Monday, May 29, 2006
Una mujer se ha perdidoconocer el delirio y el polvo,
se ha perdido esta bella locura,
su breve cintura debajo de mí.
Se ha perdido mi forma de amar,
se ha perdido mi huella en su mar.
Veo una luz que vacilay promete dejarnos a oscuras.
Veo un perro ladrando a la luna con otra figura que recuerda a mí.
Veo más: veo que no me halló.
Veo más: veo que se perdió.
La cobardía es asuntode los hombres, no de los amantes.
Los amores cobardes no llegan a amores,ni a historias, se quedan allí.
Ni el recuerdo los puede salvar,ni el mejor orador conjugar.
Una mujer innombrablehuye como una gaviotay yo rápido seco mis botas,
blasfemo una nota y apago el reloj.
Que me tenga cuidado el amor,
que le puedo cantar su canción.
Una mujer con sombrero,como un cuadro del viejo Chagall,
corrompiéndose al centro del miedoy yo,
que no soy bueno, me puse a llorar.
Pero entonces lloraba por mí,
y ahora lloro por verla morir.
A
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
de la rayuela bajo el mamoncillo de tu patio
de las muñecas de trapo que eran nuestros hijos
de la baranda donde llegaban los barcos de La
Habana cargados de...
Cuando tenías los ojos dorados
como pluma de pavo real
y las faldas manchadas de mango
Qué va
tú no te acuerdas
En cambio yo no lo notaste hoy
no te han contado
Sigo tirándole piedrecillas al cielo
buscando un lugar donde posar sin mucha fatiga
el pie
Haciendo y deshaciendo figuras en la piel de la
tierra
y mis hijos son de trapo y mis sueños de trapo
y sigojugando a las muñecas bajo los reflectores
del escenario
Isabel ojos de pavo real
ahora que tienes cinco hijos con el alcalde
y te pasea por el pueblo un chofer endomingado
ahora que usas anteojos
cuando nos vemos me tiras un "qué hay de tu vida"
frío e impersonal
Como si yo tuviera de eso
Raul Gomez Jitter
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

V For Vendetta
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
This was a great movie. It is set in an imaginary future.
V for vendetta tells the story of young woman named Evey Hammond who is rescued by a masked and always smiley vigilante known only as "V".
"Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression."
This is a must see....
5 stars
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Un Homenaje a Debora Arango Debora Arango, una pionera del arte colombiano. Se atrevio a criticar el status quo y enfrento la sociedad en la cual vivio por medio de su arte. Hablo, por medio de la estetica y a traves de un expresionismo pictorico, colorido y agrio, que se combertirian en sus simbolos propios. Hablo con su arte de la corrupcion del gobierno colombiano, de la hipocresia de la iglesia, de la mujer y su rol en la sociedad, de la falsa moral de la clase alta Antioquena. Fue siempre critica en una epoca que le costaria una mujer su lugar en una sociedad como la Antioquena. Se limitaria a ser segregada y un "outcast" de la sociedad. Fue una mujer que no comprometio sus principios y entrego su amor al arte como medio de expresion. Finalmente seria reconocida como simbolo del arte colombiano. Que descanse en paz y que sea simbolo de esperanza para nuevas generaciones. (QEPD, Dec 4, 2005)
http://www.elmundo.es/accesible/ultimas/noticias/43/1133778475.html
Saturday, December 03, 2005
CRASHDirected byPaul Haggis
This is a gotta see movie. I did not blink while watching it.
The movie intertwines different stories, all filled with anger, stereotypes and hope; that kind of hope people never looses no matter how bad things are. The set up for the movie was excellent and the stories were smartly combined with each other. I will use the three words to describe the scenes that I have chosen from the movie:
1. Anger: three characters personified the anger often seen: The guy that was talking all the time about how white people was undermining black people. He went on and on talking about all the racism there is and how white people is such and such (all these caffeinated white people…). Then, to illustrate the two-way racism, the white cop calls the hospital and Shanikwa answers the phone. The conversation ended on how he discovered why she was dumb: the reason is that her name was a black name, thus she was a dumb black girl. She hangs up the phone. Both the first and second guyes were angry, both were upset. And the rage did not come directly thru fear from distinct people. The rage came from personal frustration and personal anger. And it is personal frustrations driving most racism.
2. Stereotypes: And this is my favorite in the movie. They show all kinds... We are all guilty of stereotyping. We all do it at some point in our lives. “China-man”, Chocolate cookie”, etc. One of my favorite scenes is when the black cop is in bed with a Hispanic girl. He’s on the phone and he tells his mom that he is with a white women. Once he hangs up she gives him a mean look and he says: “I know that byt saying that I will piss my mom off more than if I say your Mexican.” She answers: My dad is Puerto Rican, my mom from el Salvador… where did Mexico come from? Then another stereotype comes back again and the cop ask her how is that that all Latin people ended up with the idea of parking the car in the yard. All the stereotypes portrayed in the movie are very real.
3. Hope. I loved the part when the “Arab” guy (who is a Persian) goes and tries to kill the Hispanic guy (whom I almost called Mexican without even being sure). Before this happens, the Hispanic guy gave his daughter an invisible cloak, which is bullet proof (they live in a bad neighborhood). The Arab guy shoots at the Hispanic guy and the daughter runs to him and covers him from being shot. Watch the movie to see what happens next… it is a magic moment.
Go see the trailer http://www.crashfilm.com/
5 stars *****
Mean GirlsYes! I watch girly movies too, I'm not ashamed to say I like them. As for this movie, I will say: if you want to watch it and if you feel in mood of watching it, go ahead!!It was funny, and that was its purpose: to be funny and to make a statement. I was particularly looking at how the producers over performed girls being mean with each other and I wondered if it is that the case in real life. I had few observations: indeed some girls tend to be ultra competitive some times. I was talking to a colleague the other day and she told me how she preferred so much to be working with men than with women. Also, a couple of weeks ago, I read an article in which 1000 women were interviewed, 65% preferred not working with women. So the question really is, do they like working with men because they feel special? Do they prefer working with men to avoid feeling rivalry about their female- workmates? Is is specially the case when there is recognition to individuals to be granted. Men are not so caught up with that. But what do I know about gender differences? All I can say is that when girls put aside their girly rivalry teammate competition, they tend to be great workmates and tend to achieve whatever the goal is. I have been in all-female teams and its been great. Well, at home we are 4 girls and I have noticed that Girl perseverance is very strong, now imagine a bunch working together in peace!!!
Anyhow, the movie was funny.
3 stars ***
Monday, November 28, 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate EventsI highly recommend it. I wasn't expecting it to be so good.
Jim Carrey was just what he needed to be. He wasn't all that extravagant like he always is, he was just rigth for the role (and I am not a very big fan of him). Now, as far as the story goes I loved it. It was sad, it was happy, it was sarcastic, it was exciting. I laugth a lot. The kids were just great. The photography and the setting were very attractive too. If like me, you were thinking you will never ever see that movie... you will be surprised. I saw it by accident and I will say that is one of those accidents in life that you enjoy you ended up having. (others migth think otherwise, http://www.lemonysnicket.com/movie.cfm). As far as a kids movie? kids have evolved wayy too much since I was one so I guess my criteria would be irrelevant. I will have to get to know today's kids better. For a grown one I'll say I loved it.
5 stars *****
Saturday, November 26, 2005

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film.DownFall: Hittler and the End of the Third Reich.
Saturday nigth I watched the downfall. I must say it is a movie to watch in a specific mood and definitely You need to make sure you are not sleepy at all.
A movie about Hittler's downfall. A 22-year-old Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) is selected as the personal secretary to Hitler. She is working with Hittler as he is falling from power. It is able to re-create the last days of these horrifying epic story.
The movie was pretty boring at the begining. Too slow the first half hour. Bruno Ganz' performance was good. An 8 over 10 points. He did very good in portraying what we often think of Hittlers personality. He portayed Hittler, the person. However there was too much yelling and at times he was pushing it too much. Eva Braun (Hittler's wife) and Traudl (the secretary): an excellent performance.
It is interesting to actually see those final days of Hittler. Putting things into perspective, what amazed me the most were the statistics given at the end of the movie: about 6 million jews died by Hittler's prosecution. Now, as crazy as it sounds 50 MILLION Russians died.
Mas comments from rotten tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/downfall/trailers.php
3.5 Stars ***(*/2)
