VVV
20/08/2006
Why do they call it double U
When it looks more like 2 V’s? Seems that the earliest form of the letter was really 2 Vs.
I think I need to sleep earlier in general. Because I wake up late, I feel like I’m getting less of a day, even though we sleep at about 3am. Bad, I know.
We went to Funan yesterday, not for a hot pinkDS Lite, but for a haircut. While KF got his $10 EC House cut, I raided Laser Flair and ended up with more Korean DVDs. Not the serials this time, just a couple of movies.
Pistal Opera
So last night I decided to start on my loot. Put in Pistol Opera, not Korean, it was Japanese, but I liked the chick who acts in it. She’s the tall chick in Power Office Girls, the funny Japanese serial about these women working in a department store.
Back to the movie. I don’t even need to write a Haiku for it, I can sum it up in one word: weird!
It’s like watching a David Lynch movie (without the rich cinematography). It read normally enough in the synopsis at the back. She’s a professional killer, ranked #3 in the Guild. She’s tasked to off #1, a mysterious killer called Hundred Eyes to take his place.
What follows is a weird, crazy mix of violence, strange metaphorical storytelling, and seemingly inconsequential scenes. It’s like someone who couldn’t tell a straight story wrote the script.
So I can’t tell you if it’s a good movie. I couldn’t comprehend more than half of it. I didn’t know if it was funny!
Anyway. The chick, Makiko Esumi turns 40 this year. She looks good for a 40-year old.
Weird!
