’11 SLIFF BUZZ: The Hammer/Hamill – the movie

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Care, Film, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Quotes, Sound, Sounds, STL

A short review:
Based on real events (Matt Hamill a.k.a. The Hammer)… An irresistible grandfather guides his grandson – you’ve got to wrestle with life (à la Jacob?):
“If you don’t believe in yourself, I am not going to…
Why do you think you have the right to feel sorry for yourself? The world can be cruel no matter who you are. No one is exempt from that. Roll up your sleeves and get back to work…
Don’t ever give up!”
The fierce advice jolts us forward… yes, our heart will keep pounding! —> A

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus