Dick Cheney may be a living being, but he lacks heart. Some said this during the first decade of the third millenium. Now, it is actually true (see link at bottom). In an ironic twist worthy of roman theatre, dick cheney is a man without a heart. Like Darth Vador before him, he currently subsists through the power of a machine that seamlessly streams the blood of life throughout his body. He is locked in a race against time to find the true heart that will save him.
( http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/us/politics/05cheney.html?_r=1&ref=dickcheney
quinta-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2011
"I'm still here" vs. "I'm not there"
I've been reading some commentary over Joaquin Phoenix's "I'm still here" and most of it seems to focus on whether or not it can properly be considered a documentary, whether Mr. Phoenix is in fact faking his own demise, what commentaries it is making on fame. However, what is not getting much play is it's direct contrarianism toward "I'm not there", Todd Haynes' meditation over the life of Bob Dylan and what we can really know about him as a person.
Both are meditations on the nature of fame, but they take opposing positions. "I'm not there" ridicules those who would claim to understand the real Bob Dylan. It's pivitol act shows Kate Blanchett as an elusive Bob Dylan at the height of fame. "I'm still here" purportedly arrives at the essence of a broken man at bottom. It ridiucules those who would be content to let fame tell the story of Joaquin. "Im not there" deliberately avoids the documentary form, and calls the genre's authenticity into question. "I'm still here" openly pursues the documentary form, and begs for authentic consideration.
I look forward to commenting more on these movies in the future. For now, I go to drink some, "skol", a cerveja do brasil.
Both are meditations on the nature of fame, but they take opposing positions. "I'm not there" ridicules those who would claim to understand the real Bob Dylan. It's pivitol act shows Kate Blanchett as an elusive Bob Dylan at the height of fame. "I'm still here" purportedly arrives at the essence of a broken man at bottom. It ridiucules those who would be content to let fame tell the story of Joaquin. "Im not there" deliberately avoids the documentary form, and calls the genre's authenticity into question. "I'm still here" openly pursues the documentary form, and begs for authentic consideration.
I look forward to commenting more on these movies in the future. For now, I go to drink some, "skol", a cerveja do brasil.
A Chinaman died in the internet café, que vício
I was reading folha.com.br yesterday, Sao Paulo´s number 1 news source, which just completed it´s 90th year, and I found out that a chinaman died after a three day internet gaming marathon. The poor bastard was addicted to internet, a daily struggle for 30 million chinease.
I join in solidarity with you chinaman. I´ve been looking at way too much nytimes and espn. I don´t know what it is really, I´ve never seen Carmelo Anthony play a professional basketball game, but I can´t get enough of that trade talk.
I´m thinking about getting all evangélico. I need to contemptuously renunciar.
I join in solidarity with you chinaman. I´ve been looking at way too much nytimes and espn. I don´t know what it is really, I´ve never seen Carmelo Anthony play a professional basketball game, but I can´t get enough of that trade talk.
I´m thinking about getting all evangélico. I need to contemptuously renunciar.
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