This is what I would like to be. This is what I believe I can become. Maybe it's a little more difficult since I live in a small town in Sicily. On this blog I want to describe how my life here gradually changes and evolves. Describe my little successes and failures. Enjoy!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Company Men

I znowu film, o ktorym musze koniecznie opowiedziec. Tytul originalny to "The Company Men". Glowne role zagrali: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones i Kevin Costner. Juz samo wyminienie tych nazwisk sprawilo, ze macie ochote go obejrzec, prawda? Ale kunszt tego filmu nie oparty jest tylko na gwiazdach, ktore zagraly w nim pierwszoplanowe role. Film jest okrutny, prawdziwy i niesamowicie szczery. Tak jak okrutny jest w tym momencie swiat i ludzie w nim zyjacy. Ale zacznijmy od poczatku. Film przedstawia historie ludzi, ktorzy cale zycie poswiecili pracy, robieniu kariery i pomnazaniu swojego majatku. Wszyscy bohaterowie zajmuja b. stanowiska (menadzerowie, dyrektorzy, prezesi) w miedzynarodowej firmie transportowej, ktora nagle, w dobie wszechogarniajacego kryzysu, zaczyna podupadac. Z dnia na dzien pracownicy dowiaduja sie, ze mozliwosc pracy w firmie, w ktorej spedzili dlugie lata swojego zycia zostaje im odebrana I wlasnie o tym jest ten film. Walka i nieustajace starania o kolejne wysokie stanowisko a potem rozczarowanie i w koncu podjecie zajec typowo manualnych, jak praca na budowie, w przypadku jednego z bohaterow, w celu zapewnienia bytu swojej rodzinie to glowne watki filmu. Zastanowcie sie chwile: zyjecie w luksusie, mieszkacie w wielkiej willi, jezdzicie do pracy srebrnym Porsche, nalezycie do prestizowego klubu golfowego, a wyjazdy co najmniej dwa razy w roku na dlugie egzotyczne wakacje z cala rodzina nigdy nie stoja pod znakiem zapytania. I nagle pewnego dnia dowiadujecie sie, ze to wszystko musi sie skonczyc. Straszne, prawda? Jak, ktos kiedys powiedzial, duzo latwiej przyzwyczaic sie do luksusu niz do zycia na przecietnym poziomie, jesli kiedys bylo sie bogatym. Swieta prawda. Film do zobaczenia koniecznie. Szczegolnie dzisiaj, kiedy wszystko jest tak niepewne i trudne do przewidzenia.




And again I'll be writing about a film. The original title is "The Company Men" starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner. The names themselves promise a good movie, don't they? Well, there's somthing more to it. The film is cruel, incredibly real and blunt. Just as the nowadays world and people living in it. But let's start from the beginning. The film depicts a story about people whose life entirely revolves around work and career, whose lives are about making money and becoming more and more oppulent. All characters occupy high rank positions (managers, directors, presidents) in an international transport company which suddenly has to face overwhelming slump and begins to decline. Out of the blue, the white collars find out that the opportunity to work in a company where they spent long years of their lives is taken away from them. The film is about a struggle and incessant efforts to find similar work placements, increasing disillusionment and in the end accepting jobs typical of blue collars like a carpenter on a construction site. Just think about it: you live in luxury, your house can be called a mansion, you drive silver Porsche, you belong to a prestigious golf club, long exotic holidays at least twice a year never stand in doubt. And suddenly one day you find out that all this must stop. Horrible, right? Like, someone once said, it's much easier to get used to luxury than to a normal life if once was rich. Holy truth. This film is a must. Especially today, when everything is so uncertain and difficult to predict.

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Difficult to describe me really. Definitely I am very complicated and ambitious... an aesthete.. sometimes a complainer. Neverhteless I would like to become Miss Independent. But no big words like sacrifice, dedication, devotion, etc... After all, I am a normal working girl who likes to go out, do shopping and having fun with her friends.

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