get busy livin' or get busy dyin'

''FEAR can hold you prisoner,HOPE can set you free.'' i am talking about 1994 film ''The Shawshank Redemption''. First i have to say i was too impressed by this quotation because it means a lot from social point of view. The film was adopted from a short story of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Frank Darabont it was nominated for 7 oscars and another 13 wins.The genre is drama and Tim Robbins(Andy Dufresne in film), Morgan Freeman(Red Ellis) form an excellent conformity.Andy is a young and successful banker. He is convicted of and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover.He stubbornly proclaim innocence, but after the murder he is sent Shawshank Prison.At first he is introvert but later form an unlikely friendship with prison fixer Red and his gang.Ugly realities of prison are introduced. A corrupt warden (Bob Gunton), sadistic guards led by Capt. Byron Hadley(Clancy Brown)...He become popular with prison guards. Prison warden take advantage of his banking skills by exchanging priveleges for bookkeeping.Over twenty years he maintain dignity by mental force.Director recreate drudgery and hopelessness of prison life.Hardened criminals with little hope for the future... But HOPE is the ultimate way of survival.People can not touch or get to hope.For this film i can say it has slowly captivating scenes that build atmoshere without sacrificing thematic integrity.For a new perspective of life i think you should watch it if you haven't done so. Also, you will be thrilled by the performance of Morgan Freemen.

God is dead and Friederich Nietzsche

Famous philosopher and philologist wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture that still raise considerable problems of interpretation. Shallow thinkers may not catch the deep meaning under his words. So i think, he is a hard nut to crack but it is worth to try. His influence remains substantial on existentialism and postmodernism.He has radical ideas including interpreting tragedy as an affirmative of life,an eternal occurrence, a rejection of Platonism, will to power,ethnicity, nationality...His some ideas go so extreme that he is often labelled as atheist or enemy of women.But i don't think he is so. Even his words ''women are baby making machines that are utterly subordinate to the desires and goals of men'' do not annoy me. i think he said so because he wanted to make men guestion their beliefs about women and we, women,to think of our purpose.but there is a gossip going around about what make him think of women as lesser creatures. it is his beloved ones leaving him and instead of him choosing FREUD.i do not know if it is true or not but i know that he is a man of deep thougts. Here is some of his famous quatations:'' what does not destroy me , makes me strong'' ,''there are no eternal facts, as there are no abslote truths'',man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter'',''we are terrified by the idea of being terrified'',''what is it: is man only a blunder of God or God only a blunder of man?'',''love your enemies because they bring out the best in you'',''a joke is an epigramon the death of a feeling''. There is a lot to write but these may give some idea about his excellent use of language , his critical and eccentric thinking.

martian child- the story of a man becoming a father and a story of a boy becoming a son

Directed by Menno Meyjes starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet,Bobby Coleman; based on 1995 Hugo Award, 1994 Nebula Award winning novel David Gerrold by the same name.Meyjes, the director of the movie, also wrote a directed MAX in which John Cusack plays Max Rothman, an art dealer tutoring a young Hitler. Certain groups protested the film , as they felt it was trying to humanize Hitler. Cusack( starring in high fidelity, identity,1408)plays David,the widowed novelist whose popular sci-fi book is being turned into a movie.David decides to follow up on his wife's dream of adopting a child.Enter dennis, a pale,sligh boy who is utterly convinced he was brough to earth by Martians to study Earthing life.He shies away from sun and wears a weigh belt, lest he float away. The boy playing the painfully awkward Dennis has such a high pitched voice thatis so strange sounding that you sometimes wonder if he is an alien.The two guys seem perfectly suited to each other, mutual love of all things, outer space and all.The dawning realization on David's face that he and his adopted son are not so different.Neither of them are meeting the expectations of their fellow Earthlings.What makes the film compelling are the actors who bring brightness to these fairly cut and dry roles. A fan of John Cusack myself, i can say he is the main reason to seethe film. If not for his charm and quick wit, keen intelligence, quirky appeal, this film could easily turn into slick sentimentality and maudlin predictability.Cusack has proven himself one more time.