tonight howie and i watched lord of war (tom, if you'd said the one with nicholas cage and guns i would've known exactly which film you meant!). films like this leave me feeling a bit empty. i don't know what i mean by "like this".
in any case, although it's not necessarily accurate, it does highlight the bloodshed that happens everyday. we hear about all the people dying of malnutrition. but not much about the ones dying at (or is it by) the hands of others/rebels/militants/dictators. not just been killed though - the rape, torture, grief, fear, displacement, ongoing trauma. the cycle of violence and oppression. and i feel helpless. i can't think of anything to do to help. i can't imagine what kind of place a human has to be in mentally, physically, spiritually, to actually be able to commit such acts. i can't even really talk myself into believing it is real. i live in a bubble. and to be honest, most of me is happy to be living in my bubble.
and where does that leave me? i have no idea. the world is so screwed.
Category: The World We Live InDidn't I say it was Nicholas? I'm sure I did. I had been thinking about Nicholas most of the day. So I'm sorry I didn't mention it.
Posted by: Tom at June 16, 2006 10:31 AMI thought it was a good movie