Soliloqui

Blue Gate Crossing (Lanse Da Men) is a Taiwanese indie film I just saw today. I absolutely adored it. It is simple yet filling, so subtle and at times awkward but always brilliantly executed as a carbon-copy slice of life. Chen Bo-Lin, male protagonist, is the cutest thing ever. His smile is infectious. The dialogue was so realistic that only the artistic cinematography reminded me that it was a film. Loved it. Period. I really love realistic, artful indie films that don’t bore me to death.

Edit: I was watching F.I.R. music videos today when I realized that the girl from the Wo Men De Ai video is the girl from Blue Gate Crossing! I was hearing her talk in the music video and thinking, “That voice sounds so familiar.” I looked at her face again and it came to me. She looks so much prettier in the music video because she’s not pretending to be a girl confused about her sexuality. No wonder I never realized the connection. Also, the hair is different. Haha, I remember going through this for the male actor in Wo Men De Ai, who turns out to be A-Qi from Dou Yu (The Outsiders).