Sorry Fishies

Dear readership (i.e. friends who I force to read my blog). I havn't posted in a while since I didn't rot at work as much as I did before. I promise to post more once since I got back to New York and I'll start watching live shows and movies in theaters.

But I do have one noteworthy movie that I've seen recently that I highly recommend:

Jellyfish (2007) /Film

This Israeli film won the Caméra d'Or (The Golden Camera award) at the Cannes Festival this year. It's another one of those "different people - same city - all intertwine" movies (examples being Crash, Love Actually, Heights). But the movie seems a bit more authetic than others; maybe because it's an international film devoid of all the hollywood commercialism. My favorite scene has to be when a newly wed woman reads, with a voice over, a poem that she previously wrote which was eventually finished by a writer, with whom they swapped hotel rooms. (Sorry for being so vague, otherwise I'd be spoiling the plot for you). Some of the plot lines and editing wasn't up to par, but the visuals and the enticing, magical realism of the movie makes up for it.

I tried to ponder on its thematic significance and I concluded that it's really a movie that portrays human relationships and self revelations. My friend made a good point that, as an Israeli film, the film makes a lot of references to death and rebirth. I'd have to watch this for a second time to make better conclusions.

P.S. I'm looking for that poem from the movie, please let me know if you find it anywhere online!