The opening shot of
Lost in Translation...
...
Oh, didn't see you there.
Um.
Anyway, I've had a bit of a Charlie Kaufman binge lately - watched
Adaptation,
Being John Malkovich, and
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and got
Synedoche, New York to watch soon, as well.
All of them explore interesting themes that relate quite strongly to someone like me with a tendency to overthink and to overanalyse a bit too much; managing to balance being really funny and entertaining films with being quite experimental and thought-provoking about some interesting themes (the human mind, memory, how we relate to our world, the distance between humanity and 'nature', etc.).
In addition to that, another film-maker I got really into recently (late 2012, I guess) is Wes Anderson, who I understand is kind of divisive (and understandably so). Watching
Moonrise Kingdom in particular actually seems to have done good things for my mood and attitude, which has been sort of on a downer since university and feeling unable to progress with my life at present. What I've seen of his work (mostly, I wasn't as keen on
Darjeeling, though I should re-watch cause I was tired as hell when I watched it and maybe it wasn't the best entry point) I've just found to be really clever, distinctive, original film-making that doesn't fail to make me feel happier and better about the world and about being human.
