Lately, everything is circling around the idea of starting over. Shosta-tree-tree and New Years and just having this break to get myself together. Normally, I'm a cynic and am very aware that resolutions are seldom carried through. Well I still am, but I don't see any reason that Stac can't start fresh and with a clean slate. If anyone can do it, Stac can do it because despite our opinions of each other, one thing we always have going for us is that we're on the same page about what's going on and what we want to happen.
But starting over doesn't interest me all that much. January is June is December and I could start my year on any day I want and the rest of the world won't listen anyway.
I saw Black Swan. Twice actually. It was pretty great. I was jealous of how well the dance scenes were filmed. I found it especially interesting when Nina would be off and on stage in the same shot. That was really cool and it went along with the idea of oneness and not being able to separate out the different parts of you, the good and the bad. It was also extremely Brecht. The push pull effect was clearly evident. The lowest tension moments would end with something bloody or horrifying and then it would cut to a scene in the studio. I was constantly moving from the edge of my seat to the back of it. I tried talking to my brother about the movie and he said it could have been better because you know exactly what's going to happen at the end, and I explained that it wasn't by accident. Especially seeing it twice, I was able to try and figure out why things were happening instead of what was going to happen next. I was very impressed. And it was just as good the second time.
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