5 Obstructions

“Something happened today. I am hoping to understand it in a day or two”

It is a seemingly anthropological movie where a human being (a man, switching occasionally to a woman) does various basic actions, walking, dressing, eating, undressing, jumps, dances, and a voice over says how we are going to "see the perfect human being in action". There is the occasional introspective line where the character ponders, "Today, too, I had an experience that I hope I shall understand in a few days' time."

This is a film which has much to say about filmmaking and creativity. It makes a powerful demonstration of the fact that the film made with the fewest restrictions is the worst. The result is a movie that is intelligent, incisive, artistic, and inspiring.

The ending is unexpectedly moving.

"Tortoise on His Back"

Trier is actually doing a documentary about Leth and his creative process. Each obstruction is designed to show off Leth’s presumed genius at getting around the obstruction and produce a ever better movie. It is about Leth overcoming his own shortcomings and dislikes.

The forth film reminded me of Scanner Darkly. Trier chooses as the fourth obstruction, that Leth has to film the next version as a cartoon. Both men claim to despite cartoons. Leth hires an Austin, Texas cartoonist, Bob Sabiston, and the result, is visually interesting and amazing. I specifically loved the scene with perfect human falling down on a red background with different angels.

The ending justifies the rather long and mentally intriguing preface. No artifice. I watched it three times.

It was a documentary testament to Trier's own particular genius.

Humans vs. Numbers

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N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}

Z = {..., -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}

One belongs to more than one set of numbers. Why can’t we? Even numbers have more options that we do. They can enjoy the companionship of all the negative numbers while having the luxury of ditching them when not necessary and chill with the positive ones. Sometimes they even go ahead and mix up with the Rational and Irrational ones.

Logically though some of these sets are subset of other ones. So why do we create the other sets?

Is it because we like variety and get bored easily? Or is it because one wants to be closer to some numbers at certain times? or does it want to take a break from others?

Sometimes I really feel bad for zero and other times I am proud of it. Do you think the numbers on its sides would get into fights if zero was not there? I think when zero was taking a break the two sets started to make babies and made the Real set, don’t you think so?

Anyways, my point is that one likes to belong to more than one set at one time! But when it gets to intimate matters as humans we usually can not deal with it…..But didn't we, humans, invented the numbers ourselves?

Choices...

There is life, and there is existence
There is living, and there is life
There is life, and there is having one!
And after all these there are life styles!

The Look!

I wrote this few days back:

“what do u you most like in guys? What is the most important feature in guys that you like? What is the first thing you look at?”

I have been wondering about that for a very long time. I have been frustrated and annoyed at myself for not knowing and not being able to figure it out.

Now….. out of the sudden it hits me. This idea has been passing my brain cells for a while but for some reason I never gave it much thought.

The mot attractive thing in guys for me is the way they look at me. To be exact I have to say that it is what I see when I look at them.

It is very subjective on what you see when you look at someone’s eye. That is the big questions?!

“How real are the things you see?” “Is what you see, really exists?” Very hard question to answer.

There has been a lot of time that I thought I was right about something and I was not. At the time though, I thought I was hundred percent sure that I was right.

Oh wow!!! So do we really love or loved to be loved? Do we like what we see or what we like to see?! That, is the question.