Eros (The Hand)
I don’t know why this is, but for some reason I just don’t go well with compilation films. I didn’t particularly like “Tokyo!” nor “Paris je t’aime” (moreover, “New York I love you” was even worse) and I never came to finish “Aria”. When compilation films are by the same director, I like them sometimes (“Coffee and Cigarettes”) but most often would rather dislike parts them (“Three Times”). I decided to watch “Eros” on a whim and, to some degree, regret that. While Wong Kar-Wai’s first part was awesome and almost as beautiful as “In the Mood for Love”, I thought I was going to fall asleep by the unbearable ranting in “Equilibrium”. Afterwards, I skimmed through Antonioni’s part only to realize that I really, really disliked its esthetics. What in the world, this is quite surprising.
All in all, maybe I just need a break from anything that is erotic or a love story at all. There is no particular, specific reason, but I need to get over the ennui they induce. I wonder what I should watch tonight?