Saturday, April 18, 2009

Some Questions

I recently watched about 75% of a movie called "Departed". It was this years academy award winner for "Best Foreign Film". It's about a cello player whose orchestra is disbanded and who ends up with a job as a "encoffiner", someone who performs the Japanese death ceremony. So two questions came to mind:

What does it mean to die well?

What is a beautiful death?

What should a persons legacy be?

From what I've seen of the movie, I recommend it. However there is one sensually explicit minute long scene which younger viewers will want to be wary of. Other than that, it is a rhapsodic meditation on death, life, and love.

Can't wait to finish it. =]

7 comments:

Tim said...

wikipedia and imdb are coming up blank. got a link?

Gabriel said...

I'm sorry, it's actually called "Departures". I saw it on Imdb, you can find it on youtube too. =]

Gabriel said...

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiItD6CCcoY&feature=channel

Rady said...

If you want the whole thing, I found it. Give me a shout!

Gabriel said...

Yes! Dude! (Er, Dudette) What CAN'T you find?!

Rady said...

Dude is fine haha, you'll probably need codecs for the subtitle file to work but they're easy to find. And the internet is your friend, all things are possible with the computer (like music!) :D

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