I´M OUT OF THE BED AND DRESSED - WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?*

* quote by Banksy

Ahh, while in Auckland, NZ, my girlfriend and I found time to watch 'Exit Through the Gift Shop', by Banksy, a British artist. It was better than expected, considering the fact Kat and I are both artists, well, in our free time, at least. She draws whatever entices her, unicorns, dolphins, yeah, kinda fairy things, and I, cartoons, people's face details...

Not only because of that we would watch this flick, but because it seemed really fun. Also it has been screening for a long time already and with so much buzz, we "needed" to see it. The result was really captivating!

Mr Brainwash (Guetta), Banksy (Banksy), Shepard Fairey, and others are amazing people.

Art was made very entertaining at 'Exit Through ...'. In the movie, Banksy says to anyone 'to do art.' I wouldn't be artsy on a regular basis. Maybe just in my 'free' time, and not so incisive as it is portrayed in the flick. The movie shows art mostly in this perspective, and as a share of the street art movement.

Going from art to fitness for a little while, the monthly publication Men's Health magazine has displayed on its pages that people who scribble and draw, develop mental focus and stimulate the brain.

Art is all about that. You make yourself entertained and develop new abilities. Mr Brainwash is a proof of that (!!) Well, Banksy may deny it, but I think he's a bit creative indeed!

The social network soundtrack

Poster of 'facebook' movie on a bus stop, in Melbourne CBD

This weekend I went to the movies to see 'The Social Network', which I was anxious for a while. Bear with me - the movie is good, the story is utterly interesting. I value facebook now more than before - which wasn't much.

I was impressed by the cathartic pace of the film, and for the most of it, it runs like a documentary (a very good one). The film tends to be very analytic on the story, and it feels like you are watching the news on TV, but it is David Fincher, and it's his way to tell a story. I think it is his personal touch, and it's cool.

How can I say anything different about this movie than other popular sources did, like New York Times, Business Week? Well, I can't. What other sources paid little attention to is the amazing soundtrack, by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. I don't know if sighting Trent Reznor's name in the intro of the movie influenced me a bit - I have always been a fan of his band Nine Inch Nails. On the other hand, never heard about Atticus Ross, but, as it looks like, he has done a good job too!

The tracks are compelling, to say the least. They take the audience away and board them at this fantastic new reality, the first year of facebook. My girlfriend quote the songs as 'video game' soundtrack. Facebook is a game indeed: one of the co-founders won, Mark Zuckerberg, so I acknowledged her impressions.

The soundtrack could be compared to a hobby of Trent Reznor. I don't really know what his hobbies might be like, but to portray the songs as an intensive share of the movie like that, it's something that deserves an encore.