Your body might depart
from the Blue City,
but part of your heart
will always remain.
This is what I've come
to realize, at least,
ever since leaving
Jodhpur, India
last summer.
A dazzling, magical,
labyrinthine city
covered in blue:
this is the shooting location
for the documentary
Junun, a film shot and directed
by Paul Thomas Anderson.
The hour-long film
acts as a companion piece
to the collaborative album
between Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood,
Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur,
and a significant amount
of Indian artists
under the name
Rajasthan Express.
To watch the film
is to return
to the Blue City,
a place unlike any other.
Enjoy the screenshot gallery
below if you need convincing
of the visible magic
found in the Eastern world.
