Movie Babel - Universal angst

Alejandro González Iñárritu

I now want to see everything from Iñárritu that I haven't already. He makes me proud of Mexican cinema.

Sometimes I feel like mi gente don't look at the global picture, but this proves differently. Written by another Mexican from D.F. Guillermo Arriaga - it shows the human angst of the rich and poor in four countries. Even getting into the mind of this beautiful, mute Japanese girl. She deserved her Oscar nomination for expressing the angst within us all without words but showing it through her face, body and emotions.

Another title besides Universal Angst could be, the wealthy countries/people always win. Despite four incidents of tragedy, it was the two cases where the wealthy came out a bit ahead, whereas the poor lost even more. Not only was it the poorest, but the two most kind and poor characters lost everything. To me this is key in Mexican cinema.

Best bit from latest Zadie Smith read...

Best speech ever from an aging woman to
a husband with a wandering eye...

from: on Beauty by Zadie Smith

...I’m acting crazy and emotional all the time - my body is telling me the shows over, That’s real.

And I’m not going to be getting any thinner or any younger ...I want to be with somebody who can still see me in here. I’m still in here and I don’t want to be resented or despised for changing.
I’d rather be alone.

I don’t want someone who has contempt for who I’ve become. I’ve watched you become too. And I feel like I’ve done my best to honor the past, and what you were and what you are now. But you want something more than that. You want something new.
I can’t be new.

Another excellent line in a different section-- the greatest lie ever told is that Love sets you free.

I have been M.I.A.

I was at a meeting where someone was talking about the 2.0 world. They criticized bloggers who kind of let their blogs go...I think it is actually a good thing, that means that bloggers are out enjoying the sunshine or doing something in life 1.0. Like the woman in this photo.

However, I do want to keep my blog going. There will be more things of substance I promise, but for now I really enjoyed this story of a family in texas that made their house out of beer cans.

Source of photo unknown.

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