Montag, 10. Juli 2017

Day 1 - Tom Wolfe

The night was stormy and rainy. I went to the balcony of Vincent and the rain drops
clapped against his sunshade. I smoked a cigarette. The evil mosquito had finally moved.
At 10:00 am his social worker came by. I know her too. She's a hard-working bee. 

We three drank together black coffee. Vincent drank triply strong. When I left, I listened
to Pete Yorn on the bicycle. Visited my lawyer to get my money. At home I struggled with
the optimation of my living room. How to afford all this? I smoked 5 cigarettes in a row.
I went to Johns and ate Brussel sprout stew. 2 big portions. In the shop window I discovered
that I put on weight again, maybe 4 pounds. Vincent said I look chubby. Then my own 
social worker appeared and we went to a furniture-sale, to buy some equipment for coloring
the walls of my room. I think tomorrow I'm gonna start. Then I met Wolf and we bought
some dope. I took half a gram for the monthly pain. He invited me to smoke. I provided
the bong and then we smoked. He drank a black beer and me a pils. His dog is incontinent,
that made some trouble. I've got a dog by myself, but he is made of plush. He never gets
incontinent, neither he needs to go for a walk. All I do is cuddle him during falling asleep.
Maybe thats the more uncomplicated sort of dog. When I went home I started to list exact
details of my week-plan, but that was way too neurotic for me and I stopped it. I listened
to my Spotify-mixtape and than called Vincent. He brought potato-salat with him, and
beer and milk. I was very yearning for a coffee. Black coffee isnt my favourite choise.
I gave Vincent a Joint. But soon he started talking paranoid, psychotic stuff. I feared it. Its
often that way. He said one of his brain half still lies down in Berlin Köpenick. 
I wasnt able to listen to all this sort of crap and said, it would be nice if
he leaves and he did without lamenting. Then I drank the second beer and smoked a 
couple of cigarettes, listening to A-Camp. 

Not a special day, but a day.

Sonntag, 9. Juli 2017

POEM OF TOM WOLFE


Run with the wolves.
Chafe in the fire.
Dance the ghost dance.
Bring fresh flowers.

Dive into the deepest depths.
Smoke a hobbit pipe.
Seats on a stump
And paint a picture of nature.

Or sing, dont mind if
You can not.
Somehow you sing your
Cheerful song and
Then do one
Somersault.

Buy an expensive dress
Or a suit.
Leave Facebook behind
And better start
Tweeting.

Read a very expensive book.
Buy rad earrings
You have never seen before.

 
Weep and laugh.
Do not make any plans.
Plans are for neurotics.
Live in the day.
Listen to your belly.

Write a poem
To your loved one.

 
And never tell me
Again, life is
Crap.

Mittwoch, 5. Juli 2017

Boys on the Side (1995)

german title: Kaffee, Milch und Zucker
director: Herbert Ross
script: Don Roos
land of production: USA
setting: New York etc.
genre:  Dramedy
year of release: 1995
starring: Whoopi Goldberg
               Drew Barrymore
                 Marie-Louise Parker
FSK: 12 / PG-13
rating: * * *  of 5 points

The singer Jane drives to the west with the broker Robin. They also pick up Jane's girlfriend Holly. When Holly's friend becomes palpable, the three women tie him to a chair. They soon set up a residential community. Robin can no longer hide her secret about her "allergy" ...

Nice emotion movie. Good character development. Not very elaborately staged. A film about friendship and farewell. Not very well worked out end. Lets you fall by the wayside. But the interplay of the three main protagonists is nice to look at, even if the film appears not very diligent.


Die Sängerin Jane begibt sich mit der Maklerin Robin auf eine Fahrt Richtung Westen. Sie holen auch noch Janes Freundin Holly ab. Als Hollys Freund handgreiflich wird, fesseln die drei Frauen ihn an einen Stuhl. Sie gründen bald eine Wohngemeinschaft. Robin kann ihr Geheimnis über ihre "Allergie" nicht länger verbergen...

Schöner Gefühlsfilm. Gute Charakterausarbeitung. Nicht sehr aufwendig inszeniert.  Ein Film über die Freundschaft.  Und ein Film über das Abschiednehmen. Nicht sehr gut herausgearbeitetes Ende. Lässt einen auf der Strecke.  Aber das Zusammenspiel der drei Hauptprotagonisten ist schön  mitanzusehen, auch wenn der Film über weite Strecken  ein bisschen lotterig erscheint. 





Dienstag, 4. Juli 2017

Rough Night

german title: Girls' Night Out
director: Lucia Aniello
script: Lucia Aniello
           Paul W. Downs
land of production: USA
setting:  Miami
genre:  Comedy
year of release: 2017
starring: Scarlett Johannsson
                Zoe Kravitz
                 Jillian Bell
FSK: 12 / PG-13
rating: * * *  of 5 points

5 friends meet for a hen party in an expensive beach house in Miami Beach. They have a wild evening with cocaine, weed and loads of alcohol. When they engage a stripper, the evening gets out of control ...

Feel-Good Movie. Scarlett Johannson plays very well. Strongly exaggerated. The story is exciting, but often vulgar. Mediocre comedy.


5 Freundinnnen treffen sich zu einem Junggesellinnenabschied in einem teurem Strandhaus in Miami Beach. Sie haben einen wilden Abend mit Kokain, Gras und jede Menge Alkohol. Als sie einen Stripper engagieren, gerät der Abend jedoch außer Kontrolle...

Feel-Good Movie. Scarlett Johannson schauspielert sehr gut. Stark überzogen. Die Story ist spannend aufgebaut, aber immer wieder derbe. Mittelmäßige Komödie.  




Wonder Woman

director: Patty Jenkins
script: Allan Heinberg
based on DC Comics
land of production: USA
setting: fictional Themyscira, Europe
genre:  Superhero
year of release: 2017
starring: Gal Gadot
                Chris Pine
                David Thewlis
FSK: 12 / PG-13
rating: * * * * of 5 points

The female Amazon people live on the island "Themyscira". They are trained as warriors, because their mission is to kill the war god "Ares". This gets achieved by the sword "The Godkiller". The daughter of Hippolyta (the queen), is the only child on the island and is called Diana. She gets  a hard training after she has convinced her mother. It is the time of the First World War. Steve Trevor, a spy, falls from a plane near the island and gets rescued by Diane. She has never seen a man. Soon they allied themselves to kill the war god ...

 A charming filming. As a result of Diana's isolation on an island, she discovers the true nature of humans and learns about it. The audience shares her hopes. Gadot manages to play a militant woman who is full of naivete. This mixture makes the film so attractive. The visualization of the historical time is really good. The story is very well developed. Succeeded.

Auf der Insel Themyscira lebt das Volk der Amazonen. Sie werden zu Kriegerinnen ausgebildet, denn ihre Mission ist es den Kriegsgott "Ares" zu töten. Dies gelingt durch das Schwert "Der Göttertöter". Die Tochter von Hippolyta, der Königin, ist das einzige Kind auf der Insel und  heißt Diana. Ihr wird erst die Kriegerinnenausbildung verweigert, um dann doch eine harte Ausbildung zu bekommen, nachdem sie ihre Mutter überzeugt hat.  Es ist die Zeit des ersten Weltkrieges. Steve Trevor, ein Spion stürzt nahe der Insel ins Meer und wird von Diane geretttet. Diese hat noch nie einen Mann gesehen. Bald verbünden sie sich um den Kriegsgott zu töten...

Eine charmante Verfilmung.  Resultierend aus Dianas  Isoliertheit auf einer  Insel , entdeckt sie die wahre Natur des Menschen und lernt dazu.  Der Zuschauer teilt ihre Hoffnungen. Gadot gelingt es, eine kämpferische Frau zu spielen, die voller Naivität steckt. Diese Mischung macht den Film so attraktiv.  Die Visualisierung der historischen Zeit ist wirklich gut. Die Story ist sehr gut aufgebaut. Gelungen.  



All Eyez on Me

director:  Benny Boom
script: Jeremy Haft etc.
land of production: USA
setting: USA
genre:  Biography
year of release: 2017
starring:  Demetrius Shipp Jr.
FSK: 12 / PG-13
rating: * * of 5 points

The life story of the rapper Tupac Shakur gets told in here. It begins with his childhood in the New York Ghetto, his musical beginnings and his breakthrough on the west coast. Also reported is his mother's addiction on crack and his prison stay for sexual harassment. It ends with the murder in Las Vegas.

The film lasts 140 minutes and has clearly excess lengh compared to the illustrated narrative structure, which means that starting from the second half, one begins to get bored. Otherwise moderately entertaining, solid representation of Demetrius Shipp Jr as Tupac, very good soundtrack. Tupac is brought down here from his throne. That he made 700 songs is really impressive. But the film does carries the audience, it does not go into the depths.


Erzählt wird die Lebensgeschichte des Rappers Tupac Shakur. Es beginnt mit seiner Kindheit im New Yorker Ghetto, seinen musikalischen Anfängen und seinem Durchbruch an der Westküste. Auch wird berichtet von der Cracksucht seiner Mutter und seinem Gefängnisaufenthalt wegen sexueller Belästigung. Bis zum Mord Tupacs in Las Vegas.

Der Film dauert 140 Minuten und hat für die dargestellte Erzählstruktur eindeutig Überlänge, das heißt ab der zweiten Hälfte fängt man sich regelrecht an zu langweilen.  Ansonsten  mäßig unterhaltsam, solide Darstellung von Demetrius Shipp Jr als Tupac,  sehr guter Soundtrack. Tupac wird hier von seinem Thron runtergeholt.  Dass er 700 Songs machte, ist wirklich beeindruckend.  Aber der Film reißt einen nicht mit sich, er  geht nicht in die Tiefe.





Snatched

german title:  Mädelstrip
director:  Jonathan Levine
script: Katie Dippold
land of production: USA
setting: USA, Ecuador, Colombia
genre:  Adventure, Comedy
year of release: 2017
starring:   Goldie Hawn
                 Amy Schumer
rating: *  of 5 points

Emily wants to go on holiday with her boyfriend in Ecuador, but he leaves her. So she travels there with her mother. Unfortunately, both get abducted ...

A very weak comedy, hardly funny, yes, you get almost vicarious embarrassment. Goldie Hawn is definitely wrongly casted in here and hardly comes into her own. Amy Schumer is somehow not funny enough. A catastrophic movie. Dont go see it.


Emily möchte mit ihrem Freund in Ecuador Urlaub machen, doch er verlässt sie. Also reist sie mit ihrer Mutter dorthin. Leider werden beide entführt...

Eine sehr schwache Komödie, kaum witzig, ja, fast ist es zum Fremdschämen. Goldie Hawn ist hier definitiv falsch besetzt und kommt kaum zur Geltung. Amy Schumer ist irgendwie doch nicht witzig genug. Ein katastrophaler Film.  Nicht gucken!