Surprises
Forrest Gump is right to say that life is like a box of chocolate, you’ll never know what you’re gonna get. I found my favorite chocolates yesterday in Carriedo.
Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh / Dancer in the Dark by Lar Von Tier / Pepi, Lucy and Bom by Pedro Almodovar / Irreversible by Gaspar Noe/ Salo by Piere Paolo Pasolini / Don’t Tell by Cristina Comencini / Belle de Jour by Luis Buñuel
The DVD store attendant was kind enough to let me know that they have a new set of classic films scattered on the floors, still in bundles. Hmm, I now realize that they refer art and foreign language films as classic. I grabbed those that my money could afford. A guy was browsing too and kept on asking me if I have seen this and that, giving suggestions and movie plots - reminds me of spoilers.
I’d certainly be back next week. If I’d be lucky again, I could find another rare collection. Envious was I when a friend told me she had found a DVD copy of Almodovar’s film collection in Carriedo. Though she was willing to share it with me, I still wanted to have my own copy. Unfortunately, my search seems to have been futile. Hmm, maybe she was just pulling my leg since I’m an Almodovar fan.
I miss her, Jacqui, she who gave me a VCD copy of Y Tu Mama Tambien on my 20th birthday.
