I NEED TO START A GARDEN!!

“Li-zhen’s beautiful cheongsams express her predicament, as she is torn between old and new. In harmony with the set designs, the stylised flowers that adorn many of her dresses evoke the changing seasons and the transitory nature of life, drawing on traditional Chinese cultural themes. More than half the patterns are abstract, denoting a contemporary Western style that is also evident in her beehive hair-do, and her expensive jewelry, handbags and shoes. The cheongsams encapsulate [the] opposing forces of tradition and modernity, revealing a femininity at once sexualised and constricted.” — Pam Cook, Screening the Past : Memory and Nostalgia in Cinema.

That was the summer of 1963 when everybody called me Baby and it didn’t occur to me to mind.  That was before President Kennedy was shot, before The Beatles came, when I couldn’t wait to join the Peace Corp. and I thought I’d never find a guy as great as my Dad.  

That was the summer we went to Kellerman’s.

CINEMATV VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION ↳ My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) dir. Joel Zwick

It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered…to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away.

What have you had your entire life that I didn’t give you?