Two realistic movies

"Crash"(2005) and "Everybody's fine"(2009) are the latest movies i've seen; i can truly say that these were two of the most realistic films i have ever seen! I've been, successively, throughout the entire movie-lenght: shocked, scared, shooked, deeply moved and then relieved, watching the characters reproducing the most real and hurtful gestures that humans use to prove their point confronted with minorities, stressful or dramatic situations. I was indeed "transfered" into the middle of the movies, as i've watched them, and this i must applaud, because the skill , the capacity of  producing the realistic feeling and then succedding in "making it real" for the watcher, this only significates that the entire team behind the director of that specific film is just... brilliant!
Each one of this two movies above named, have a notorious cast which successfully realised to make the experience of watching them - surreal! 

"Crash" tells the story of some people living together and not quite, in the same society. Afro-americans, latinos, asians and caucasian americans, all try to fit or at least adapt to their society that includes another races that their own; some of them pretend to be cool with receiving orders from their afro-americans bosses, although is just a well done act. Some of them are daily fighting racism in their own suggested good way. Some of them give way to racism... ALL OF THEM are wrong, in a way or another!
The "climax" of this movie shows how  the differences that the characters fight, produce or ignore throughout the begginning of the film, are so insignificant when a life-threatning situation is about to change the life of two or more different people. Sometimes, the threat caused by racism and its definitions not only causes pain and regret; it also gives way to Revenge. And i think that revenge is one of the most powerful alliat that racism and another social "diseases" present in our Worldwide society can make use of in achiving their aims.

Sandra Bullock, Brandan Fraser, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Ludacris make their best in this movie and i can only be grateful for their acting just knowing that their film affected the opinions of many of its watchers and maybe changed their wrong reviews about the myth of the superior race!



"Everybody's fine"

Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale are the main characters in this drama and adventure movie (as called on www.imdb.com). De Niro's character is a widowed father of four that realizes that the one who kept him in touch with his kids was his late wife. Now that he is alone, he tries to keep the connection as good as his wife did.
All of his kids are  professionally achieved, but none of them have time to visit their father, so he decides to make them all a surprise visit. To each one of them. As time passes and he visits his boys, he realises that their professional accomplishments are not as great as they seemed on a phone chat, from miles away. Also, their personal lifes are not as calm and good as described- also on the phone. After visiting all four, the father realises what the truth is, concerning his kids and maybe, how he remained not involved in their lives throughout the passing of the years.
The loss of his son, the one of whom he was most proud of, devastades him, but also helps him realise how grateful he is for his family, the way it is- truly!
A great lesson of life given by a great actor! De Niro leaves us speachless and at the same time, with so many to say to our own, in order to prevent the bad from happening...


 

Katie Melua, Radu Paraschivescu

Pe ritmurile muzicii lui Melua ma simt relaxata, inteleasa si complet visatoare. Radu Paraschivescu este un scriitor roman contemporan de nota 16+, care gandeste exact in stilul meu si pe care citindu-l ma auto- incurajez sa cred (inca) ca Romania chiar are intelectuali, poeti si oameni destepti si ca totul nu e doar o scuza a noastra fata de atacurile outsider-ilor.
Astfel, in ordinea din titlu, am sa insir motivele pentru care ii admir si pentru care consider ca oricine ar trebui sa cunoasca parcursul lor artistic si realizarile lor, si de ce nu, sa-i admire la randul lor.

Katie Melua este o cantautoare si muziciana de origine georgiana care traieste in prezent in Marea Britanie. S-a nascut in 16 septembrie 1984 in Kutaisi, Georgia. Are la activ trei albume lansate: "Call of the search"(2003), "Piece by piece"(2005) si "The House" (2010)- toate de succes, mai ales ultimul care a avut parte de o promovare mai sustinuta, avand in vedere ca albumele recente si talentul de compozitor al artistei a facut valuri in industria muzicala internationala- si pe buna dreptate. Are o chitara acustica de care nu se desparte niciodata si abordeaza genuri muzicale nu prea comerciale- Blues si Jazz, ci mai degraba exclusiviste, vocea ei extraordinar de calda si perfect adaptabila acestor doua genuri, au conscrat-o si i-au castigat notorietatea mondiala.
Adaug aici, ca mostra pentru cei care ar dori sa gaseasca cateva motive sa o admire sau poate chiar sa o placa (pe ea/ muzica ei), una dintre piesele mele preferate: "Just like heaven".

Radu Paraschivescu este un scriitor, traducator si jurnalist roman nascut in 14 August (!!!) 1960 in Bucuresti. Faptul ca este nascut in aceiasi zi cu mine l-am descoperit dupa ce i-am citit cartea delicios de amuzanta, tragi- comica- "Ghidul nesimtitului" (proza scurta, 2006), asadar pot sa fiu acuzata de subiectivism de-abia de acolo incolo :) Am citit dupa aceea numeroase articole in ziare culturale precum "Dilema Veche", articole care mi-au confirmat de fiecare data faptul ca Paraschivescu este un om de valoare, care isi urmeaza calea si convingerile, un om care condamna imoralitatea din jurul sau, insa gaseste modalitatea cea mai putin directa de a o face; trebuie sa vezi dincolo de "bunavointa" afisata pentru a da fata-n fata cu reala parere a autorului.

                                         

Apoi, in 2009 am intalnit si partea romantica, la fel de virtuoasa a autorului, in romanul "Cu inima smulsa din piept"(2008), o opera de arta, daca ma intrebati pe mine: o poveste de dragoste care incepe neasteptat, cu tensiunea de rigoare, cu pasiune bine- masurata, cu iubire suficienta, dar cu final trist, insa bine construit si argumentat, astfel incat nici macar eu (sustinatoare INRAITA  a happy- endingurilor!) nu am simti tristetea, ci argumentarea perfect adaptata personajelor si contextelor in care traiau.

Va recomand ambele carti mai sus prezentate, dar si celelalte scrieri ale dansului:  

Efemeriada (Libra, 2000), Balul fantomelor (RAO, 2000) (reeditare Humanitas, 2009), Bazar bizar (Maşina de Scris, 2004, reeditare Humanitas, 2007), Fanionul roşu (Humanitas, 2005), Ghidul nesimţitului (Humanitas, 2006), Fie-ne tranziţia uşoară - perle româneşti (Humanitas, 2006), Mi-e rău la cap, mă doare mintea - noi perle de tranziţie (Humanitas, 2007), Cu inima smulsă din piept(Humanitas, 2008), Dintre sute de clişee (Humanitas, 2009).

"RADU PARASCHIVESCU s-a născut în 1960, la Bucureşti, şi a copilărit la Lugoj, unde a fost victima unui regim sever, pe bază de ciocolată de casă, peştişori de zahăr candel şi tort doboş. El s-a deprins astfel cu ideea că viaţa e dulce şi trebuie ronţăită lacom. (...) Se pierde în reverii când ascultă David Gilmour, tresare când aude „Monica Bellucci“ şi l-a văzut de douăsprezece ori, student fiind, pe Richard Dreyfuss în Adio, dar rămân cu tine. Pierde patru ore pe zi în faţa televizorului, ca un zevzec. Abstinent, dar cafegiu. Ironic, dar sentimental. Harnic, dar jucăuş. O aprigă mustaţă îi maschează bine tandreţea. Se teme de avioane chiar şi când îi fac daruri. Prezidează peste trei motani mizantropi şi-i înţelege din ce în ce mai bine." - aceasta este descrierea cea mai potrivita omului si artistului R. Paraschivescu disponibila pe pagina editurii Humanitas.