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Monday Monologues (LXIX)

 De la 1:36 începe tirada după cum urmează:

„It’s not the greatest country in the world professor, that’s my answer.

Sharon, the NEA is a loser, yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck but he gets to hit you with it any time he wants. It doesn’t cost money, it costs votes, it costs air time, it costs column inches. You know why people don’t like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so god damn always? And with a straight face you’re going to tell students that America is so star spangled awesome that we’re the only ones in the world that have freedom? Canada has freedom. Japan has freedom. The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, BELGIUM has freedom. So, 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.

And you, sorority girl, just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day there’s somethings you should know. One of them is there’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, Number 4 in labor force and Number 4 in exports, we lead the world in only three categories: Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of a 20 year old college student, but you none the less are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. Yosemite?

It sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chests. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and cultivated the world’s greatest artists and the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men, we aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it, it didn’t make us feel inferior.

We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn’t scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed, by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. Enough?” (Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in The Newsroom, season 1, episode 1)

Despre violenţă şi alte afecte cu Michael Haneke

Un interviu din care lipseşte întrebătorul şi poate că e mai bine aşa. În locul lui apar "muște" sau intertitluri. Un astfel de discurs potenţat din off devinde mai curând un monolog. Fiind vorba de Haneke aproape că nici nu mai contează.

Allimpics

Screenshots from Chariots of Fire (dir. Hugh Hudson/1981)

„Uşile, uşile...” (13)

Screenshot from Batman (dir. Tim Burton/1989)

 - actually & basically the best Batman ever -

„All good people read good books” (10)

Screenshot from La moglie del prete (dir. Dino Risi/1970)

How to's (1)

Pe principiul „o nouă zi, un nou film tare”, aşa cum suna un slogan al unui post tv de filme, lansez o nouă rubrică dedicată celor care doreau să afle tot soiul de lucruri mai mult sau mai puţin complicate, dar nu ştiau unde să întrebe (sau nu aveau curaj să întrebe). Pentru cine îşi aduce aminte, am mai avut astfel de posturi, două mai exact, publicate într-o formă nesistematizată: Cum să refuzi elegant un cadou şi Cum să refuzi elegant o femeie). Le-aş putea numi chiar episoade pilot care, tocmai fiindcă au avut oareşece succes, merită continuate la scară mai mare. În concluzie, cu o ritmicitate probabil săptămânală, dar nu musai în fiecare zi de miercuri, voi publica un mic manual de self help compus din sfaturi, exemple de bune practici sau ponturi găsite prin filme.

Precizez doar ca să mă aflu în treabă: How to's este un produs original cinesseur. Mai departe e simplu (pentru unii).

În episodul de azi, cum să faci pe cineva praf într-o recenzie (cursul foarte scurt).

Screenshot from Singles (dir. Cameron Crowe/1992)

La momentul ăla, Cameron Crowe încă era un almost famous maverick, Cliff Poncier din film era Matt Dillon, Matt Dillon era un exponent de vază al generaţiei X, Bridget Fonda, titulara rolului principal în Singles, o tânără speranţă ce avea să se piardă pe traseu, iar eu, eu oare ce făceam? Prostii, ca de obicei. Citeam Salinger în loc de Fraţii Jderi.