Name:Mary Country:United States State:California Metro:San Francisco Gender:Female
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I can finally say I have class--even if it's only for three hours on few times a week
So taking a counseling class makes me keenly aware of all my problems... and no solutions! But one thing that perhaps was a good thing to realize was that the past two years (maybe even more years than that), I've been treating my life as ending. To explain, I am terrible with endings. I do not celebrate them. I do not mourn them. I do not move on from them. I love beginnings. My only method of getting over an inevitable ending is looking only at the new beginning. But for the last two years, I've felt I wasn't looking forward to anything but more hard work and confusion. I think this is because I've been ending a certain period of my life.
This year, I think I'm finally beginning again. I can see some stability, and I can see some vision. I'm completely satisfied with the course I've taken with life, and things are not so precarious as they've been in the past. Things are going well.
But I need to work on my endings. I need to be more honest with people and with myself. I need to learn to say my feelings and say my goodbyes and let transitions happen.
Some sundance-winners are a bit message-y for me, but all good art starts as a statement, and sometimes it’s a really great one ☺
I guess Six String Samurai is that kind of film. It must say something for the state of rock-and-roll in the ‘90’s, but I think it’s for any time.
You can still be a good rocker and not give in to heavy metal (the final battle!)Also, what is Rock but a statement against The Man? Against Big Brother? And what better image of Big Brother than the Red Army? What better image for Rock-and-Roll but The King (elvis)? What better image for a fake Utopia but something Oz-like? What better image of something Oz-like but Las Vegas? (Lost Vegas)
I guess I just loved the fact that we need a king, we need a king of Rock to stand up to the authorities of our day! Which, if we stand up to them, are pretty easily defeated.I loved that Buddy was cheating death, fighting for his life, and the only one to nearly make it to Vegas (what an image for the live of a good musician).
We need Rock to give voice to the youth who are so often victimized and voiceless (a pretty clear message in the movie, but done with SO much COOL!!!)…We need the youth to keep Rock alive…And if we have youth, and as long as we have oppression, Rock lives!
HOORAY for ROCK AND ROLL!!! ☺
This movie makes me so happy.
Oh, and did I mention the AWESOME Kurosawa-esque ronin samurai references? Yojimbo-like maybe? I loved that!!! I have such a big happy smile about this movie.
Now, beg before the ways of heavy metal! ☺
man, i miss the '90's...
okok--edit-- YES every scene was some kind of symbol with layers (that is what indie-sundance-winners DO), and YES it had that incredibly awesome, funny, shout-at-your-screen nineties-cheesy style... but that is why I loved it! The humor is so of-it's-day but not!
OK and ONE Last jab at sundance--I just have to say that these kinds of movies around this time ENDED the INDIE ERA!!! THAT'S RIGHT, ENDED! You can't have a real indie film with five big-name actors and more budget than a blockbuster...What is THAT about???
Who wants to compete with something like that no matter how good another idea might be?
So if you want to know why we don't get this kind of stuff at sundance anymore, that's why.
12:08:50 PM dgscott4: You IM how you talk. Really funny! 12:08:59 PM Scott: you IM like you are on drugs! 12:09:03 PM dgscott4: If I didn't know you, I would think you are fat 12:09:11 PM Scott: HAHA STUPID! 12:09:14 PM dgscott4: cause you're so funny 12:09:22 PM dgscott4: It's the drugs
