Beautiful Film Week for Monday, oh and Mondo Beyondo

I’ve decided to participate in Abbytrysagain’s “Beautiful Film Week”
When she first proposed this I had just seen a couple beautiful movies that I thought would be perfect to share, but now a couple weeks later, I can’t remember what they were. oops. Not the best memory here.

So until I can remember which ones I want to share, I’ll start like this:

I know some film makers out there strive to make films in which each and every still frame can be a piece of artwork, standing alone from the rest of the film. So here is a quirky habit I have: when I watch movies at home and see a particular frame that I think is just absolutely beautiful, I take a picture of it. I thought this would be a nice opportunity to share a few here.

The first one is from Donnie Darko. I’m obsessed with this simple (probably no longer than 5 second) shot of Donnie and Gretchen on the trampoline, I don’t know why, I just think it is beautiful.

Then here is a capture from Shop Girl. I wasn’t even that crazy about that movie, but this shot made me run to get my camera.

The last one is another favorite, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was from. It was just a very short shot of an audience of children and their reaction to something shocking. Their expressions were priceless.

I’m a big fan of Andrea from Super Hero Designs. Her blog is wonderful, she is wonderful. At the beginning of each year she shares her tradition of Mondo Beyondo. I had made my resolutions already so I decided not to partake this year. But then I started reading everyone else’s Mondo Beyondos and just took the dive. I’ve filled up 3 pages on the first part alone, take note- there are two parts and the link is just to the first. She asks that you share it, you don’t have to post it online, but to at least share it with one other person – and as my list is pretty personal, I’ll just share mine with Matt. Why am I telling you this? Because I just wanted to draw your attention to Mondo Beyondo, and encourage you to do it yourself. I’ve decided it is really a great way to chronicle your year, and to help keep track of what has happened, so that years stop blending into the next, etc.