Klara Jagovit: 2015

Victor Frankenstein

Death is still something we fear the most. The cause of it changed over the years. Spanish flu might have beaten you a century ago but now you're more likely to die in a plane crash, in a terrorist attack or accidentally choke on processed food at home. At the same time, a decomposing body is something we look at with fascination and...

Share |

Gangs of New York

Cameron Diaz 10:48:00

Have you ever wondered how big cities were created? What was the life in a great metropolis in previous centuries, how busy and crowded streets paved the way for what we see now and what we can visit on a tourist-like basis? How different were the people, their clothes, their language, their habits? Ponder on how rotten and corrupted human nature could flourish...

Share |

Homme Less

documentary 11:24:00

It often surprises me how superficial the idea of success is. You struggle, being poor, to buy the necessities of life, to pay for the basics of your maintenance. Then the luck turns upside down and you're wealthy, having won the blessing of a good job or starting your own business. The business flourishes until you're considered less attractive, until people are bored...

Share |

Little Miss Sunshine

beauty 03:13:00

Family. Tensions. Friendships. Jealousy. Support. Acceptance. Disillusionment. Our family situation is rarely simple and straightforward. There are siblings who used to hate each other and now they prove to be each others' greatest support in times of life trials. There are mothers who are too demanding for their daughters and there are daughters who push themselves too hard to prove that they're worth...

Share |

The Human Experiment

cancer 03:12:00

Do you pay attention to what mattress you sleep on? Do you read the ingredients of baby products which you use to take care of your children? Have you checked the content of your walls, wall paint, tiles on the floor? Are you aware what is inside the deodorant you press against your armpits every single day? To be honest, we shouldn't worry...

Share |

Miss Julie

class 03:11:00

One night stand. Happens to so many. In some cases, it ends up in an unwanted pregnancy. In others, the outcome is a tricky venereal disease. Sometimes it leads to a romance. Occasionally it's the trigger for a long-lasting relationship. In the majority of cases, it's something you quickly forget like a blackout party, boring birthday celebration or a drunk evening at home....

Share |

The Others

children 11:51:00

Abandoned places always boost our imagination. Shorter days make us come back home with fear or anxiety that there might be someone waiting for us behind this wall, behind this fence, behind this bridge. People were always afraid of the lack of sun. Equally, they feared things which were unknown and new, be it a different culture, custom, possibly a disease. In a...

Share |

Shawshank Redemption

crime 04:28:00

The nightmare of spending a night in a cell can happen to any of us. You are a human being. You make mistakes. Law system was introduced for a reason. The nightmare of spending half of your life behind bars is rarely something we wish to experience. And the nightmare of being falsely accused, wrongly sentenced and unfairly placed in prison evokes feelings...

Share |

RRRrrrr!!!

comedy 01:12:00

There were times when there was no technology, no machines, no houses, no luxury. People used to sleep in caves, they ate what they picked and hunted, they weren't attached to each other as losing one mate in an accident, a wild beast attack or due to disease was common. Children were resourceful and could fight for themselves. Roles between men and women...

Share |

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

disability 01:49:00

You don't choose your family. You don't have any influence over your family history, your family members' character, their decisions or views. You tolerate each other for years, you vividly remember your past mistakes, the awkward periods of adolescence, you circulate: bumping daily at each other as if checking whether you are still the same people. You are attached like primary school children,...

Share |

We Need To Talk About Kevin

children 01:47:00

Motherhood is a hard job. You constantly worry about your child's health, balancing between life and death, stumbling upon every table corner, electric socket and abandoned pin. Due to the lack of experience, you fear your every move, deciding whether you're bringing up a human being in a right way. There are thousands of mothers who were helpless, despite the efforts they put...

Share |

Do I Sound Gay?

documentary 01:44:00

People do have low self-esteem. Nowadays, when the western world suffers more from the surplus of food rather than its inadequate amount, people are bullied for being too fat. While fashion shows, lingerie, and chain brands campaigns are promoted by super attractive people, people fall into the madness of plastic surgery and enhancing their appearance. Poor look up to the rich, rich look...

Share |

Lust.Caution

Ang Lee 12:43:00

Sexuality cannot be ignored. A lot of problems with institutions, governments and schools could be solved, or at least attempted at being solved, if we didn't ignore people's basic need. Touch, sexual fulfillment, sexual fantasies are inseparably connected to our love life. The business of sex toys, pornographic materials, and erotic films is flourishing. We circulate between love, drive, attractiveness, fondness, and desire....

Share |

Amour/Love

death 02:40:00

Everybody now gets divorced. Be it the incompatibility of characters, cheating, irreconcilable differences, or the fact that love disappeared somewhere on the way. We stop caring about the other person or simply the idea of a stable marriage is not appealing to us at all. Maybe it's really something from the past, an outdated concept, having to do more with finances than mutual...

Share |

Fucking Amal

growing-up 10:44:00

This is one of the first films about love between girls. It's still amazing that such relations were persecuted, illegal and that in some countries you can get in jail for same-sex relations. In some, you can be even killed. To keep at bay political and global problems, let's focus on an individual. Sexuality might be the result of a lot of factors....

Share |

Meet Joe Black

Anthony Hopkins 04:58:00

There was once a classic which showed the unquestioned handsomeness of Brad Pitt. On a more serious note, while we are still somehow attracted to the lives of rich and beautiful, we are intrigued by their romances and adventures, we also seek the second bottom. Is there anything we can call fate? Is there a higher plan for us, a bigger purpose? Do...

Share |

Being Ginger

documentary 04:56:00

It seems that hair color is such a trivial thing when it comes to valuing a person. It shouldn't be an obstacle in meeting people and falling in love. Yet, it is. One man tried to find out why for him dating seems to be impossible, why women are prejudiced against ginger hair and why maintaining your self-esteem on a high level might...

Share |

The Kings of Summer

children 04:55:00

There is a time in your life when you feel trapped. Stranded in your way among your family members, workmates, partners. Sometimes you lose yourself in the pursuit of making other people happy and you forget what makes you happy. Some people need to be alone for a day. Others desire a year-long journey around the world. Yet others chose the life of...

Share |

Youth

loneliness 03:51:00

I was once under the impression that adult people are wise, experienced and trustworthy. Then I grew up and I realized that age doesn't make a great difference. Your body grows old, your physical and mental functions are limited, there's less ahead of you and more memories you're willing to share with others. If you surround yourself with young people, your mental state...

Share |

The Martian

experiment 03:50:00

We are fascinated with the idea of Robinson Crusoe virgin exploration of the unspoiled paradise. We make use of our inventor's instincts, survival skills and knowledge which we have accumulated for centuries. Since we cannot really discover any new lands as the era of Great Explorers has been over for centuries, we look beyond our ability of eyesight and comprehension. And since the...

Share |

The Art of Getting By

art 03:49:00

Do you recall the time when with a conscious and critical eye of an adult you looked at your parents' relationship and saw the flaws and faults of people who you previously admired? You realized that half of the jobs there you'd hate deeply in your heart and the other half you are not capable of performing. The world seemed to be full...

Share |

Only Lovers Left Alive

love 03:47:00

The idea of never-ending love makes people fall in love with high expectations. Listening to stories about marriages that lasted over 50 years makes us look with hope for our second-half. It all seems worth at the end of the day. And when lovers are lovers with the world in the background, when they clearly remember historical and political events and when they...

Share |

Notes on a Scandal

Cate Blanchett 07:51:00

The news of extraordinary events hit the front pages of newspapers every day. In an ideal world, you fall in love with your childhood best friend, of similar age, interest, friends, and family. In a less ideal world you fall in love unexpectedly, either when you miss something from life, or when your life seems to be ordered and stagnant and then it's...

Share |

De Naermaste/Homesick

brothers 07:48:00

The longer we live and the more we know about the world, the less we are constrained by social norms and taboos. If you had read One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez, you definitely recall the badge of incest that went along the protagonist family's history. Moving a hundred years forward, should we be condemned for having feelings for siblings? What happens...

Share |

Pentameron/ Tale of Tales

children 07:45:00

Do you remember when you were little and your mother/father/guardian read you fairy tales to soothe you to sleep? The effect might have been opposite as fables are dense in cruelty, murder, surprising outcomes and bad family patterns. After reading some of them you might have been wide awake. Fairy tales contain wisdom very few are able to surpass, they teach you about...

Share |

Planeat

diet 01:29:00

It seems that nature gave us everything we need for survival. We were treated with hundreds of plants, fruits, herbs and edible roots. Yet we tend to limit ourselves to pork, beef, and poultry and concentrate our diet on simple, easily prepared dishes. We were programmed by tradition, by our grandmothers' dinners and our mothers' efforts to raise us strong and healthy. Maybe...

Share |

HUMAN

beauty 01:28:00

To me, there is nothing more fascinating than a human being. With flaws, fears, and fascinations we continue our day by day. We consume, shape and destroy what we had found here according to our needs. We have been welcomed to this planet, pinpointed to particular spot: the country, political situation, language, the color of the skin, religion. We carry our traumas, sexual...

Share |

We Are Your Friends

Facebook 01:26:00

I remember my high school years divided between not particularly conscientious engagement into school work and a thorough exploration of YouTube which has been taking its first steps with no idea of how big it was going to be. The internet has changed everything. We conduct business online, we write blogs, we upload videos, making the world a smaller place, with every corner...

Share |

Obce Niebo

children 09:08:00

We live in times when emigrating for financial/professional reasons is a norm. By student exchange programs we program our children to get used to the fact that they will live abroad. We push them into circumstances distant from their motherlands where mother tongues are not understood by friends and workmates. We create an economic melting pot. The different country requires you to live...

Share |

Crimson Peak

brothers 09:06:00

Once in a while, a stone is put in a ring of perfect size, perfect shape, and perfect color. Once in a while, a movie is made with the perfect cast, compelling plot and setting breathtaking with minute details. I'm not a fan of horror films where blood and guts are spread on the screen for no good reason. But I'm a fan...

Share |

Kick-Ass

children 11:56:00

We need heroes. We need someone who in times of danger, famine, war or violence will make us feel that there is still justice in the world. We obsess over Superman, Spiderman, Ironman and we are besotted with the idea that under the disguise of an exceptional, strong and a man of unsurpassed abilities there's a plain guy: a little bit geeky, unlucky...

Share |

Tropic Thunder

action 11:38:00

Who told us that we should be fond of entertainment of the highest level? Who forbids us to laugh at the most vulgar and humiliating acts of human nature? Don't you fart, burp, digest with the volume of a loudspeaker? Have you never fallen down, tripped, slipped on a slippery road? Are you always nitpickingly perfect? I suppose not. And as far as...

Share |

Lady Chatterley's Lover

love 11:37:00

First loves. First jobs. First marriages. There are very few lucky people who were successful from the very beginning. The majority of us managed to accomplish what we have already achieved by trial and error, making countless mistakes, hurting other people and being hurt on the way. Classic stories rarely lose any of their impacts. However times might change, people need to be...

Share |

Fight Club

action 11:35:00

Have you been lost in life which circulates around jobs, reports, boredom, stresses, work, shopping, home, shopping again, fitness activities, shopping again, lunches at a cafeteria, boredom again, shopping again, mortgage, work again, shopping again? Have you been stuck in the western civilization? Can you see the emptiness of it all? Do you crave wild and exotic vacation to change your lifestyle just...

Share |

Garden State

friendship 11:35:00

Adulthood. When you're young you start a race towards adult life, having in mind better, more independent, happier. And then you're an adult and it seems that nothing has changed. Your family situation, life problems, unsolved dilemmas will always come back and remind you of themselves like old friends popping up on your Facebook wall now and again. You think you can move...

Share |

A Room With a View

Helena Bonham Carter 02:59:00

Edwardian bliss not yet destroyed by war when (for the better-off of course) life was peaceful, safely adventurous and class-oriented. What do you take into account when you decide on who to marry? Does the opinion of your family matter? Do you still consider yourself a part of a bigger group and do you need the approval of your relatives and friends in...

Share |

Overfed and Undernourished

children 02:54:00

The topic of the wrong food that makes our society obese tends to come back to us as our bad eating habits constantly reappear with the force of a boomerang. We think we know how to eat healthily, how to avoid fast foods, how to keep the balance in life. Still, we are tempted by delicious cakes, crispy crisps, chocolate toppings, fatty burgers,...

Share |

Stoker

family 02:53:00

Family relations may be a little bit different than what appearances might suggest. Love may not be love, innocence might be the cover of bestiality and relationships can be layered with second bottoms. Have you asked your family members all the important questions? Do you know who is to be trusted and who irrevocably betrayed the trust? Or do you want to experience...

Share |

Lost in Translation

Bill Murray 02:50:00

Tokyo. The paradise of tradition, orient, and sushi. A city both intriguing and unexplored. Consumptive culture, the most modern technology, manga, anime and the most bizarre sexual toys mixed with established norms, the division of roles and a very strict code of conducting business. For a foreigner, it's a jungle of stimulants of senses. Your taste, smell, and sense of hearing are subjected...

Share |

Submarine

children 00:57:00

Adolescence. First loves. Rites of passage. Messed-up parents. Relationships that last and don't last, building and destroying our idea of love and friendship. Growing up is difficult. Childhood is over and staying in one little submarine of distant observation doesn't do the trick. You won't experience life if you don't get wet. A good film for those who are still growing up. And...

Share |

Hocus Pocus

adventure 00:55:00

Sometimes we need to forget about school, duties and family dilemmas. We crave autumn's charm and hot-chocolate-cup/under-a-blanket entertainment. We desire magic and mystery. It's one of my favorite childhood films when the dead come back from the grave when witches are released from their prison of time and memory, when salt is your best weapon and when simple trick-or-treat changes into an adventure...

Share |

Never Let Me Go

Andrew Garfield 00:54:00

The question of people's purpose on this planet is yet to be answered. Are we here to fulfill God's plan? Are we here for a higher purpose? Are we here only as another species - a little bit more socially and technologically developed - and we need to procreate? What if some of us were brought to this world to serve another purpose,...

Share |

Stigmata

church 00:52:00

There are very few people who nowadays don't question the authority of the Church. There are some laws which seem to us inhumane, not modern enough, inadequate to the needs of contemporary families and individuals. But if you believe in God can you keep the Church entirely at bay? If you live in an informal relationship, if you have a child out of...

Share |

American Ultra

action 00:07:00

Have you got a hankering after a dose of blood and guts? Do you believe that the most common individuals can be secret agents, secret weapons of government organizations and double-identity spies? Or do you want to entertain yourself with a huge amount of action? American Ultra. A story of a couple. Action adventure with a number of people killed on the way....

Share |

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

adventure 04:19:00

There was one big phase in films and literature when children were the focus of most stories. Kids were often abandoned by their parents, left to their own devices, which made them grow up faster than usual, deal with adult problems and experience adventures now everyone would like to have in life. One of such stories is a tale of three siblings trying...

Share |

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

action 04:12:00

Do you remember the classic agent/spy stories with handsome men, beautiful women, luxurious hotels, gourmet food, great cities in the background and a mission of saving the world from war/annihilation/destruction/decimation of its people along the way? One such story takes us back in time to the breathtaking Rome when the USA, the USSR, and the UK were not particularly on good political terms....

Share |

An Education

Carey Mulligan 01:12:00

There's a choice between having an easy life, cutting short the path of your rise to adult life and enjoying the pleasures of financial security. All that glitters is not gold, however, and from time to time it is the life and the people we surround ourselves with who teach us that there are actually no shortcuts. And while some say that school...

Share |

Bogowie/Gods

health 01:10:00

When the lack of money for medical experiments is an obstacle in helping others and when you need to resort to controversial methods to achieve success, Poland is the best place to start. You can say a lot about Polish people, but no one can take away their resourcefulness and wit. One Polish guy can do what needs to be done by a...

Share |

Headhunters

action 01:09:00

If you crave entertainment slightly different from what you're used to watching, you probably need to see this film. There are many crime stories, predictable scenarios of good guys fighting bad guys in the endless chase of righteousness and evil. But what if you decided to be a criminal yourself? What if your life of wealth, happiness, and love was inherently a lie...

Share |

Jenny's Wedding

family 01:08:00

One thing is coming out to oneself and deciding to live a life true to your preferences and desires. Another thing is to come out to your family and friends and try to convince the world that there's nothing wrong with you and you want to have a normal life. And as love and the object of your love are the most fragile...

Share |

Pages

About the Page

Featured post

Facebook

Novel

novel

novel

Novel

Novel

Novel

Novel

Novel

Labels

Search This Blog

recent posts

Blog Archive

On the nature of pictures