Funniest mindless movie of the last few years. McLovin is the best, and the other guys grew on me. Michael Cera must go and do some Woddy Allen or Charlie Kaufman stuff; he was great at Arrested Development, and is quite enjoyable at Juno and this movie.
2008.04.07 • 14:02 • 0 com
In his job he needs to undervalue the suffering of others in order to make more money. Then there’s the smell, the ass and the eye. The degree of objectification of desire is in direct proportion to the self-debasement of the indulger. By degrading the other, he nullifies himself. The very indifference to the overjealous ones, the suppressed recalcitrant losers of the world, is what causes their victims to exist. Great disturbing movie.
2007.08.01 • 02:53 • 0 com
A lost science fiction PBS movie with Taoist undertones is a real find, right? A guy discovers his dreams change reality—when he wakes up he finds himself in a world where the content of his dreams have actually happened. He of course gets scared after a couple of nightmares, seeks relief in drugs, and then, because of them, is lead to a psychiatrist. It happens the psychiatrist is a positivist type. When finally he gets convinced the guy dreams things that actually do happen, he decides to find a way to control the dreams of his patient to better the world… so easy to see where this leads, right? People should really get into Taoism before discussing politics, sometimes I dream. Well, may this never happen as I wish.
“To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven.”Chuang Tzu
2007.08.01 • 02:42 • 1 com
Here's for all the sissy Apple lovers out there... This is the ultimate design for my old Duron, which faithfully downloaded well over one terabyte (mostly movies, 1300+) always on 24/7/365 over the last four years. It also runs Apache and is a file and printer server, as well as a router for my home network (with four, also damn old and beautiful computers). Sometimes I dust it off with a vacuum cleaner.
2007.07.31 • 02:30 • 4 com
I really enjoyed Requiem for a Dream, and PI was quite interesting. I may grow to like this one, but for now it just seemed a little too newagy to my tastes. It started a bit boring and I never quite empathized with the characters. On the other hand, some of the visuals (and sounds — by Mogway) are quite appealing (no CGI!), and near the end we have some surprises. Actually, some interpretations may not be that newagy — but pretentiousness still abounds.
2007.05.13 • 01:52 • 0 com
I have read the article on “ditching Buddhism” by John Horgan about one or two years ago and I have found it to be as so filled up with misconceptions as not to be worthy even of bad publicity, yet last week somebody remembered me about it and I decided to answer some of its points.
2007.05.13 • 01:16 • 1 com
In imdb a user commented: "Annoying little transition into some sort of regurgitated independent film values finds this shallow project from Brad Silberling offering little and providing less in this embarrassingly exploitive work." I agree, yet it is still watchable — even more so if you understand how clichê is the fabricated spontaneity in it. It is as if independent movie has aquired its own hollywood-like formulaicism. So it kind of becomes an interestingly consumated aesthetic portrail of so many cult-status fabricated stylishness examples we see around. Many people liked Me and You and Everyone We Know, and it is surely a much fresher and pure attempt, but "10 Items or Less" explains all the little (but very much present) annoyances I got with "Me and You..."
2007.04.20 • 07:17 • 0 com
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07.08.02 • 23:07
hahahaha are you able to sustain this visualization while married?
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07.03.12 • 11:45
Portuguese is good for brand names and breakthrough slogans. Brazilian copywriters could never come up with things like "Just do it" but on the other hand Portuguese offers the opportunity to create stuff like "Folha de São Paulo. Não dá pra não ler" and "Não é nenhuma Brastemp". Portuguese is good to create confusion and mess and this really says a lot about our culture.
I finally saw the entire The Century of Self series this weekend... it's really amazing the way Freud's ideas forged the way we relate to things today. It's actually frightening to see it was sometimes done with some good intentions: Edward Bernays believed repression and consumerism would build a better society. Amazing also to notice that the biggest business opportunity in history happened because of the need for self-expression.
I finally saw the entire The Century of Self series this weekend... it's really amazing the way Freud's ideas forged the way we relate to things today. It's actually frightening to see it was sometimes done with some good intentions: Edward Bernays believed repression and consumerism would build a better society. Amazing also to notice that the biggest business opportunity in history happened because of the need for self-expression.
• Chagdud Gonpa, pure lineage holders of the highest teachings of Vajrayana.
• Chagdud Rinpoche, his compassion, courage and strenght will never cease to amaze us.
• Siddharta's Intent, organization connected with the maverick dharma teacher Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.
• Lama Tsering, Lama Tsering Everest, intense and kind dharma teacher.
• Caminho do Meio, NGO and Buddhist community founded by Lama Padma Samten, great meditator, physicist and popular dharma teacher. (in portuguese)
• Alan Wallace, gentle scholar and meditation teacher.
• Tokuda Igarashi, great zen master, his humbleness and erudition are insurpassable.
• Dharma Centre, Directed by Ji Do Poep Sa Nin, kind and puzzling south-african teacher of koan.
There's also a Yahoogroup on Buddhism (in portuguese), bodisatva.
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