OUR DESTINY LIES ABOVE US.

My place to share my love for movies, cinematography and film scores. Side blog to underaswift-sunrise. Header image from "The Tree of Life".

[zhaozi]

she hugged me tight, burying her face into my back and the longer i drove, the tighter she held. though her eyes were close i knew she was smiling, i could just tell.

[wulfhalls]

GLADIATOR (2000) DIR. RIDLEY SCOTT

You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness. Courage. Perhaps not on the battlefield, but … there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn’t want me for your son.  

[seatawinan]

I’ve been trying so hard Not to think of you But the memories brought me back again Your name engraved herein

[flowrbreaths-moved]

how very special are we for just a moment to be part of life’s eternal rhyme

[chailame]

TAKESHI KANESHIRO Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-Wai)

[mangaliveactiongifs]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Rurouni Kenshin: Origins (2012) dir. Otomo Keishi NOTE: Follow @mangaliveactiongifs for your daily dose of manga live action gifs.

[mashamorevna]

“In solitude, I felt the liberty you spoke of. But I also felt your absence.” - Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

[tvandfilmdaily]

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek as Henri "Papillon" Charrière and Louis Dega in Papillon (2017).

[morleyseliza]

[withered-rose-with-thorns]

Eye of gold, thigh of blue, true is false, who is who?

[anyataylorjoy]

Emma (2020), cin. Christopher Blauvelt Lady Macbeth (2016), cin. Ari Wegner Jane Eyre (2011), cin. Adriano Goldman Mary, Queen of Scots (2018), cin. John Mathieson Belle (2013), cin. Ben Smithard The Favourite (2018), cin. Robbie Ryan The Duchess (2008), cin. Gyula Pados

[moviehub]

If it was never new, and it never gets old, then it’s a folk song. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) dir Joel and Ethan Coen

[electrica]

Loving people doesn’t save them. Love has no say, unfortunately.

Mommy (2014) dir. Xavier Dolan

[potteresque-ire]

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing 張國榮 (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003)  Celebrated Actor, Singer, Idol Queer Icon Those who’re from the Sinosphere, or who’ve followed Chinese-speaking entertainment, probably all know Leslie. Through his 25-year career, he had swept numerous singing and acting awards. A born dancer, his stage presence was phenomenal, and his charisma undeniable — warm and disarming, while also carrying a unique sense of humour from his eight teenage years spent in the UK. His face could, of course, launch a thousand ships.

He was so beloved that his native city of Hong Kong had an endearing, homely nickname for him: Gor Gor. Based on one of his popular movie roles, it means elder brother in Cantonese—same as Ge Ge in Mandarin.

So yes, Leslie was/is my original Gg. When I say Gg in the context of entertainment, I still think of him first. In fact, when I speak out loud about Turtledom’s Gg and Dd, I still call them “The Big One” and “The Little One” — because calling “The Big One” Gor Gor doesn’t feel right.

Gor Gor (哥哥), to me, is always Leslie.

(TW: Homophobia; Suicide)

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[xmcbop]

Better Days (2019) Dir. Derek Tsang

[dailyflicks]

CHUNGKING EXPRESS 1994, dir. Wong Kar-wai

[robertmitchum]

We must make an idol of our fear, and call it god.

THE SEVENTH SEAL dir. Ingmar Bergman