Friendship
I am currently reading 'The Saudis' by Sandra Mackey (a brilliant book) and there was a chapter that covered aspects of personal relationships in the desert kingdom and how friendships take a back seat to the family - it got me thinking on what I feel about it. I did a google search and not surprisingly Wikipedia has a page for 'friendship' and it was an insightful read.When I was a kid I believed that friends are forever but that view has changed over the years. Time does change people. Sometimes you loose track of people and sometimes it is the other way round but the common thing is that people drift apart - you loose touch of things you had in common. Frienship is a two way street and both parties have to work at it to keep the relationship running (as with everything else). The most distinctive change I have noticed between India and New Zealand is that the intensity of friendships is much more higher in India than here. I probably only share the same kind of intensity here with a couple of people. It is almost like people here are afraid of that intensity. I value my friends highly and I sincerely believe that friendship is right up there in terms of importance after close family relationships. Maybe that's why it takes me ages to form close friends but when I do I make sure that I am giving it my everything. It is better to have a few really close friends than a bucket load of acquaintances.
I watched Apocalypse Now ( the Redux version) for the first time and it is a marvel. The story and the visuals and the acting are mind blowing. Add to it the brilliant sound design and it is a real feast to the senses. Here is an article about the mixing process for the director's cut of the movie. I now want to watch 'Hearts of Darkness' - the documentary on making of the movie. I also watched another movie 'Once' - an indie movie which gained a lot of traction last year. It was a sweet movie but I was a bit underwhelmed - maybe because of all the hype surrounding it. The music is great and the performances are very natural but there is something that is still missing for me.
Thats me for now.
Amit
posted by Amit @ 6:57 PM
1 Comments:
i prefer the theatrical release of Apocalypse Now to the self-indulgent Redux. less is more.
disclosure: i prefer the theatrical release of Bladerunner to the director's cuts. big-ass generalisation: it's not noir if it don't have voice-over.
disclosure on the disclosure: with or without the voice-over, unicorn and Kubrick's spare The Shining footage, i'm still buying Bladerunner - Ultimate Collectors Edition.
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