Delon?

Alain Delon?

 Nu, Robert Mitchum.

Eu cred ca seamana putin.

 Sau mai mult!

"Nu-i as ca puteam juca si eu in Borsalino?"

Person of interest - "Interesting !"

Ce are deosebit - ca idee - serialul "Person of interest"? Sa fie masina care supravegheaza totul? Eu zic ca nu, ci mai degraba ea este un McGauffin a la Hitchcock. Si atunci, ce?

<< "Person of interest" is a phrase used by law enforcement when announcing the name of someone involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. The phrase was adopted by the media and widely disseminated, thus most law enforcement agencies have picked up the term. It has no legal meaning, but it is a "catchy" term. "Law enforcement officials say that the term simply reflects the new tactics required to fight terrorism. But some legal scholars say officials are trying to create a more benign public image, even as their power expands."[1] While terms such as suspect, target, and material witness have clear and sometimes formal definitions, person of interest remains undefined by the U.S. Department of Justice. It is often used as a euphemism for suspect, and can sometimes result in a trial by media. >>  (WIKIPEDIA)

 Ce idee principala folosesc toate povestile politiste, fie ele filme, seriale, carti sau altele? Are loc o infractiune, mai mult sau mai putin grava, si apoi cineva - autoritati, detectivi, persoane private - "investigheaza" in cautare de suspecti si de probe (pentru a le dovedi vina). In prima faza, inainte de a fi suspecti, persoanele din "peisajul" infractiunii sunt "persons of interest".
Oricat ar fi de diferite intre ele, toate povestile "politiste" au partea aceasta comuna. 

Sa vedem insa care este ideea principala din serialul amintit: "Se da" - ca la matematica - o "persons of interest" si sa se afle: infractiunea (care va urma!)  si daca acea persoana de interes este victima sau agresor. Povestea politista clasica este "deja investigata" de masina, care isi face treaba ca orice McGaufiin care se respecta. 

Avem deci un model de poveste intors pe dos.

"INTERESANT!" - cum ar spune Sherlock, House sau Patrick Jane.

Why do people drink? - QED

"House M.D. Why do people drink?"

Ce spuneam intr-o postare anterioara ("House M.D. Why do people drink") , legata de un episod din House MD 

Dintre cei care beau pentru motivele enuntate mai sus si nu sunt alcoolici, doar pentru un procent mic "Killing pain" este motivul. Si nici cantitatea care o beau nu ofera IN SINE, prin cantitate, "fericirea de sinteza" cautata.
Deci ce are bautura, mai degraba in context si nu direct, care sa aduca fericire?
Bautura are VALOARE si RESPECT! Suna ciudat nu?
Cand isi beau vinisorul sau bauturica oamenii simt ca SE RESPECTA, ca AU GRIJA DE EI INSISI. De ce numai bautura este "impachetata" frumos si "inzorzonat"? De ce numai bautura intra intr-un ritual? Este ritualul "respectului de sine".

Am avut dreptate!

Iata insa ce spune un studiu facut de Pierre-Mendes France University (citat dupa AFP):

In the second phase, 94 men were invited to taste-test a new fruit cocktail on behalf of a research firm that was in fact a bogus company set up for the purposes of the experiment.
They were told that half of the volunteers would be given an alcoholic version of the cocktail and the others would be given a non-alcoholic version. No-one knew which was which.
They were then asked to write and deliver a filmed message that was supposed to be used in advertisements for the new "brand."
Each volunteer was asked to watch his film and rate his own performance for attractiveness, brightness, originality and humour.
But the data showed up a curiosity.
Those who believed they had drunk alcohol gave themselves high self-assessments, regardless of whether they had imbibed any booze or not.
And those who had believed they had not drunk any alcohol gave themselves a low assessment, even when there had been a hefty shot of pure alcohol in their drink.
"Our study shows that the mere fact of believing that you have drunk alcohol makes you feel more attractive," Begue told AFP. "The alcohol dose has no effect in itself."

"Elementar draga Watson!": imediat dupa efectuarea "ritualului" de "respect al sinelui", normal ca acesta creste (respectul de sine creste). 

QED

Homo sapiens sapiens, nu?

House M.D. - Quotes (2)

House: "God doesn't limp."

Wilson: "Something like that. More that if we told you the truth that you'd solved a case based on absolutely no medical proof, you'd think you were God. And I was worried your wings would melt."
House: "God doesn't limp."

Patient: I just don't see much use in complaining.
House: Seriously? It's a pretty useful tool. You complain, make people miserable. Then they do what you want, to make the misery go away. We probably should say something. Maybe I can call one of doctors...
Patient: They're doing their best.
House: [They smile at each other. House stamps his cane on Jeff's foot.] Ow! 

Patient: I'm sure it was an accident.
House: Is he Canadian?
Cameron: He's a low priority.
House: Is that a yes?
House: He's just... Happy. I've got to stop this, before it spreads. 

House: She's the anti-Wilson. She's a force for evil.
Wilson: She has an annoying quality. Perhaps even two. If I was perfect, I would date perfect.
House: You like that!
Wilson: It's annoying, but she's good at it.
House: Wait a second. This isn't just about the sex. You like her personality. You like that she's conniving. You like that she has no regard for consequences. You like that she can humiliate someone if it serves-oh, my god.
You're sleeping with me!!! 

(Later)
House: She's not me. Well, she is me. But that's not why she's attractive. She's a needy version of me.
Wilson: Hard to imagine such a mythical creature. You'll never lose your friend, House. You're the long-distance runner of neediness.

 .
Foreman: He's annoyed by her, doesn't respect her as a doctor, constantly insults her.
Wilson: That's House's version of courtship. 

Foreman: Oh, God. He's been wooing me for years. 

Wilson: She's the perfect woman for him. Willing to literally go to the end of the earth (South Pole) for her career, making her unavailable for a real relationship. And she's afflicted with a mysterious illness.

Wilson: You don't like her because she's a psychiatrist.
House: (No,) I'm a complicated man. I loathe her for many reasons.
Wilson: Never before has a profession been so decried by someone who needed it so badly

Kutner: Who's that from? (a gift)
House: Santa, obviously. 'Cause you know i worship him. No, wait, i mean Satan. I always get 'em confused.

House: Send Foreman and Taub. They're better liars. More likely to get to the truth.

Dr. Remy (to House)
You spend your whole life looking for answers... Because you think the next answer will change something, maybe make you a little less miserable. And you know that when you run out of questions, you don't just run out of answers. You run out of hope. You glad you know that?

Cameron: "How do you test someone's response to pain."
House: "Easy. Hurt them."
House: (To Leona) It’s not going to hurt at all. We just need to make sure you don’t move.
Leona: Yeah. [House sticks her finger with a needle.] OW!

John Reese - Patrick Jane - Sherlock Holmes

(Nefinisat-neterminat)

Ce le leaga pe cele trei personaje principale, din cele trei seriale: Person Of Interest - The Mentalist - Sherlock ?

Varianta simpla ar fi ca sunt personaje iesite din comun - da, asa este, dar aceasta trasatura o impart cu multe altele din seriale si filme mai vechi si mai noi. Mai degraba ar trebui luate doua cate doua (personajele).

John Reese - Patrick Jane

Cei doi au abilitati concrete oarecum diferite, dar sunt seamana mult. Amandoi sunt "broken", au un trecut care parea sa le fi distrus complet viitorul: si-au pierdut pe cei dragi intr-un mod tragic, iar dupa aceasta ajuns "jos", cu psihicul avariat grav: Reese devine om al strazii, Jane ajunge intr-o institutie psihiatrica. Pe amandoi ii va ridica si ii va "tine in viata" un singur lucru: sa faca bine semenilor, ceea ce va fi "profesia" lor de atunci incolo.

Patrick Jane - Sherlock Holmes

Evident, draga Watson! Mai intai a fost Sherlock, restul sunt epigoni, inclusiv "The Mentalist". Patrick Jane nu e cu mult diferit de personajul inventat de Doyle. Sa ne amintin ca nici Sherlock nu era politist, era un fel de "detectiv consultant". In plus Sherlock era si el, intr-un fel, "broken" - dar nu in urma unui incident, nici a unui accident ci ...prin destin. Sa ne amintim de personajul Obelix, singurul din satucul antic galez care nu avea dreptul la potiunea magica dadatoare de puteri. Motivul? Unul simplu, cazuse cand era mic in butoiul cu potiune, nu mai avea nevoie de alte evenimente care sa-l faca puternic. Destinul lui Sherlock a fost sa fie, prin nastere, intr-un anumit fel, altfel - dupa cum am mai spus - poate precum Bobby Fischer. Nu avea nevoie de un motiv, se nascuse cu abilitatea necesara in investigatii si tot prin nastere cu orientarea de a pune asta in slujba binelui. Mai mult - la fel ca in cazul personajului real Fischer - el este "broken" de la inceput: se naste cu abilitati si cu decontul pentru acestea inclus.

Diferenta vizibila si permanenta intre ei este de "fatada" : zambetul  lui Patrick Jane si raceala lui Holmes. Un alt punct comun (impartasit si de "epigonul" House) sunt nelipsitele exclamatii: "Boring!" sau "Interesting!"

Si...
Pana la urma avem un Sherlock si in "Person of Interest" - este format din trei entitati, care reunite aproape il re-compun pe acesta: John Reese, Harold Finch si ... super-programul lui Finch.

Si...

... totusi cele trei personaje au ceva in comun: sunt trei "cruciati" care lupta pentru normalitatea lumii , fara ca ei insisi sa aiba o viata normala, spre deosebire, de exemplu, de Columbo, care avea in privat cea mai normala si mai echilibrata viata cu putinta. Reese si Jane au avut candva aceasta viata. Sherlock nu.  "Geamanul", de fictiune, al lui Bobby Fischer doar ne arata dimensiunea la care un om poate ajunge, daca nu ar avea timp pentru el insusi si anumite trasaturi ar functiona la maximum...

Si...

Am vazut si intruchiparea reala a unor astfel de personaje. Exista, dar nu avem abilitatea sa le bagam in seama: au exact acelasi efect asupra celor din jur (ca cele de fictiune metionate), mai putin cateva elemente de spectaculos trivial: nu bat pe nimeni, probabil nu lucreaza in politie sau la sectia de urgenta a unnui spital. Doar la sectia de urgenta a vietii. Revin. 

Sherlock (BBC 2010) - Marea problema a unui Sherlock

No-one feels inadequate, Sherlock's an ordinary man.

Un personaj "infernal"

O surpriza foarte placuta: Serialul "Sherlock" produs de BBC, incepand din 2010. A fost primit bine si de critici, obtinand printre altele 2011 BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series. Dar nu asta m-a impresionat, ci faptul ca a reusit sa dea viata acestui personaj infernal - infernal de greu de intruchipat si realizat. Personajul Sherlock este o reusita a lui Conan Doyle mult mai mare decat chiar scrierile lui despre Sherlock! E ca si cum ai fi vrut sa-l inventezi pe Bobby Fischer cu toate plusurile si "minusurile" lui, daca acesta nu ar fi existat. De ce e greu? Pentru ca Sherlock , ca si Bobby pare real si ireal in acelasi timp, nu este o doar o plazmuire "plata". E un personaj fantastic si veridic in acelasi timp.

Cea mai veridica problema a lui Sherlock

Daca ar exista cu adevarat, care ar fi cea mai mare problema a lui Sherlock? Cazurile complicate? Riscurile meseriei? Nu!

Cea mai mare, sau mai bine zis cea mai veridica, problema a unui Sherlock real ar fi urmatoarea - iat-o descrisa chiar in seria BBC, episodul "The Reichenbach fall":

Sherlock Holmes:  Everybody wants to believe it, that's what makes it so clever. A lie that's preferable to the truth. My deductions were a sham. No-one feels inadequate, Sherlock's an ordinary man.

Oamenii ar vrea ca el sa nu fie adevarat, sa fie o frauda. De ce? Pentru ca daca ar fi "adevarat", toti s-ar simti "inadecvati". Este ceva adanc inscris in instincte: daca genele noastre sunt inferioare, tot ce credeam despre noi, ca suntem semeni egali in cadrul celei mai inteligente specii, pur si simplu nu ar mai fi adevarat. Iata ca exista cineva, care este, in raport cu noi, cum suntem noi in raport cu copiii pre-scolari. Cat de crunta inconfortabilitate!

Casablanca - Quotes

Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.

Cititi scenariul. Tot! Un singur mare citat. 
Si tot o sa va scape mult si multe - o buna parte se gaseste, ca intr-un film ce se respecta cu adevarat, in vizual. Asa ca revedeti filmul! Fiti atenti la jocul actorilor, fiti atenti la replici, fiti atenti la poveste.
Si peste un timp, din nou...

Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Captain Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.

Senor Ferrari: As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.

Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.

Captain Renault: I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me.
Rick: It was a combination of all three.

Rick: And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart.
Captain Renault: That is my least  vulnerable spot.

Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.

House M.D. - Quotes (1)

People don't learn. They don't change. But you did.
...You're a freak.

Chase (upset House is dealing with Chase's father): "How would you feel if I interfered in your personal life?"
House: I'd hate it. That's why I cleverly have no personal life."
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Sophie : Why would they (the patients) hide something that could be killing them?
House : Because they are morons. They're all morons, and everybody lies.
Gabe : Wait, if everybody lies, then that means you're lying right now.
House : I didn't say everybody always lies… Aristotle!
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H: Morning. You guys got the file. What's wrong?
Previous tests revealed nothing that would cause abdominal pain or the mood swings.
H: Then we're done. What do you think? Ball game? Zoo? I don't care. I just want to hang with you guys.
What about drugs? His tox-screen on admission showed a massive amount of chloral hydrate.
H: Yeah. Sorry. That was me. I had to dope him up to get him in here. Guy doesn't think he's sick.
Who does?
H: His wife.
The woman you used to live with.
H: That's her Indian name. On her driver's license it's Stacy. I assume you have a point.
You believe her over the patient himself. That's why we're taking this case.
H: The truth? I hear voices all the time telling me to do stuff. It's crazy, huh?
What happened to "everybody lies"?
H: I was lying.
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Cameron: I put a label on them and go from there?
House: Everybody does it. We are who people think we are. […] The reality is irrelevant.
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Cameron: You're pleased. You think you've proved every marriage is a mistake.
House: Do I look pleased?
Cameron: Ignorance is bliss.
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House: First t… kiss is an eight on the happiness scale. Child being snatched back from the brink of death, that's a ten.
(my note.: first item is overrated above)
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House: She have a dog?
Cameron: For less than a week. She had an allergic reaction, so they had to give it away.
House: Allergies. Animal allergies seemed unlikely but it's possible that--when?
Cameron: When what?
House: When did she get rid of the dog?
Cameron: About a month ago. Her girlfriend gave it to her for her birthday.
House: Well, then it's not allergies. She's just leaving her girlfriend.
Cameron: You...spoke to the dog? ( ;)) )
If her birthday was a month ago, she would've still been on steroids for the poison ivy. Those meds would've suppressed any reaction she might've had to the dog.
House: Which means she lied about being allergic. Dog's a commitment. You pretend to be allergic because you don't want to tell your girlfriend that you're not planning on being around that long.
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House: Only in your world would that be simple. The delusion that fathering a child installs a permanent geyser of unconditional love...
Wilson: Maybe your father's feelings were conditional, not everyone's.
House: Well, of course, that would play into your romantic vision of human...
Wilson: In terms you would understand, we have an evolutionary incentive to sacrifice for our offspring. Our tribe, our friends. Keep them safe.
House: Except for all the people who don't. Everything is conditional. You just can't always anticipate the conditions.
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Policeman: House has hurt plenty of people. You included.
Wilson: He saves lives. People that no one else can save. And, no matter how much of an ass he is, statistically, House is a positive force in the universe.
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Judge: Dr. House, hang up!
Cameron (remote): “The cytology on the LP doesn't suggest a tumor.”
Judge: Now!
House (to Cameron): Hang on a second.
House (to Judge): Does your voice always get that high and annoying when you're angry?
[…]
Judge (to Policeman): I'm also certain that, knowing Dr. House, he must have done something to set you off. But you're gonna have to live with it.
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House: Foreman resigned.
Wilson: I'm sorry.
House: It's okay. No biggie.
Wilson: Right. He give a reason?
House: He said he didn't want to end up like me. I had a brilliant retort. I can't remember what it was at the moment.
Wilson: YOU don't want to end up like you.
House: Good point. Can I resign?
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House(to Foreman):
Every one of those idiots got some insight about themselves from the pig salesman, but not one of them did anything about it. People don't learn. They don't change. But you did.
(Smiling)
You're a freak.
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House: I have a new theory. Their bad ideas don't indicate a lack of intelligence. It indicates an open mind, the willingness not to be trapped by conventional.
Wilson: You've got a problem.
House: Tell me something I don't know.
Wilson: You hire beautiful girls, enslave them, and force them to be around you, because you don't know how to have an actual relationship. If they're qualified, keep them. If not, fire them and ask them out. 

[Later...]

House: Dr. Terzi (…pretty woman,bad doctor...), would you please stand up?
Nice.
I have treated you unfairly. Prejudged you. And for me to be a better person, I have to rectify that situation. You’re fired.
You wanna... Grab some dinner? Maybe a movie?
Seriously.
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(Va urma)

Battlestar Galactica - Credinta celui care nu crede

The truth is we are all perfect. Just as we are...(?)

Initial m-a suparat putin povestea din film, legata de personajul Gaius Baltar si religie. Parea sa fie o reprezentare mai cinica a unui profet cvasi-crestin. Pana la urma, formal, povestea lui Baltar semana mai mult cu cea a diverselor secte si aceasta nu intamplator. Cheia discursului sau este in randurile de mai jos.

Dr. Gaius Baltar: Something in the universe loves me. Something in the universe loves the entity that is me. I will choose to call this something, "God." A singular spark that dwells in the soul of every living being. If you look inside yourself, you will find this spark too. You will. But you have to look deep. Love your faults. Embrace them. If God embraces them, then how can they be faults? Love yourself. You have to love yourself. If we don't love ourselves, how can we love others? And when we know what we are, then we can find the truth about others, see what they are, the truth about them. And you know what the truth is, the truth about them, about you, about me. Do you? The truth is we are all perfect. Just as we are. God only loves that which is perfect, and he loves you. He loves you because you are perfect. You are perfect just as you are.

...

Love your faults. Embrace them. If god embraces them, then how can they be faults?

Love yourself. If we don't love ourselves, how can we love others?

Religia atee

Cu sute si mii de ani inaintea "noului Darwin", Richard Dawkins, cateva din religiile fundamentale au "descoperit" ca evolutia inseamna in mod fundamental "lupta" dintre egoism si altruism. Si, luand ca exemplu crestinismul, acesta face pe langa aceasta descoperire si o alegere, altruismul si o propune drept model. Pentru ca asta trebuie sa faca "palierul religios" al constiintei, indiferent daca suntem credinciosi sau atei: sa ne dam un raspuns la problemele cele mai greu de inteles si sa ne propunem un model - pentru noi insine si pentru oameni in general. In plus, inevitabil, omul isi construieste si un scenariu pentru a aplica acel model. In unele cazuri, impunerea prin forta a unor modele religioase sau ne-religioase a dus la mari grozavii.

Ce ne spune Baltar? Chipurile propune o religie, dar religia lui este cvasi-atee, nu propune nici un model: "love your faults", "You are perfect just as you are". Pentru acest motiv si nu pentru altul, o mare parte din cei care se cred atei sunt asa tocmai pentru ca au imbratisat aceeasta "religie atee":  "noi nu credem in nici o religie si,mai ales, NU CREDEM CA EXISTA NICI UN MODEL". Intradevar, perfectiunea universului suntem noi, noi care avem drept model sa zicem pe George...George Costantza , personajul din "Seinfeld".
Oare?

Adevarata alegere

Pana la urma, nu conteaza ceea ce ne declaram si ceea ne credem, ci ceea ce suntem sau putem fi. Avem de facut o alegere, indiferent daca ne declaram religiosi sau atei: avem un model spre care vrem sa tindem ? Pentru noi si copiii nostri? Ne puteam situa undeva pe scara intre ascetism si experimentare deplina, putem da libera trecere oricarei tendinte egoiste sau dimpotriva.

Pana la urma nu conteaza cum ne declaram, conteaza ceea ce reusim sa facem. Daca facem rau cu religiozitatea noastra avem o problema, daca facem rau cu ateismul nostru, iar avem o problema.
Intrebare: cum isi pot sincroniza oamenii tendinta spre propria imbunataire fara sa cada in dogmatism?

Casualties of war - Naked man

...maybe it matters more than we even know

(Film despre razboiul din Vietnam; regia Brian De Palma; cu Michael Fox)

Eriksson: This goddamn thing's turnin' us on our heads, man! I mean, Just because any of us at any second might be blown away, everybody's acting like we can do anything, man! And it don't matter what we do! But I'm thinkin' maybe it's the other way around. You know, maybe the main thing is just the opposite. Because we might be dead in the next split second, we gotta be extra careful what we do. Jesus, man, maybe it matters more than we even know.

Tot filmul este interesant, dar ar fi fost indeajuns aceasta replica...

Razboiul...Sau orice alt context care pune omul in situatii limita, il poate face "inapoi" animal, sa lepede toata pojghita de civilizatie. Aici, in film, se duce ideea mai departe: daca supravietuirea ii este pusa in balanta in orice moment, omul-animal are atunci "dreptul" sa faca orice. Dar, daca totusi ar invinge in el umanitatea, aceaste posibile ultime clipe ar conta cel mai mult, L-AR DEFINI ca om!

Din pacate, in anumite situatii limita, omul , neschimbat genetic aproape deloc zeci de mii de ani, va actiona ca ceea ce este in fapt: un animal speriat, o fiara ranita care sfasie si distruge orice. Putini pot trece peste asta, gasind in interior echilibrul ce a disparut din contextul extern. 
Mutand putin punctul de vedere, spre efemeritatea intregii vieti sau a ceee ce a mai ramas din ea, ne putem pune aceleasi intrebari: daca avem putin timp, sau si mai putin timp, atunci nu conteaza, sau conteaza si mai mult ceea ce facem?