Tuesday, July 19, 2011

what i have been doing instead of work ☺☺







"EVERY GREAT MAGIC TRICK CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS OR ACTS. THE FIRST PART IS CALLED “THE PLEDGE”. THE MAGICIAN SHOWS YOU SOMETHING ORDINARY: A DECK OF CARDS, A BIRD OR A MAN. HE SHOWS YOU THIS OBJECT. PERHAPS HE ASKS YOU TO INSPECT IT TO SEE IF IT IS INDEED REAL, UNALTERED, NORMAL. BUT OF COURSE… IT PROBABLY ISN’T. THE SECOND ACT IS CALLED “THE TURN”. THE MAGICIAN TAKES THE ORDINARY SOMETHING AND MAKES IT DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. NOW YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE SECRET… BUT YOU WON’T FIND IT, BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU’RE NOT REALLY LOOKING. YOU DON’T REALLY WANT TO KNOW. YOU WANT TO BE FOOLED. BUT YOU WOULDN’T CLAP YET. BECAUSE MAKING SOMETHING DISAPPEAR ISN’T ENOUGH; YOU HAVE TO BRING IT BACK. THAT’S WHY EVERY MAGIC TRICK HAS A THIRD ACT, THE HARDEST PART, THE PART WE CALL “THE PRESTIGE”." — CUTTER, THE PRESTIGE  

lately i have been sitting on youtube watching interviews mainly concerning christian bale, hugh jackman, between two ferns with zach galifianakis and liev schreiber

but when watching a video about christian bale's accent talent i saw a glimpse of The Prestige
so i looked and sure enough it was on youtube (high quality!!!!) and i watched it and i love it.
for those who are interested it stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine and David Bowie, and is directed by Christopher Nolan. I really recommend it!
next i am going to watch the Machinist  - hopefully i will be able to sleep afterwards - and maybe read the book: The Prestige, and maybe maybe possibly there is the slightest chance i will watch American Pyscho

yeah so this basically has been an excuse to blog about a really good movie
 xoxox
caitlin
(images from here,here,here)

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