Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A World Without Thieves (2004)



Slow motion palimpsest
panning down neck nape
in orchestral melancholy
"there's more than just money between us"
意思:
美国爱中国
我们生了
一个男叫贪
Meaning:
U.S.loves China
let's give birth
a boy called greed

An allegory of contemporary China's economic boom built on bloodthirst
or
when finance wizards, world economy wreckers, reap obscene bonuses--with mighty U.S. greenbacking--can the credit bubble bankers with their gate guarded global real estate jetsetting exclusivity escape blame?

What does a thief look like?
--Dumbo's naive cry--
Who here is a thief?

大哥!
大姐!
你们在哪儿?

对不起
你太晚了
我去游泳
在币

Big Brother!
Big Sister!
Where are you?

Sorry,
You are too late.
I went swimming
in money.

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Hurt Locker (2008)



Sunday: bomb blast in Baghdad kills 155, including 24 children.

"Every time you go out, you roll the dice, you know that..."

Naive compassion gets you killed. The American soldier recognizes the enemy's savagery and overcomes with reckless self sacrifice for little children.

God bless SSgt. William James.