Monday, April 25, 2005

Television

The early 21st century drug of choice. A shared illusion, making its addicts think they have friends, a life, access to good information, and the critical thinking skills to form valid opinions. Fatal in large doses.

Instance: Paul spent the day eating Cheetos and watching Television, then had a light heart attack in the evening.

The cathode ray tube is the retina of the mind's eye.

Long live the new flesh!

A device that causes attention deficit...um whatever...yeah, so like i was watching friends the other night and....

Why were we not so surprised on 9/11? Because we watch too much television!

Another way of making money.

What, TV used to educate, inform and inspire? Let's broadcast the Bold and the Beautiful instead, gets more ratings.

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The Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky

"In all my films it seemed to me important to try to establish the links which connect people (other than those of the flesh), those links which connect me with humanity, and all of us with everything that surrounds us. I need to have a sense that I myself am in this world as a successor, that there is nothing accidental about my being there." (Tarkovsky in Sculpting in Time, 1984)

Art - to grope blindly for connection with others in the dark. Been recommended the mirror to watch. Have already had a sneak peak at "The Mirror".

After watching. - A cerebral and deeply subconscious work. It's struggle to grasp any narrative probably because there is none. there's more of a mood and a collection of themes in this film. Summer - rebirth - posterity - memory - perception of childhood - family. Full images of an ephemereal and obscure nature I'll definitely need to watch this one again with a few notes or at some explanation to through some light on the ideas.