Imaginary Cities I Want to Live in:
Halloweentown.
The Addams' house. (Not a city, I know. But where I've always wanted to live.)
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
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Atropa - Nov 29, 2008 1:28:28 pm PST #8814 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Strix - Nov 29, 2008 1:54:07 pm PST #8815 of 10000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Not a movie, but Charles de Lint's Newford.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 2:05:14 pm PST #8816 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting. All those cities sound like hell to live in.
I noticed that I was leaning a bit towards the dystopic. But they have undeniable appeal to me. Lankhmar never seemed hellish to me, though. It's a lot like San Francisco.
Laga - Nov 29, 2008 2:08:14 pm PST #8817 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the thing that bugs me about Spirited Away is that I know the Japanese characters mean something, but I can't read them, so I feel like I'm missing part of the story.
Typo Boy - Nov 29, 2008 2:33:55 pm PST #8818 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Lankmar seemed really dangerous - good food, good shopping, good entertainment, good chance of getting your throat cut.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 2:36:21 pm PST #8819 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
the thing that bugs me about Spirited Away is that I know the Japanese characters mean something, but I can't read them, so I feel like I'm missing part of the story.
I think they're all aspects of Shinto myth, if that helps.
Shinto (神道, Shintō?) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a polytheistic and animistic faith, and involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), or spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but others represent major natural objects and processes; for example, Amaterasu (the Sun goddess), or Mount Fuji.
Laga - Nov 29, 2008 2:44:26 pm PST #8820 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My proudest moment as a foreign film fan was the day I was watching Jamon Jamon and I'd spent enough time working in a Spanish restaurant to know what tocinillo del ciel was so I was able to recognize it in the dialogue and know that the subtitles could never capture what the character was trying to say.
DavidS - Nov 29, 2008 3:45:21 pm PST #8821 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, now this helps explain the river spirit/kami in Spirited Away.
The kami traditionally possessed two souls, one gentle (nigi-mitama) and the other aggressive (ara-mitama). This human but powerful form of kami was also divided into amatsu-kami ("the heavenly deities") and kunitsu-kami ("the gods of the earthly realm"). A deity would behave differently according to which soul was in control at a given time. In many ways, this was representative of nature's sudden changes and would explain why there were kami for every meteorological event: snowfall, rain, typhoons, floods, lightning and volcanoes
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2008 4:38:29 pm PST #8822 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
City-wise for me it'd be all about Amélie's Montmarte and Postilano from Under the Tuscan Sun. (A co-worker of mine went to the latter during her summer abroad in Italy for art school—apparently it's as beautiful as in the movie.)
Barb - Nov 29, 2008 5:17:44 pm PST #8823 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
I've always loved Pleasantville post-colorization and Mackinac Island from Somewhere in Time.
And any of Richard Curtis' depictions of London.