RIP Dennis Hopper

No way... Another '50s Hollywood star I love fell.
Dennis Hopper died Saturday in Venice, California of prostate cancer..."He appeared in two of James Dean's three films; as one of the goons, troubling Dean's Jim Stark in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause, then as Jordan Benedict III in Giant. Hopper became friends with Dean..., who died in a car accident in September of 1955, as his star was on the rise..." (IMDb) May you rest in peace, Dennis Hopper(1936 -2010). I'll always miss you, and Jimmy, and Sal, and Monty, and Paul, and Brando, and those making the golden age of Hollywood of the '50s and '60s flaming and splendid... farewell.

Journal

When I was still hesitating about if I should really buy the original film theory book in 信義誠品, turning around and found that there was a god damn familiar young man behind me. No way~ he's my heroic Taiwanese director—林書宇!!! I couldn't believe what I saw and went to ask him, "請問你是林書宇嗎?" Because I was too nervous to say his name correctly, I said 林宇書 (due to 吳宇舒 again...) at first time when asking. Like meeting 戴立忍 in front of the male toilet in National Theatre Hall and 馮翊綱 in front of 台一湯圓 in 公館, I saw their responses were literally the same after asking them if they were 戴立忍/馮翊綱/林書宇. They might pause for almost 5 seconds and then admitted. I wanna tell 林書宇 how much I love his 九降風. Yet suddenly I couldn't specifically explain the reason why I love it so much. My expressing function was totally shut down. What I could say was "I love it! I love it! I really I did! There are seldom Taiwanese films I can enjoy, and one is yours..." like I was losing my mind. Thus, What he put the words before his autograph were "謝謝你這麼愛九降風..." I knew he would never get HOW MUCH I love it if I didn't tell him. I said thoughtlessly that I loved the impressive and puzzling edit technique in 九降風. Yet, I noticed there was a tiny twitch between his brows, and I thought damn... I must say something very wrong. As what I expected, the edit technique is not 林書宇's main charge, it's 陳曉東's… I flattered the wrong guy. I think I should say "海角七號 is full of shit" to make him feel better even if he was extremely polite, nice and gave us his business card. After that, he was going to buy Sight & Sound magazine, waiting for his wife I guessed... alas~ too late to butter him up again.