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May 13, 2005
Class, we have a new assignment.
It has been my intention from the begining of these pages to keep the diologue going, and come up wih topics of choice, topics that concern all of us , not as a man or a woman, but human beings living on this earth, at the begining of its twenty first century. The values we share, our common bonds, our ways of living and loving that as original and unique they are to each of us still they share many bonds in common.
As you have seen I do try to digg deeper, and hide nothing within the boundries of common civility, and our regards for each other. And now I do have an assignment for all of us, the ones that leave comments, which I cherish( they keep the flames going), and the ones that are not confident enough to leave any traces of themselves. I like all of you to try to catch the Movie " closer", I know it might not be the little independent movie that CYRUS usually likes, or a Musical that some of you preffer, but I have seen the movie, and I think it covers so much of what as adults we are intangled with, and it would be good for us to allow each other of what we have see in it, and what appeals or not to us about this movie.
Warn you, no car chases, no explosions, and no Machismo, but it is a tough movie to take, it is brutal, honest, with no clear hero or antagonists. Just bunch of characters living their lives, with love, hate, deciet, and many more humanly emotions. Mike Nichols have directed the movie , based on a play by Patrick Marber, who also wrote the screen play for the movie. Natalie Portman is flawless, you will not be able to take your eyes away from her. the other actors, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, and Clive Owen, also show case great acting, but the most memorable character in the Movie, is ALICE, and miss Portman burns the screen quietly by her subtle, and understated acting.
I watched the movie, for inspirations, for those little words, or gestures, dialogues, songs that stay in my head and show me a new direction, becoming an inspiration for a new poem or a rant. I found the movie powerfull, biting, hard, ruthless, and above all very intimate in its sensibilities. I enjoyed it very much, and I like to hear from you about your likings, disecting the characters, who was right or wrong, and if it matters at all, so my friends go get the movie, and I hope you enjoy it, I will watch it again and write a rant about it next week.
Posted by Idinraha at May 13, 2005 05:01 PM