“When there’s one step left
Let’s do it together
Watch the day burn away.
You ran
Without looking back
The past is like nooses
Tied on your sleeves
You’re not into promises
And don’t need deception
I’m wearing your jewelry
Jewelry is wounds”
So why do I fall
For all my faults?
If I don’t feel like dying (Dying)
I pull out the pin, I self-destruct..(c)Zero 9:36 Read More
This movie reminded me of my childhood – a time when they knew how to make scary movies. What is it about?
The Pit is a pretty classic story in which four classmates decide to leave the trip and…disappear. At the same time, according to the previous story, the parents will think that the children are at school, and the school will think that the children are at home. Meanwhile, the company itself planned to have fun in a room that resembles a bunker. As you can imagine, we are waiting for a “so-so” twist with the fact that the bunker door will remain closed forever. What really happened will be told to us by a surviving girl named Liz, played by Thora Birch.
Despite the fact that the film is only 1 hour and 44 minutes long, the story itself is told from several points of view – Liz, as a girl who escaped, and Martin (Daniel Brocklebank) – a guy who imprisoned the campaign in a pit. And as the plot develops, the story of each of them receives new development and a new perspective on what events took place over the course of 15 days.
The cast of the film is quite good, in addition to Tora Birch, it also starred a then-young Keira Knightley (Liz’s friend, Frankie). At the same time, it received mixed reviews on Rotten Tomatoes (only 53% positive reviews). What went wrong?
Let’s start with the fact that this is a psychological thriller – a genre in which you can find a lot of inaccuracies. Perhaps this was the reason why it had such a low rating. Otherwise, the picture from the first frame to the last moment keeps you in suspense, not giving a clear answer to what exactly happened and who is to blame for it. And in my opinion, the films of that era (the beginning of the 00s) are some of the best in this genre. They did not have some kind of contrivedness, which modern films often sin with. That is, now we will more often come across a thriller about how the heroes are hunted by some super-computer or they “steal” from modern technologies than an ordinary story about a strong, albeit somewhat painful love.
Sometimes you want such a… dirty movie that will drag you headlong. Not least to distract you from all the modern nonsense that comes out almost every day. And “The Hole” is exactly such a movie. My personal rating is 8 out of 10. Interesting story, interesting twists, good actors. The movie, by the way, is based on the book “After the Hole” by the English writer Guy Burt.
Can you read my mind?
Tell me what you feel inside..
This was my second experience with serious makeup. So…how was it?
The other day (maybe tonight) I was planning to do a piece of work. One song was very synchronized somehow with a person I mentioned her at artwork the other day. We stopped communicating with her at some point. But she continues to inspire me to be creative. It’s strange, I guess. Growing into a person who doesn’t need you. But that’s how it is. Sometimes it seems to me that only through pain can we create something beautiful. That’s why we always look for it. It’s pain, not a feeling of need. I wanted to ask her permission to use some of her work in my work, but I won’t bother her even more. It will be enough to sign at work so that it is clear who she is about. Although the image would be more complete if everything worked out the way I wanted.
Half of our life consists of the reality that surrounds us, interaction with people, communication, meetings. The other half is made up of things that we think up in our heads. Those that we draw, imagine. I want to say “you just have to let go of the person”, but people like me don’t know how to do this. At most, through great efforts, they may not appear in a person’s life directly, watching them from the sidelines. As if “protecting”. Therefore, I will quietly create these few works that I have come up with for myself. Without mentioning them directly. Because sometimes the best thing we can give another person is peace from ourselves.
I’ll tell you a little about my penultimate work and how I approached it and why certain elements were used.
Although the last move happened almost three years ago, internally I have separated a slightly different period, which began (or, rather, ended) with my military service. That is why I called it Zero. I have already mentioned it once before, so I will not return.
The key feature of this period was zeroing. Actually, maybe that is why I thought of calling it that. And as I myself notice, first of all it concerns relationships with people.
Previously, my perception was that if you stop communicating with someone, this is the final part of your story. And neither you nor other people should ever appear in your life again. But in the last few years this has changed. I have thought about the fact that our choice about whether to communicate with someone is divided into two things. The first of them is the reason why we communicate with someone and why we end our communication – that is, why we become attached to or detach ourselves from a person. The second is how critical certain moments in communication are for us, the person’s traits, and what we can put up with and what we cannot.
That is, if some stressful situation arises – communication ends. A period of rethinking begins. We decide how much this situation affected us. What exactly affected us. What was the trigger. If it turns out that the trigger is not a coincidence, but a character trait – we become more principled and do not return to communication, because at our age, character traits do not change. Except in some, very rare cases (such as war), when certain things in us simply cannot help but change. If the trigger is some situational story – we begin to think about how much a problem really was, or is it simply that at certain moments we are more vulnerable, and our nervous system falsely turns on the fuse. Because over time, each of us already has a lot of fuses in our heads, which we call life experience. That is why people are drawn to each other. They try to be close to “the same”, but when differences occur – protection is triggered. Protection of one’s own boundaries, protection of inner comfort. Protection of family. Everyone always has something of their own.
Sometimes I still remain critical. The story about the next job will be exactly the case when criticality comes first. Because it is a story about not accepting you for who you are. Otherwise…
The relationships of people who are “over 30” resemble a minefield. Or rather, an attempt to cross it with your eyes closed. Only by understanding the location of the mines can you stay alive. Only by finding a way to another among them will you be able to interact with him. That is, it should be recognized that with age our communication with other people becomes much more difficult. And although it seems to us that we have not changed – the experience does not go anywhere. And it is both in us and in the other person. The only question is how you plan to perceive this experience. And what each of you really needs.
“Do what I say
And don’t you ever betray me
You are here to obey me
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