Blue Valentine

[yoco]

Release Date: December 31, 2010
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Screenwriter: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Maryann Plunkett
Genre: Drama, Romance

"Blue Valentine" is the story of love found and love lost told in past and present moments in time. Flooded with romantic memories of their courtship, Dean and Cindy use one night to try and save their failing marriage. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in this honest portrait of a relationship on the rocks.

[slikrapid]

depressive?
immature?
boring?

some info on valentine's day and how it connects to ancient/'pagan' origins:

Valentines Day came from the ancient Lupercalia - which
was ". . an ancient Roman rite held each February 15
for the fertility god Lupercus."

"Lupercus was a hunter of wolves (Latin lupus is "wolf"),
associated with the Roman god Faunus, god of agriculture
and fertility. Since Rome took its gods from those it
conquered, we can trace Faunus to its Greek equivalent,
Pan, god of woods, fields, and flocks. The ancients
pictured both of these mythological beings as having
a human torso, but legs, horns, and ears of goats.
Pan can be traced to the Phoenician sun god Baal who
is also a god of fertility and nature.

http://babylon-the-great.xanga.com/604080501/item/