October 11, 2005
Inspiration and bicycles
Friday night Ron and I escaped the clutches of Bob-de-Bouwer (Bob the builder) and parenthood for a few hours to go and see Beijing Bicycle at the Film Museum.
It was billed as the Chinese version of Vittorio de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves which was intriguing enough for me. I was expecting something a tad depressing but the film had a strangely uplifting effect despite the relentless progress of fate against our hero. I think it was the direction and camerawork, which were beautiful and also very inspiring. By some strange coincidence, many of the shots made use of a technique I've been itching to play with lately (with still shots though, not moving pictures) and provided buckets of inspiring ideas. Now that I am happily 'freelancing' again, (read, without a client) I may actually find the time to try them out.
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