Everything is illuminated.
Posted on
2008-Oct-15
at
12:49
Money is a powerful motivator. Just ask anyone who does not have much or has too much. But I think that people hold finance as a way to identify one's self with a group or category. He's in the upper middle class. She's famous and he is rich, and so on and so forth.
Americans, I think, do this more so than others. In Europe, it is all about ethnicity and cultural heritage. And while religion used to play into this idea of identity more than it does now, it still plays the supporting role in many cases. Americans forget that making 25,000 USD a year is doing incredibly well in many nations, not just some. People in America forget that most of Europe is Still coming to terms with the events of WWII. They are still rebuilding. In places like Dresdan, they have just started.
Everything Is Illuminated is a movie based off of some of the writings of Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright and short story writer. The story is about a young man, a 'collector,' of family memories. He travels to the Ukraine to find out more about his grandfather who had escaped a Nazi raided village. Anton, also one of the main characters, ends up being his reluctant translator while Anton's grandfather acts as the driver. Crazy things happen and people come together. It is well written, well acted, well directed, and well done. The movie takes you through the beautiful Ukrainian countryside, but it also deals with the uglier matters of race, Nazism, ghettoization, discrimination, and fear.
There is beauty and loathing in this movie. It is one that everyone needs to see.
And don't let Elijah Wood throw you off
Great Luck in Everything you do.
Sometimes things don't have a point. Sometimes they are just cool.
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