Elements of architecture

I've had the architecture community challenge in my mind for a while. But the effect of almost six years' blipping is that I've blipped almost every building in the village and nearby areas. My doors collection covers much typical local architecture. But strangely, I haven't ever blipped this one -- the local garage, specialising in tractor repairs. The letterbox-like window, the door surround made from local stone, and the barn door itself are very typical.

Edit: oh look, a year ago!

Yesterday we went to the cinema again, to see Chungking Express. I'd never heard of it but the description was intriguing: "The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter."


It's an old film (1994) -- I'm not sure why the cinema decided to program it. Total audience: five people (and there were only three left by the end). We enjoyed it, such an odd film. It's two stories one after the other, with the only connection being that the protagonist in each is a policeman. This confused us, but the plot(s) weren't really the thing -- it was the cinematography and strange humour that kept us entertained. The first part of the film was shot with a hand-held camera by someone running through Hong Kong's narrow, crowded streets. It could make you feel quite queasy. Thereafter the actors were often filmed in jerky stop-motion against blurred, fast-moving backgrounds. Most scenes were lit by fluorescent lights giving washed-out colours. Apparently director Wang Kar-Wai shot this during a break while making another film, writing a scene in the morning and shooting it in the evening. I see the cinema is showing another of his films soon, In the Mood for Love, so we'll be going to that. 


And French book group followed by choir practice this evening. Home at 11 pm, with a sudden cold snap making the temperature just one degree above freezing ... brrr!