义非凡、丝丝入扣的电影，The curious case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionare, and this- Talentime. Don't miss it!!!! 快下映了，只剩 KLCC 7.00pm 那场。少数华人观众会购票去看吧，他们或许比较喜欢the fast and furious 4, dragonball, ......somemore? 电影院的人数有点让人失望，不过相信在场的每一个enjoyed the movie as much as i did.
电影结束后的感想，很想找个同样温度的陌生人拥抱。
sorry
i talked too much
heres the trailer:
one of my favourite soundtrack in the movie, O RE PIYA (means O my beloved)
whenever i listen to it, some scenes float in my mind, again and again.
这部戏让我想起很多马来朋友，她们都很疼我。
我的心还留在电影里
好想再哭一场。
向我的偶像致敬。
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小语: 要是我没看这部电影, 会不会像现在一样爱上这旋律?
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那天她还好好地在上班开会~ 人生真的很化学。。 说走就走！
生命本来就很儿戏……所以要更珍惜拥有的。
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雅斯敏导演走了
我很想写一些东西缅怀可是最后还是决定不写了。。。
不知怎的最近就是很压抑很压抑
还是看到了其他人的纪念方式
或觉得自己其实并不够喜欢她/她的作品
我还没有看Talentime / muallaf
但还是比麦克之死
伤心
她有很多部电影我都没机会看 正在找Cd。
从知道恶讯那天起，我真的没办法接受。有时会大哭有时会发呆有时会想念。再也没有机会见到她的作品，就连她的真人也没见过。我真的好想亲口告诉她，我好爱她，给她一个拥抱。可是一切都太迟了，永远的遗憾。太年轻了，太匆忙了，太突然了，不要叫我接受！
我好想念她
感叹了，再感叹。
对于那些抓着他乱喷口水的，更感叹
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