Magic and cinema

I am mesmerized. It's like I've really been there, all of it is true, the life, the cinemagician, the toy store in the station, and I just woke up from the dream by the prayers outside my window.
This is the best thing about movies I think, they take you away for a few hours, so far from the daily shit, happiness or sadness, to show you something else, something you might or might not encounter often (mostly NOT) And apparently I am not the only one who loves movies here, cause Hugo made the biggest discovery of them all by simply loving movies and adventures. Who is Hugo you might ask? Well he is the little boy who owns the movie called Hugo (duh) and who discovered or made others (re)discover the world of fantasy, of magic, of cinema. I am staring at this screen since 2 hours lost in his adventure, making me wish one for myself.
 His story, Hugo, is about discovering the french master of movies, Georges Melies, a magician in late 1800, early 1900 who put the magic on screen, in the cinemas, who made people smile and be happy with his special effects and new cinematographic ideas. Georges rediscovers himself thanks to little Hugo and comes out of his "shell" after the boy brings his old works back in the attention of the world.

 "I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured if the entire world was one big machine... I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason...Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do... Maybe it's the same with people. If you lose your purpose... it's like you're broken." Hugo Cabret

 And if you've never been to the moon, this is a trip from 1902...
 

Waste land

I got a message today from my dear friend from home who scold me for not saying Happy Birthday in time. Of course I felt bad, stupid, tried to excuse myself, if it worked out or not I will find out when I actually get home, but till then, I've learned a new thing today after talking to her...that dreams can grow even from trash. Quite strange conclusion after a simple chat with a friend, isn't it? Well you should know that one of our points of discussion ended up with Waste land, a story about an artist who brought a change in people's lives, a story about trash, about intense feelings and happiness, about people and about their small dreams who no one believed would come true, and what do you know, they finally did, all because of the garbage around them....literally garbage.

The entire thing happened in Brazil, a few years ago, and happened for real, in my dream destination, Rio, in the world's largest dump area outside the city (and its not a joke with dream destination, OK ?). Can you imagine people living their lives in garbage, can you imagine people from garbage having dreams of normal clean lives, can you possibly imagine that people living around trash for so many years can become artists and famous all over the world? They didn't imagine it either, but eventually they did.

Not to spoil the taste and let each and everyone discover the beauty of the movie, I'm just gonna write some lines that I can still hear in my ears even though I finished the movie..."I'd rather want everything and have nothing, than have everything and want nothing. Because at least when you want something your life has a meaning: it's worthwhile. From the moment you think you have everything, you have to search for meaning in other things. I spent half my life wanting everything and having nothing; and now I have everything and I don't want anything" (Vik Muniz - the artist that created something from nothing) And to end the post artistically, I would like to thank my loving friend Sabina for sharing the story and to apologize for the late Happy birthday wish, my mom for raising me as a person who believes in herself and her dreams and last but not least I would like to thank myself for being such a great and appreciative girl. Cheers!

Eat Pray Love

Now you can imagine why I have chosen this movie to write about...Of course you can. Self Discovery.
The art of living a simple, peaceful and happy life by 3 facts. Eating, praying and loving.
So here we have Liz (Julia R) after an unhappy marriage who decides to make a change, therefore going to discover the world. She makes her spirit happy by eating the delicious foods from Italy, praying in the most spiritual land, India, and in the end living a peaceful love story in Indonesia.

Is it possible? Well it seems it is because the movie is based on a real story, real life facts that made someone happy one day. Elizabeth Gilbert, the writer of the book Eat pray love in 2006, told her story, a self discovery story after her hard divorce. The story where she would travel around the world alone, learning an important lesson in each corner. So in one year, Elizabeth Gilbert found her balance in a journey where she enjoyed life by eating, finding her spirituality and praying and balancing everything with a love story.

Eat.
"I felt so guilty, I have been in Rome for 3 weeks and all I've done is learn a few Italian words and eat"
"Sono sola...molto sola" (Liz)

Pray.
"Here's the deal, you're going to stay here until you forget yourself, you hear me? Everything else will take care of itself"
If you could clear out all the space in your mind, you'd have a doorway, and you know what the universe would do? Rush in. Then everything else will take care of itself" (Richard from Texas)

Love.
"You don't need a man Liz, you need a champion"
"Right here is perfect balance, right at meeting of heaven with earth" (Ketut)
"Sometimes when you set out in the world to help yourself, you end up helping tutti" (Liz)

Now after all this, it's time to see the movie, and get ready for your own adventure.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

"Minunatul Vrajitor din Oz" - cartea care a aparut in 1900 scrisa de americanul L. Frank Baum. In 1939 apare filmul "The Wizard of Oz", cea mai notabila adaptare cinematografică a romanului omonim, cu minunata Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Pat Walshe, Clara Blandick si Terry(Toto).

Melodia "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", versuri de E.Y.Harburg si muzica de Harold Arlen, a fost special creata pentru filmul "Wizard of Oz" si a devenit "Judy Garland's signature song".