Aloha, Wednesday. I've been super nesting lately in the evenings, retiring to my sofa with a good bottle of something and both loves of my life (K + D) by my side. Needless to say, I'm happy "American Ninja Whatever" is over. David made me watch it and I found myself endlessly bored- I'm sure real Ninjas are way more interesting (actually, I know they are- but that's for another time).
Another subculture you may be bored with are vampires. We're all kinds of vampired out I know but I have to make a strong recommend that you park yourself on your very own sofa and On Demand the crap out of "Only Lovers Left Alive", the new film from Jim Jarmusch exploring the world of some very chic undead types. The male lead is played by Tom Hiddleston as the depressed, Jim Morrison/Lord Byronesque musician who lives in a decaying mansion in Detroit. PS Detroit at night provides some amazing scenics. And then along came Tilda who plays his long distance love interest, and centuries old too boot . World rocked.
Tilda is some chick, man. I can't get enough of her alien angel vibe. In this film, she plays a bohemian vampire with long pallid hair and an amazing wardrobe. She lives in Morocco (Morocco by night also awesome and a setting to inspire) and rocks everything from prayer gowns to what appears to be Rick Owens deconstructed leather pieces in atypical light colors, by Vampire standards of course. And a certain literary figure from history makes an appearance that is awesome and touching and very cool.
This is a quiet little movie that is beautiful to look at, romantic, and one for those who admire the works of Byron and company- maybe it's cliched that a depressed Jim Morrison of a vampire loves the work of Byron, but no matter. I loved this movie and highly recommend you see it, if not for Tilda's unearthly skulk around moody, dark Tangier and her fashion sense alone- boho vampires rock. She's everything. Sampling of some stills above. Who's better than her? And further, how much do I love a well styled film? So. Much. And one more question- how amazing would she have been as Eric's love interest in "True Blood"? Way better than that yokel Sookie Stackhouse, right?
Cause that's what's up this taking a bite kind of Wednesday in the 212. Yours, in true romance. XO