FEELING THE CULTURE : HOLIDAYS FEEL DIFFERENT TO ME

FEELING THE CULTURE : HOLIDAYS FEEL DIFFERENT TO ME

By Christine Trzyna

I think it's because I (we?) can feel it in our environment, the difference between the work day week, the weekend, and the holiday.  I think it's about guilt or lack of.  When a whole lot of people are off and out to play, I feel freer, less obligated, and more likely to play too.  Even though I organize much of my own time without obligation to others at this point, I still feel better about doing my own thing on holidays, in particular holidays that can be strung together with weekends into four days off.

JIMMY PAGE PLAYS THE GUITAR WITH A VIOLIN BOW

 

WHAT I WANT MY WORDS TO DO TO YOU : EVE ENSLER : CHRISTINE TRZYNA FILM REVIEW

Here's the set up for this DVD : Fifteen female inmates, most in prison for murder, some for life, are part of a Writers Round Table sort of writing class with Eve Ensler as their teacher/group leader. Over a four year period their writing was meant to be theraputic and help them come to terms with their crime. At the end of this time, Ensler recruited some actresses such as Glenn Close and Marisa Tomei, to read the work of one of the prisoner writing group members. Hearing their own words acted out on stage proves to be an interesting experience and an emotional one for everyone including the audience.

There are writers working in prisons heading up writing groups all around the country. Sometimes publications - chap books - are made of their work.  I  watched this film with no expectations and appreciated it greatly for what it is.

HARD CANDY : EDGIEST MOVIE I EVER SAW : CHRISTINE TRZYNA FILM REVIEW

HARD CANDY : DVD REVIEW : EDGIEST MOVIE I EVER SAW : CHRISTINE TRZYNA DVD FILM REVIEW

If you want to watch a movie that will make your thoughts twist and your emotions boil, then HARD CANDY, A Lionsgate release staring Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page is the one to watch. The screenplay was written by Brian Nelson.

14 year old Hayley is no doubt a genius, so what's she doing meeting up with a 30-something photographer she met over the Internet?

Does she do this often? Is she Taking Justice into her own hands, making a fantasy of torture and revenge into reality? Seems so. How guilty is the photograper of sexual abuse, rape, or even murder of another girl? Is Hayley a sociopath? Do we think Jeff the photographer deserves what he's getting? Or is it Haley who is truly the spiritually sick one?

From almost the beginning to the end, I was all torn up. My thoughts went all over and my stomach cramped.

Thus this production was fine art, for it did the most that any great piece of art can do which is make us question our own ethics and values as we relate or can't and so involve us in the art.
Should you feel sorry for him? Is she right in her assumptions and accusations?

So many questions!