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I remember now! She’s the one who took a one-syllable card from my lower left. If I remember correctly, it’s Chihaya!

I remember now! She’s the one who took a one-syllable card from my lower left. If I remember correctly, it’s Chihaya!

6 May 2013 @ 9:48am 63 | reblog

Want to spread your wings?
Our Daily Bread | Mani Kaul, 1969

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“Chihaya… listen to the poems. Listen to the poetry being read.”

Even for a time as short as the reeds that grow in Naniwa’s marsh (19)
turn Tatsuta river into a colorful brocade…
(69)
But all that’s left is a pale moon in the dawn sky.
(81)
My thoughts are sad, yet it’s not only for me that Autumn has come…
(23)
there is no other I know as a friend…
(66)
The pine trees of Takasago cannot take their place
(34)
as my concern this morning is as tangled as my black hair.
(80)
Burning through the night, dull in ashes through the day is the love aglow in me.
(49)
Even for a time as short as the reeds that grow in Naniwa’s marsh.

5 May 2013 @ 12:07pm 48 | reblog

Don’t worry about it. It’s only a movie.
Angustia | Bigas Luna, 1987

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- She said, “Achmed, Besser ein Ende mit Schrecken… als ein Schrecken ohne Ende.”
- So what does it mean?
About Elly | Asghar Farhadi, 2009

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We don’t need other worlds. We need a mirror. We struggle to make contact, but we’ll never achieve it. 
Solyaris | Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972

2 May 2013 @ 11:53am 223 | reblog

You can’t destroy my happiness.
Raavanan | Mani Ratnam, 2010

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"turns out that lonely people are all the same"
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