The Hunting Party (2007)

“Moartea unui milion de oameni este o statistica. Moartea unui singur om este o tragedie” (Lenin)

Dupa incheierea razboiului din Bosnia, doi fosti colegi de munca si vechi prieteni se reintalnesc. In amintirea vremurilor trecute, se hotaresc sa plece pe urmele ‘Vulpii’, pentru a realiza un reportaj incendiar- un interviu cu cel mai cautat criminal de razboi din Bosnia.
‘The Hunting Party’ este un interesant film de actiune, dar nu numai. Este un film despre drama unei intregi natiuni sfasiate de un razboi civil lipsit de sens si soldat cu milioane de 'tragedii' ; este un film despre drama unui om care a pierdut tot ceea ce avea, in afara de dorinta de razbunare. ‘The Hunting Party’ este un film pe care nu trebuie sa il pierzi.

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

Poate ca ai ascultat deja discursul pe care Steve Jobs – fondatorul Apple – l-a tinut la festivitatea de absolvire de la Universitatea Stanford. Daca nu, iti propun sa ‘sa tragi nitel cu urechea’, este un discurs motivational foarte reusit care te pune pe ganduri. Discursul este destul de lung, de aceea, pentru cei care nu au rabdare sa il asculte, am selectat cateva pasaje

“Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.” (Steve Jobs)

“Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle.” (Steve Jobs)

“When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "no" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” (Steve Jobs)

“…because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new. right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” (Steve Jobs)

“And I have always wished that for myself, and now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay hungry, stay foolish. “(Steve Jobs)

Muzica buna si atat

Linia melodica a piesei Give it Away-Deepest Blue e ritmata si plina de viata, exact ce iti trebuie ca sa intri in dispozitia de week-end ;) Dupa distractia de care vei avea parte zilele acestea, te vei putea relaxa cu superba piesa a lui Sting, Shape of My Heart.

Intrebari intrebatoare

Te-ai intrebat vreodata cum te vad ceilalti oameni? Cum te percep ca persoana si ce cred despre tine. Te-ai intrebat vreodata care e perceptia celor apropiati- a familiei si a prietenilor- si cat de diferita este aceasta perceptie de ceea ce esti si reprezinti tu cu adevarat?

Nimeni nu te poate cunoaste mai bine decat tu insuti. In momentul in care te analizezi ‘la rece’, cu obiectivitatea si corectitudinea judecatorului care cereceteaza faptele acuzatului, te poti defini pe tine insuti prin visurile si dorintele tale, (de la cele mai mici si realizabile pana la cele care poate par de-a dreptul imposibile), prin modul de a gandi si de a actiona, prin ideile in care crezi cu adevarat si pe care le sustii, prin situatii in care te-ai aflat la un moment dat in viata si care ti-au scos in evidenta anumite calitati sau defecte, prin situatii ipotetice in care te-ai putea afla si care ar necesita o anumita decizie sau atitudine din partea ta. Tu te stii cel mai bine..mai bine decat iubita/iubitul, decat tatal sau mama sau sora ta, decat un amic sau altul, decat cel mai bun prieten al tau.

In functie de felul in care te percepi tu pe tine, iti creezi o idée despre cum te percep si cei din jurul tau in special cei apropiati, care se presupune ca ar trebui sa stie mai multe lucruri despre tine decat un oarecare coleg de la scoala sau munca, sau decat un oarecare amic cu care iesi ocazional, odata pe luna, la un suc.

Te-ai gandit vreodata ca e posibil ca cineva apropiat sa te perceapa intr-un mod diferit, complet diferit, decat ceea ce esti cu adevarat? Si daca asta s-ar intampla, cum te-ai simti? Suparat? Sau poate ca ‘dezamagit’ ar fi un cuvant mai potrivit…

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Actiunea filmului “Gone Baby Gone” este relativ simpla: intr-un cartier rau famat al Bostonului, o fetita este rapita. Matusa acesteia angajeaza doi detectivi particulari pentru a o gasi si a o reda familiei, care insa nu reprezinta nici pe departe mediul ideal pentru un copil- saracie si o mama iresponsabila, dependenta de droguri.

Pe masura ce ancheta celor doi avanseaza, indicii noi apar la fiecare pas, pentru ca in final sa avem parte de schimbari rapide de situatie si de o dezvaluire surpriza.

“Gone Baby Gone” nu este doar un film de actiune. Ridica si doua probleme extrem de importante: pe de o parte situatia din cadrul anumitor familii, situatie ce pericliteaza dezvoltarea normala a copiilor datorita actiunilor iresponsabile ale unor parinti denaturati; pe de alta parte ne pune in fata unei ipostaze in care e posibil sa ne regasim oricare dintre noi- putem, in anumite momente, sa inclacam anumite reguli, daca stim ca deciziile si actiunile noastre vor produce rezultate benefice?

“Gone Baby Gone” este un film interesant, ce merita sa fie urmarit.

" Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It."

Let You Go

Un remix dupa binecunoscuta piesa Let You Go - ATB. Pur si simplu nu te vei putea satura de aceasta melodie :P

I've been to all the familiar places
I've been running like a sentence never begun
I've been looking for a way to let you know
I've got nothing left to fill the spaces
I've got nothing but a centre coming undone
I've been doing circles and it shows

Every cloud in the sky
Every place that I hide
Tell me that I
I was wrong to let you go
Every sound that I hear
Every thought that I fear
Tell me that I
I was wrong
I was wrong to let you go

It’s the little things that make you crazy
Like the thought of someone touching your skin
I can see you everywhere I go
You could be in a sea of faces
It could be the rumour of your grin
Swimming in the river as it flows

Every cloud in the sky
Every place that I hide
Tell me that I
I was wrong to let you go
Every sound that I hear
Every thought that I fear
Tell me that I
I was wrong
I was wrong to let you go