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It took me some time to figure it out where I first heard the name "August Strindberg". And finally I realised that it was the title of a play by Duerrenmatt "Play Strindberg" where I heard it first. A brief research in Wikepedia told me that Strindberg was a Swedish novelist who lived in late 19th, early 20th century and was a major force in Swedish literature. He`s mostly famous for his dramatic work, but "The Red Room" was the book that brought him fame. Strindberg can be classified as a satirical realist who balances on the line between communism and anarchism, yet prefers the second to the first. This book we`re talking about isn`t really too interesting on the first glance - the characters are kinda weird, the story goes pretty much nowhere, only to prove that bourgeous pigs suck big time. It`s no big shakes for me. The central figure in this book is a fellow who has a rich brother but he himself is a silly idealist, who can`t compete with the capitalist pigs, and has to suffer. Other people around him are more or less normal people - they know good from bad but they also try not to drown. Apart from a young man named Ulle who commits suicide. His last note is surely the best thing in the entire book and it provided me with a thing to think about. He makes fun of some of the ten commandments. For instance, he says - that the first commandment which says that God shall be the only God you shall serve clearly states that there ARE other gods. And why would a God so great care about whether someone uses his name without a need? Isn`t that a silly thing that no God would find that important to give it as one of the ten commandments which every man and woman should follow? Yet apart from this part about the commandments the book isn`t too interesting.

Šī Marka Tvena grāmata aizsāk kārtējo projektu (šoreiz gan diezgan īslaicīgu) manā dzīvē - pievēršanos grāmatām, kuras esmu jau lasījis, bet par kurām labprāt uzzinātu savu tagadējo viedokli.

Kā manā mūzikas ierakstu kolekcijā nokļuva šis Ministry albūms, es atceros ļoti labi. To ieguvu tikai tālab, ka uzskatīju to par parodiju par Pink Floyd "Dark side of the moon", turklāt tolaik, protams, neiedomājos, ka "Dark side of the spoon" varētu ar PF īpaši saistīts nebūt, bet gan tulkojumā uz latviešu valodu nozīmēt "heroīna lietošanas negatīvā puse". Un to tas visticamākais arī nozīmē, lai gan viena lieta Ministry "Dark Side" un PF "Dark Side" ir kopīga - diezgan pesimistisks un paranojas pārņemts skatījums uz pasauli. Tikai Pink Floyd nekad nav spēlējuši industriālo metālu, tāds mazs sīkumiņš. Tikām "Ministry" ir viena no lielākajām šī stila blicēm. Īpaši simpātisks šāds metāla veids man gan nav nekad šķitis, jo tajā nav tā vienīgā elementa, kas man patiešām patīk labā metālā - sarežģītu melodiju spēlēšana milzīgā ātrumā. Tā vietā Ministry piedāvā mūziku, kādu būtu varējuši spēlēt Depeche Mode, ja viņi new wave stila sintezatoru vietā būtu izvēlējušies šāda stila virzienu. Plus, ja Depeche Mode nebūtu rūpīgi domājuši par melodijām (tā ka paralēles drīzāk būtu velkamas ar mūsdienu, nevis 80-to gadu DM). Par ko šajā albūmā dzied Als Jorgensons?

Stephen King meets Johnny Depp. "Good day I bid you" says Stephen King. "Howdy, partner!" says Johnny Depp. Not likely to happen? Not likely to write a correct sentence. Sentence me wrong or sentence me right I don`t mind.

Es nekaunos savas nezināšanas un nelepojos ar to. Es nekaunos savas muļķības un nelepojos ar to. Es neko nesapratu no leģendārās Andreja Tarkovska filmas "Spogulis". Lai šo filmu varētu saprast, to ir jāskatās daudzas reizes, tā man teica. Es šaubos, ka es to skatīšos daudzas reizes. Līdz ar to diez vai es to sapratīšu.

Šo filmu pirms dažiem mēnešiem Liene izdomāja, ka viņa ļoti grib noskatīties. Ievērojot to, ka to noskatījos tikai, kamēr Liene ir Ēģiptē, te var saskatīt zināmu silloģismu (es gan nezinu, ko nozīmē silloģisms, bet šis vārds izklausās tāds, ka to varētu izmantot inteliģenti cilvēki). Kad nākamajā dienā biju filmu lejuplādējis, izrādījās, ka Liene to vairs redzēt negrib un par spīti maniem daudziem pielaušanas mēģinājumiem, mēs šo filmu tā arī nenoskatījāmies. Sarunu par tēmu "Atšķirības starp vīrieti un sievieti (neskaitot ģenitālijas)" atlikšu citai reizei.

Boy, do we get a whole lot of templar and mason shit nowadays! Like this film for instance - there are those weirdos the Templars that take hold of a really massive treasure but they don`t spend it on drugs and women, oh, no, they hide it somewhere where noone could find it for the treasure is too huge for any living man. And when the chance comes they (already having become masons after the templars were eliminated) smug the whole thing to the US of A (which weren`t the US of A at the time yet). Since they don`t want the British to take hold of the treasure they hide it and make some weird clues for themselves to remember the place where they hid it (including a secret message on the back of the original Declaration of Independance). And nowadays a guy named Gates (just like good ol` William) who`s family held a part of the key to the secret goes to rescue the treasure before the bad guys get it. He`s accompanied by a weirdo who`s brilliant with computers and a sexy chick. What can you do without a sexy chick? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So, what good is this film? First, if you`re into discussing whether what happens in this film could be real, whether the conspiracy of the masons could still be living - my answer to you, Sire, is: buzz off! This film isn`t about the templars - it`s about action and adventure. If you can`t tolerate something like this - don`t! I found this film as a good piece of entertainment, with pretty solid acting and one lovable character - the computer guy. Oh, by the way, the beginning is extremely American patriotic and the ending is extremely cheesy and over-the-top optimistic... as if you couldn`t guess that without me telling you that.

Why do people still make new films after William Shakespeare`s plays? Maybe because they`re really good. Maybe not. I don`t know. I`m not a fan of good ol` William`s work. For instance I haven`t even read the play on the jew of Venice. This film has Al Pacino in the role of Sheilok, the jew. Who were the other actors I don`t remember. Some people claim this film to be antisemitic. I claim those people are out of their minds. Ok, they may go and crucify good ol` William Shakespeare, but it won`t change a lot. The film was done quite professionally, without having too much of political correctness and the wit of Shakespeare was still there. Probably I could have enjoyed it more were I a huge fan of classical literature. Yet since I`m not I can say that despite being a good costume film it wasn`t much more than that - a good cast + a good script don`t make a great movie. You need some magic in order to feel the touch of god in a piece of cinematography.

Šķiet, ka filmai "Dzīve ir skaista" pieder absolūtais rekords sagatavošanās laika ziņā no brīža, kad filmu ieguvu savā rīcībā, līdz brīdim, kad to noskatījos (iespējams gan, ka manā plauktā ir pāris filmas, kas šādā statusā dzīvo pat vēl daudz ilgāk, bet tās es tik ļoti neizjūtu - viena lieta ir filma kompaktdiskā un pavisam cita - datorā). Kā var noskaidrot pēc faila izveidošanas vecuma, šo filmu ieguvu pirms gandrīz precīzi divarpus gadiem un ne reizi vien biju tuvu tam, lai to noskatītos.

Kad šo albūmu tikko biju ieguvis savā īpašumā, tas man nez kāpēc sagādāja pamatīgu vilšanos, lai arī es absolūti vairs nezinu, ko tolaik gaidīju no šīs grupas un pat no kurienes es zināju par tās eksistenci.