O carte cu povestiri din perioada comunista, urmareste destinele unor oameni...

Fragmente insirate fara noima:

- tot romanul aerisit era amator de "emigrare prin film" si, cu o asemenea scula in dotare, lui Iogos. un student la medicina grec, nu-i tinuse piept nici o romanca, pana la hotarul numit Clara. Atunci cand a primit din partea ei refuzul de a vedea un film in doi, cu putin Martini, cu ceva Malboro si cu pui fript si parfumat cu mirodenii alaturi, i s-a trezit orgoliu de mascul traficant de Jack Nicholson si Al Pacino, si a plusat nebuneste, promitandu-i Clarei ca-i imprumuta aparatul video timp de o saptamana, fara bani, sa-si coboare toata bolta Hollywood-ul in camera ei de camin...

- Pierre ma intrebase daca mai am dolarii, iar eu am tresarit, aproape jignit. Cum sa nu-i mai am? Mai curand mi-as taia o mana, decat sa-i cheltui. Dolarii aceia reprezentau libertatea mea, azilul meu politic.

- Mai spune-i ca pe fiecare bilet de banca scrie"In God we trust", "Credem in Dumnezeu", de unde se vede ca zicala"banul ii ochiul Dracului" nu se aplica si la dolari.

- In comunism toti erau egali, dar unii erau mai egali ca altii.

- La fel de eficienta si comoda, pe timp de comunism, era preludierea prin crapelnita", ca sa o numim mai elegant. Cand isi propunea sa dea gata o fata frumoasa - flamanda cum cele mai multe romance erau -, masculul descurcaret o invita galant la o masa; si biata de ea, cu simturile toropite de digestia unui muschi de porc, garnisit cu cartofi natur si salata, se preta usor la orice cucerire.

- Aveai blugi “ Ce mai, erai si tu un mic american!"

- Pofta de Pepsi era o pofta esentiala a romanului. Dac-ar fi fost dupa noi, am fi baut tot restul zilelor noastre numai Pepsi.

Cătălin Mihuleac - Zece povestiri multilateral dezvoltate(Cartea Românească 2010)
Prezentarea Cartii - video Omul care aduce cartea

"Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget."

V.:There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Why does the dog wag its tail?
Because the dog is smarter than the tail.
If the tail were smarter, it would wag the dog.

Stanley Motss: The President will be a hero. He brought peace.
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: But there was never a war.
Stanley Motss: All the greater accomplishment.

Conrad 'Connie' Brean: What difference does it make if it's true? If it's a story and it breaks, they're gonna run with it.

Stanley Motss: I'm in show business, why come to me?
Conrad 'Connie' Brean: War is show business, that's why we're here.

Wag the Dog (1997) was produced and directed by Barry Levinson . The screenplay was credited to Hilary Henkin and David Mamet and is based on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart, however, the film differs greatly from the book. In the book, the president is specifically George H. W. Bush, while in the movie the president is unnamed; the fake war operation is explicitly Desert Storm, and the war actually occurs, instead of being entirely falsified.

A Hollywood producer. A Washington spin-doctor. When they get together, they can make you believe anything.

See trailer Wag the Dog and IMDB

The Mirror (1975, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky )
“With an amazing regularity I keep seeing one and the same dream. It seems to make me return to the place, poignantly dear to my heart, where my grandfather’s house used to be, in which I was born 40 years ago right on the dinner table. I see this dream again and again. Each time I try to enter it, something prevents me from doing that. And when I see those walls made of logs and the dark entrance, even in my dream I become aware that I’m only dreaming it. And the overwhelming joy is clouded by anticipation of awakening.
At times something happens and I stop dreaming of the house and the pine trees of my childhood around it. Then I get depressed. And I can’t wait to see this dream in which I’ll be a child again and feel happy again because everything will still be ahead, everything will be possible…”

I try and keep as much comedy out of my films as possible.
I don’t like the idea of people laughing.
I like to cut down on the amount of happiness. Because I’m not crazy about happiness. I think It’s a mistake.
No one comes to see the film and also there’s nobody in the movie.
It’s cheaper not to use people.

Do you have any ambition in films? No. I would like to be found dead, face down on the street.

In “Take the money and run” … where did the ideas came from?
I plagiarized them from other more talented people.
In an effort to be original I try to make a picture that isn’t funny, a comedy that doesn’t work so I can be unique.
I have a series of comedies that don’t work.



"Imi amintesc reactia pe care am avut-o citind una dintre observatiile luminoase ale lui Kierkegaard:"O astfel de relatie a sinelui cu el insusi (cu sinele, adica) trebuie sa se fi constituit fie prin sine, fie sa fi fost constituita printr-o alta." Conceptul mi-a umplut ochii de lacrimi. Pe cuvant, mi-am zis, cum o fi sa fii atat de destept? E adevarat ca fragmentul a fost complet incomprehensibil, dar ce mai conteaza, atata timp cat Kierkegaard se distra?"

Woody Allen

I don't like any shows very much, if you want to know the truth. They're not as bad as movies, but they're certainly nothing to rave about. In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do. Some of the good ones do, in a very slight way, but not in a way that's fun to watch. And if any actor's really good, you can always tell he knows he's good, and that spoils it.
The show wasn't as bad as some I've seen. It was on the crappy side, though.

If somebody at least listens, it's not too bad. I wasn't listening, though. I was thinking about something else-something crazy...

The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs - if yours are really good ones and theirs aren't. You thing if they're intelligent and all, the other person, and have a good sense of humor, that they don't give a damn whose suitcases are better, but they do. They really do. It's one of the reasons why I roomed with a stupid bastard like Stradlater. At least his suitcases were as good as mine.

Marlon Brando, 1950 (photo by Philippe Halsman) (via)
“I have read the play [Orpheus Descending] three times since yesterday and am going to read it again. I think that it is the best play that you have done so far. I have been afraid for you sometimes, because success sings a deadly lullaby to most people. Success is a real and subtle whore, who would like nothing better than to catch you sleeping and bite your cock off.
You have been as brave as anybody I’ve known, and it is comforting to think about it. You probably don’t think of yourself as brave because nobody who really has courage does, but I know you are and I get food from that.”
-Brando, in a 1955 letter to Tennessee Williams

Sursa: http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/15869455968/marlon-brando-1950-photo-by-philippe-halsman

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Fireste si eu eram la fel de fericit, dar nu stiu de ce pe mine o bucurie nu ma misca niciodata pana la lacrimi; si nici o nefericire, de altfel. Eu plang numai la filmele sentimentale, care de obicei sunt tampite.

...actorii trebuie sa se iubeasca unii pe altii in momente atat de critice, daca mai exista iubire pe aceasta lume, si eu cred ca exista. Da, cred ca exista iubire pe aceasta lume, si chiar in profesia actoriei, un gen de iubire care expira, poate, dincolo de scena, dar e intotdeauna prezenta in timpul spectacolului.

A fi liber inseamna a-ti fi implinit viata.
Inseamna un mare numar de libertati.
inseamna libertatea de a te opri cand ai chef, de a te duce mai departe unde si cand ai chef, inseamna sa calatoresti pe ici si pe colo, pretutindeni, sa iesi dintr-un hotel si sa intri in altul, sa fii trist sau fericit, fara nici o obstructie, fara prea mari regrete.
Inseamna libertatea de a fi.

Cei mai muti dintre dumneavoastra apartineti la ceea ce va ofera stabilitate: o familie, o pozitie sociala bine definita, un mijloc sigur de existenta. Eu, insa, traiesc ca un tigan nomad, sunt un fugitiv. Se pare ca nici un loc nu ma mai poate cuprinde, nici macar propria mea piele.

Cu ce ramanem pana la urma? Cu distractiile triviale ale existentei noastre de zi cu zi si noapte cu noapte, cu care incercam sa mascam pasii tacuti, dar uriasi, cu care ne apropiem de sfarsit?

La urma urmei, o inalta pozitie in viata nu poate fi dobandita decat prin puterea de a supravietui experientelor odioase ale existentei, cu calm si eleganta.

Tennessee Williams , fragmente din autobiografia lui "Memoriile unui batran crocodil", Ed. ART, 2011.

FLORI, FETE, FILME SAU BAIETI de Mimi Branescu
cu: Sorin Poama, Mirela Oprisor, Andrei Mateiu, Simona Cuciurianu
Regia: Vlad Massaci
Scenografia: Dan Titza

“Flori, fete, filme sau baieti e o piesă despre atatia dintre noi care confunda febra sexuala cu iubirea. E o privire ironica asupra adolescentei perpetue în care traieste omul de azi, care isi impinge varsta maturizarii undeva spre pensie. O abordare comica a cliseizarii existentei noastre de zi cu zi.”
Vlad Massaci

„Toate textele mele de teatru sunt incercari, mai mult sau mai putin reusite. Sunt exercitii destinate in primul rand actorilor. Nu contin mesaje profunde si nici nu-si propun să dezbata teme mari, universale. Din neputinta. Sunt inspirate din realitatea imediată si povestite sincer, cu onestitate.”
Mimi Branescu

Vezi si video: http://veiozaarte.ro/?p=232


http://simonacuciurianu.ablog.ro/2009-04-13/teatrul-act-flori-fete-filme-sau-baieti-2.html

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TEATRUL ACT

Calea Victoriei 126, sector 1, Bucuresti.

E-mail: act@teatrulact.ro

Informatii si rezervari Tel: 021 3 103 103 si 0723 103 103

"Eu nu prea am montat autori români până acum, mi s-a şi reproşat adeseori că nu prea m-am ocupat de autorii români (…) Dar acum am o certitudine că Mimi Brănescu scrie foarte bine şi a fost o plăcere să montez textul lui. O să-l adaug la lista autorilor mei preferaţi", a declarat Massaci.

"«Flori, Filme, Fete sau Băieţi» este o piesă despre atâţia dintre noi care confundă febra sexuală cu iubirea. E o privire ironică asupra adolescenţei perpetue, în care trăieşte omul de azi, care îşi împinge vârsta maturizării undeva spre pensie. O abordare comică a clişeizării existenţei noastre de zi cu zi", a mai spus Massaci despre textul lui Brănescu.

"Dacă Vlad Massaci mizează pe «Flori, Filme, Fete sau Băieţi» - care pe vremea noastră era un joc ce ne scotea din rutina comunistă - înseamnă că e ceva acolo", a subliniat Marina Constantinescu, membră în comitetul director al Teatrului Act.

Regizorul Vlad Massaci

"Flori, Filme, Fete sau Băieţi" a fost caracterizată de Brănescu drept un exerciţiu destinat actorilor, o încercare "mai mult sau mai puţin reuşită". Textul este unul inspirat din realitatea imediată, povestit sincer, cu onestitate, dar care nu îşi propune să dezbată teme mari, universale.

"Aş vorbi despre viaţă şi despre moarte, dar nu ştiu ce să spun", a declarat pentru MEDIAFAX dramaturgul, scenaristul şi actorul Mimi Brănescu.

"Nu scriu decât despre ce am impresia că m-aş pricepe - ce trăiesc eu, locurile pe care le cunosc şi problemele oamenilor pe care-i cunosc. Sunt oameni simpli - oameni cu bani puţini, oameni cu probleme obişnuite. Sunt probleme pe care le discuţi, de obicei, la o bere", a declarat Brănescu cu modestie.

Următoarele două piese semnate de Mimi Brănescu care vor fi puse în scenă la Teatrul Act sunt " Dumnezeu de a doua zi ", în regia lui Claudiu Goga, şi "Acasă la tata", regizat de Alexandru Dabija .

"Mă bucur foarte tare de ce se întâmplă, mi se pare o oportunitate foarte mare pentru piesele mele să ajungă la public într-o variantă poleită, sub trei baghete bune - patru cu cea a Teatrului Act", a spus Brănescu

"Sunt unele locuri unde am sărit calul, dar o să fiu taxat pentru asta", a mai glumit el, referindu-se la textele pe care le va prezenta la Teatrul Act. "Sunt ale mele, mi le asum", a mărturisit acesta.

http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/flori-filme-fete-sau-baieti-in-regia-lui-vlad-massaci-in-premiera-la-teatrul-act.html?1706%3B4134662

Dramaturgul, scenaristul şi actorul Mimi Brănescu (Imagine: Mediafax Foto)


http://www.tvr.ro/articol.php?id=60541&c=61

ALEX IURES foto
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