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THE LIMITS OF CONTROL BY JIM JARMUSCH.
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Jul 21, 2009 1:12 pm
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this is one of the year's outstanding movies.
like tortoise's "beacons" it breaks the mould,
breaks the expectations of the audience
and delivers work that defies categorisation.
it's a film that i will see again.
the biggest problem i have with it is
the costume tilda swinton wore at the cafe.
the brown leather boots were mis-cast ...
they should have been white!
darn you mr jarmusch.
it could have been a 2 hour advertising spot
for ozwald boetang or paul smith.
the protagonist is seen in various colours
of the same natty shiny suit, walking, lying on
bed staring at the ceiling
os sitting at various cafes drinking espressos.
spain looks voluptuous.
the interiors, the landscapes, the textures and
colours of the hotels, the trains, lounges
and bars are all incandescent, alluring, erotic
sometimes dreamlike and artificial as if jj
is harking back to hitchcock in 'strangers on
a train'- real people vs back projected
moving landscape.
christopher doyle's cinematography is luscious,
lustrous and lascivious. the soundtrack is jagged,
mercurial, like an engine in a steamship
at full steam ahead.
everyone in the movie sports optical wear except
the main protaginst who's 'working'- it's a job
i wouldn't mind doing myself meeting odd characters,
swapping matchboxes and eating tiny handwritten
messages/codes before washing them down with coffee.
the journey like any journey is fun, boring,
mysterious, thought provoking and very playful
at spinning out an existential poem without
any purpose.
it's about
LOOKING
at what we see
'grokking'
the essence of life's transient beauty.
the girl offers herself for sex
but there will be no fulfillment
in the sexual act.
it doesn't matter that he's working.
in his mind
the PRESENCE
of her is enough
to enjoy
as is the pleasure he attains
when looking across madrid
to the skyline.
the reason he doesn't have sex with
the girl is that the suit he's wearing
is not his own, therefore he cannot
be himself and do what he wants to do
because another persona controls him.
the role of assassin.
the camera only allows us to
see the main protagonist
on the surface, his skin, his suit,
his hands and feet.
yet, it's telling us that he's
deep, he's in touch with
his core
he partakes in tai chi.
there is a contradiction in his
choice of tailoring, the immaculately
groomed look and his inner life.
like you or i
we project
a mask of allure
in order to travel
through this life
with ease
with some kind of dignity
because inside
we are all the same
scared of death.
scared of not being
able to
SEE.
go see it.
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TORTOISE - BEACONS OF ANCESTORSHIP - A POST MODERN WORK OF GENIUS.
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Jul 18, 2009 1:16 pm
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i've been playing 'beacons' non-stop
the last two days. this is music that
makes me feel alive, that makes me think,
it's music that feels like an x-ray
penetrating through my bone marrow.
it sucks me into the blackest black hole
only to be re-born in the core of the sun.
i wish i had a decent bloody hi-fi to hear
every mesmerising nuance of this work.
there are too many influences to list right now.
the title is magnificently succinct.
outstanding tracks are :
1 high class slim came floatin' in
3 northern something
4 gigantes
8 minors
10 de chelly
i think the last track is the weakest
which is no.11 - charteroak foundation
it feels too familiar.
penumbra is also great.
i was going to try to write a review
but i'm not very good at that.
buy this record.
8/10
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LAST NIGHT A WORK COLLEAGUE MY AVATAR - DOES THAT MEAN HE LOVES ME OR HATES ME?
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Jul 13, 2009 12:36 pm
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RAPELAY is a video game designed and produced
in japan for the home market, however it
was recently available on ebay to purchase from
individuals in the u.k. until complaints
about it's deviant content have forced it's
withdrawal.
what a sad day for deviant capitalism.
we all know the japanese have their peculiar
fetishes, but i was genuinely intrigued by the
concept behind this game, and the effects
of playing it. it would be fascinating to record
the physical and mental responses from a typical
male playing it and his girlfriend watching it
while he played.
when she experienced pleasure
he experienced repulsion.
the thing is, is it morally wrong to produce
and sell such a game?
there already exists thousands of games simulating
serial murders, war and urban crime syndicates,
where countless people are dispatched without
the bat of an eyelid, so what's the problem
with a mother on a train and then
her two virgin daughters?
if she gets pregnant, you can force her to have
an abortion. you can even take pleasure in
tears welling up in her eyes.
or, you can select gang mode and have
a few mates join in the fun.
does this kind of filth inspire men to
or does it just satisfy a male fantasy that
would never be considered in real life?
if there was a female equivalent game
or a homosexual/lesbian video game, should they
also be banned?
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ARE THERE TIMES WHEN YOU'VE LAMENTED THE POWER THAT WOMEN HAVE HAD OVER YOU?
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Jul 12, 2009 12:43 pm
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leonard cohen :
i never looked at it that way.
there's times when i've lamented,
there's times when i've rejoiced,
there's times when i've been
deeply indifferent.
you run through the whole gamut of experience.
and most people have a woman in their heart,
most men have a woman in their heart
and most woman have a man in their heart.
there are people that don't.
but most of us cherish some sort of dream
of surrender.
but these are dreams and sometimes they're
defeated and sometimes they're manifested.
excerpt from interview by jian ghomeshi
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KIMBER JAMES HAS HAD HER RACK AUGMENTED YET AGAIN. AWESOME.
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Jul 7, 2009 12:52 pm
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i stood naked by the kitchen window
this morning watching the swallows
soar and dive with their halloween siren
tussling the clouds and leaves
in an capricious dyonisian joy.
i didn't care what the day was going to
bring or if i'd ever be invited again
to dance in the cool breeze
that swept away the heartbreaking dream
that had startled my slumber.
being here
being alive
happy in my own skin
is enough
to be grateful for.
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MIND THE GAP.
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Jul 1, 2009 1:58 pm
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Jaqueline has been having a fling
with a married man from Indiana
since I left town.
She confessed that she was heartbroken
and declared her undying love for me.
What should I say?
She said her love runs deeper than gender.
My dear, it was a platonic friendship.
I had no physical desire for her flesh.
I've always felt she was a voyeur,
i never understood her libidoless
devotion to me (and it seems a sexless
semester with a bohemian academic.)
He's flown back to the States and now
her emails choke my inbox,
and text messages arrive after midnight.
I haven't replied to her last mail
yet, nor her texts.
The silence is refreshing.
I will write to her when I feel like it.
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