martes, 8 de diciembre de 2009

PERSÉPOLIS or another story of self exile

All of us know how it feels to love the country we're coming from.
Many of us feel rootless when living in a different country.
However,
... only a few of us choose a definitive self-motivated exile.

Thanks to my dear brother for sharing this movie with me!

Imagina dejar tu pais y familia por buscar una nueva vida en el extranjero.

Todos sabemos que no debe ser muy sencillo porque mas tarde o mas temprano habremos de regresar. Pero que pasa cuando por ningun motivo querrias regresar... Muchos ejemplos a lo largo de la historia ilustran lo que muchas personas han hecho motivadas por guerras, dictaduras o pobreza; cuando eligen el exilio.

Una mas de esas historias es contada por Marjane Satrapi en su libro "Persépolis" una novela grafica que se publico en el año 2000. La misma que en 2007 se convirtio en una emotiva pelicula animada que nos da una idea clara de lo que significaba vivir en Iran antes y depués de que el Fundamentalismo Islamico reinara en el pais.

Aqui es cuando personas como yo aceptan lo poco que saben de la historia de Iran... sin embargo, al menos he dado un pequeño paso adelante absorbiendo lo que la pelicula me ha enseñado.

Si a alguien le interesa, aqui esta el link para ver la pelicula COMPLETA en YouTube:



Imagine leaving you country and family looking for a new life abroad.

We all know is difficult but that is possible (specially us) because soon or later we're going back. However, how to deal with the idea that by no means you're going back home... World History has many ways to ilustrate what people do motivated by war, dictatorship or poverty; when choose exile over family.

Another of this true stories is shared by Marjane Satrapi on her work "Persépolis", a graphic novel released on 2000. Which later on, in 2007 produced a beautiful animated movie that gives us a clearer idea of what was living in Iran after and before Islamic Fundamentalism ruled the country.

Here is when I need to say, that besides the subject is difficult to explain gets even more complicated when I accept how little I know about Iran's history, Islamic Fundamentalism, Iran-Iraq War, "The Gulf War", and so on.

Let's learn about it, and see what can we share with you after watching the movie next meeting.


Below is the link to the movie in YouTube if you want to:

sábado, 5 de diciembre de 2009

THE TWILIGHT PHENOMENON

When was the last time the whole audience inside the theater clap, sigh or shout out of excitement on every scene in a movie?

For me, Twilight and New Moon was the first time. And even if I personally read all the books and watched both movies (twice each) I'm still amazed by the power of this.

Join us analyzing why a trite love story has become such a success.

Thanks to Adriana, Angelica G, Angelica H and Mariana for be part of this!

Hablar del fenomeno fue muy divertido, hubieron algunos opiniones que nos ayudaron a explicarnos su exito.


LECTURA POPULAR Y SENCILLA DE DIGERIR Consideramos la obra extremadamente sencilla agil y que encaja completamente en el gusto popular pues no se trata de un libro que requiera mas habilidad ni conocimientos tecnicos mas que el saber leer. Es la misma sencillez y extension de la historia la que logra que al menos en una parte del libro si no es que en mas, el lector se sienta identficado y parte de la misma.

EVASION DE LA REALIDAD En un mundo plagado de realidades virtuales en la que los video juegos, FaceBook y demas actividades virtuales son la regla y no la excepción, la porcion de la poblacion a la que esta dirigido el producto esta avido de salir de la realidad, por lo cual la historia trillada de amor se vuelve irresistible cuando nos proyectamos en seres de fantasia que soñariamos ser.

EXCELENTE TRABAJO DE MERCADOTECNIA Es de resaltar el excelente trabajo de Mercadotecnia que ha inundado todo espacio posible con sus imagenes, libros y demas mercancias que por inutil que parezcan, la oferta justifica la demanda les suena conocido?

DATO CURIOSO Incluso creemos que el personaje Edward Cullen personificado por (Robert Pattinson) fue maestraelmente resucitado mientras todavia lamentabamos su muerte en Harry Potter 5 "The Globet of fire"


SIN EMBARGO... Hace un rato encontre un amigo que me dijo un motivo mas que no tomamos cuenta en la junta del dia de ayer, que a todos nos gustan las historia de amor y los finales felices. Bueno a casi todos pero en este momento podemos prescindir de la opinión de los amargados.

El tema queda temporalmente extenuado, podemos pasar a otra cosa


Spending the evening trying to explain what's behind TWLIGHT SUCCESS was so much fun. Below are some key points that were rescued from last night.

EASY-READING-BOOK Considering this work for general readers, because is easy and agil of reading wich allows huge amounts of people to feel confident enough to enjoy it. Also there is no specific reading skills or technical knowledge needed besides of... knowing how to read. And is precisely this simplicity that allows the reader to feel identified with the story.

REALITY AVOIDANCE In times of virtual-reality where videogames, Facebook and other virtual activities are the rule, the target population (I mean we) is beyond happiness of getting out of ordinary life. That's why we believe that even the tritest love story becomes irresistible when our characters are so out of this world.

EXCELENT MARKETING Worth recognizing an excellent marketing work letting us surrended and flooded by all what we could consume about Twilight. When even the worthless merchandise gets justify by demanding consumers. Supply and demand sound familiar?

FUNNY FACT We also believe that the main character Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) was wisely resuscitated while his memory from Harry Potter 5 "The Globet of fire" was still dearly remembered.


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I just met a friend today and he added something important we missed... that all main actors are good looking people (nothing to say about acting skills) and that we all love love stories, because we all believe in true love. Which is right, who doesn't like happy endings? (Bitter ones please refrain of voting!)


Case temporarily closed... let's talk about something else.