Ikiru

The fluid motion of the bureaucratic stream meticulously generating endless paperwork, to be filed and effectively categorized as emergent initiatives continuously diversify.

A steady job punctilious no doubt but relatively safe with benefits and comforts, not as lively as poetry or sword fighting but still dependable, reliable, and calm.

Nevertheless, concerned citizens seeking dynamic change may run into hardships, if things stagnate and there's no will to moderately adjust the status quo.

In Ikiru, for instance, determined mothers seek to change their environment, due to the incorrigible waste water leaving their children covered in rashes. 

Coincidentally, a senior civil servant who loves his family and is known for hard work, unfortunately discovers he has stomach cancer and only 6 months to a year left to live.

He decides to uncharacteristically withdraw some money and extemporaneously galavant around town, and soon becomes harmlessly infatuated with a spirited younger employee from work.

As she becomes bored with their routine which is somewhat too outgoing for the conservative climate, she asks him why he likes to spend time with her and he bravely decides to answer.

Her youthful spirit it captivatingly seems has reinvigorated his thirst for life, and caused him to reimagine his working role and spearhead change within his department.

They never see each other again but her accidental influence bears auspicious fruit.

And without much time left to live.

He charismatically champions change.

Stick with Ikiru's good intentions it gradually builds to a wholesome climax (Ikiru, not the United States), difficult to make a thrilling bureaucratic film that modestly presents humble good natured caricatures. 

I'm so used to Kurosawa's samurai that this was a surprise full of uncanny feeling, where the civil service functions bucolically amidst the insurgence of lay councilpeople.

I wonder if it was inspired by Dickens it's like The Circumlocution Office in Little Dorrit, where one of its employees isn't exactly like Scrooge but still wondrously changes for the communal good.

Imagine translating Dickens into French let alone Japanese brilliant translators are invaluable. 

How to understand different languages so well at such high levels.

Mind-blowing to say the least!

Cearrbhachas dúchasach. Fíréantacht bhunúsach. impeccability Úcráinis. 

Ní rachaidh Ceanada ná Québec isteach sna Stáit Aontaithe choíche. 

Ag guí ar son na síochána i Gaza.

Veleszületett vitézség. A veleszületett igazságosság, Ukrán kifogástalanság.

Kanada és Quebec soha nem csatlakozik az Egyesült Államokhoz.

Imádkozni a békéért Gázában.

Yojimbo

A small town in the Japanese countryside embraces bleak internal conflict, as a local chieftain compassionately decides to give his business to his only son.

Such a traditional act cumbersomely enrages his right-hand man, who spent his life helping him build up the business and in turn expected to take over one day.

Unable to reach an agreement they furiously square off with uncompromising angst, then slowly chip away at each other's forces while desperately seeking a lasting advantage. 

When a grouchy itinerant samurai suddenly shows up within their village, curious to see what's going on yet hesitant to actively engage.

He eventually tries to side with one family (out of boredom) but then overhears a secret plot to murder him, which doesn't drive him to the other side but leaves him suspicious and self-absorbed. 

After conducting more hands-on research he has to admit the town's a mess, and even if he likes to cause lay mischief he still remains a conscientious man. 

That conscious soon put to the test when he learns of a family turn asunder.

Deciding to champion their holistic freedom.

He helps them escape only to be captured. 

A bizarre sympathetic embattled examination of a cunning jaded world-weary warrior, Yojimbo showcases immutable strength awkwardly juxtaposed with belligerent caution.

It's fun to watch as the brilliant samurai cleverly predicts what's going to happen, going over the different scenarios in his head as he makes decisions he'd rather ignore. 

Imagine a time long before the advent of automatic weapons when there was still honour in fighting, and it was dangerous to challenge the most-skilled who had been well-trained in swords and strategy.

But what a useless life for many who were hired to amass a chaotic gang, and lived only to fight in battles they couldn't win when corrupt overlords acquired them.

Emancipating the feminine and taking their viewpoints into active counsel with honest intent, can lead to a world more dynamically structured with other alternatives than organized combat.

So much of the world seems to have done this although in so doing some were left behind.

Who recklessly seek the old bellicose ways.

As long as they never have to do any fighting.

Do bees create artwork?

I imagine that if they did, it would have been discovered already, but I still wouldn't mind microscopically examining a hive to search for it.

Honey's artistic value goes without saying.

Vrozená galantnost. Inherentní spravedlnost. Ukrajinská bezvadnost.

Kanada a Quebec se nikdy nepřipojí k USA.

Modlitba za mír v Gaze.

My new favourite thing: crabs pinching their claws in defiance when cars pass by them on the road. 🦀

Medfödd tapperhet. Inneboende rättfärdighet. Ukrainsk oklanderlighet.

Kanada och Quebec kommer aldrig att ansluta sig till USA. 

Ber för fred i Gaza.

Despotentates

China can't believe its luck

it's holy mother what-the-fuck?

the U.S done gone tariff crazy

labyrinthine Auntie Mazey

"not to fear" state Asian markets

bold economies upstartlets

room for vast productive business

fill the void with newfound riches

why to take a firm quadrillion

from the hands of agile merchants

wise well-schooled in global commerce

tactile energetic charmers

and then send it far and wide

most notably to Chinese skies

and let them have the lion's share

of what was once U.S affairs

the world won't simply stop shut down

and bow to U.S laurels crowned

the goods will still flexibly flow

and leave behind U.S billows

and "thanks" states China "don't mind us

we'll take the money sans a fuss

it's something we don't even need

thanks once again fabled Wall Street:

we'll handle it from here".

Danton

The joyous influence of the French Revolution continues to reverberate this postmodern day, the hard-fought liberty gallantly won by a sad oppressed people suddenly victorious. 

Treating the populace with greater respect regardless of rank or wealth or birth, became much more routine in the following centuries in free jurisdictions less obsessed with absolutism.

But when engaged in revolutionary activities erudite planning can usher in peace, and avoid dire consequences like the infamous Terror or the 7 to 12 million who died in Russia.

At times the tyranny is so strong that a people must lash out with rebellious hearts, and if steps are taken to consider the aftermath The Animal Farm scenario can be avoided.

The American Revolution valiantly succeeded and a new country was miraculously born, the French aiding significantly in its impetus and playing a key role in ensuring its victory.

Having audaciously won an unlikely triumph against the greatest army the world had ever known, newfound sublime statesmen like Washington and Jefferson obstinately vowed to conquer absolutism.

Yet in the United States today, Donald Trump proceeds like an absolute monarch, like the very enemies the Founding Fathers defeated with heroic resolve and upstanding freewill.

Trump and his minions are using social media along with the dark web to spread scurrilous lies, which never would have been published in legitimate news outlets due to their inherent lack of robust truth value.

Like most scandalous tyrants, Trump surrounds himself with people who can barely read, and did poorly when challenged in school and didn't do much better seeking a vocation. 

Some of these people loathe schools and libraries which they madly blame for their own inadequacies, and rather than simply taking things slowly and pursuing lifelong learning, they blindly lash out at teachers and librarians. 

Armed with comedic examples from popular trash comedies flourishing on YouTube, they never comprehend nor indeed accept that people who excelled in school still seek to help them. 

So Trump attacks schools and libraries to idiotically reward the worst of their students. 

Indirectly leaving their children hopeless and destitute.

With nothing but the Bible, like kids in the Middle-East.

*The Bible is an amazing book and should be respected, but it's one of millions of books out there to read, patiently awaiting curious minds.

**Trump followers, know that at all times teachers and librarians seek to help you. And that's what they spend their entire lives doing. But they need schools and libraries to do so. 

Social security in the United States already doesn't give you much when you retire (like the government pension in Canada and Québec).

And the Trump administration is trying to claw back even more, effectively taking more away from what already amounts to next to nothing.

And many of the people who will rely on it the most when they retire are cheering for the cutbacks.

It's a crazy upside down world. 

Prirojena galantnost. Inherentna pravičnost. Ukrajinska brezhibnost. 

Kanada in Quebec se ne bosta nikoli pridružila Združenim državam.

Molitev za mir v Gazi.

Vrodená galantnosť. Podvedomá spravodlivosť. Ukrajinská bezúhonnosť.

Kanada a Quebec sa nikdy nepridajú k Spojeným štátom.

Modlitba za mier v Gaze.

La Ronde

Consistency and balance, an irregular routine effectively embracing artistic showcases, athletic endeavours proactively brokering a solid foundation of limitless trust.

Co-habitation indeed somewhat peculiar in/organic rules and regulations confounding, inevitable variation in the iron clad codes atypically reworking unfettered remonstrances. 

Celebrated conventions oddly tempting newfound adherences to uncanny customs, traditionally upheld by bewildering agents seemingly expressing neither contempt nor grace.

A litany of tools and corresponding professionals intricately available to offer counsel, the idyllic narrative at times tempestuous immaculately overflowing with residual flare.

Should experiment heuristically arise the emergent novelty may generate freedom, although euphoria may not exultantly be the only characteristic to soulfully mediate. 

Like an amusement park ride thrillingly facilitating chaotic ups and downs miraculous prizes, exceptional variety collectively assembled through ludicrous recourse invigorates dreams. 

To stick to the trusted and time honoured artistry the definitive form that brought about so much bustle, I've listened to every Chuck Berry album and I've never heard one that I wanted to soften.

How to make things last for a lifetime how to perpetually reignite the flame, or simply bask in its reliable glow without envy or worry or greed or want?

The single life has significant benefits you can do what you want when you have free time, when I think of all the time I efficiently wasted doing things I didn't want to do I cringe with sadness.

But you don't gain the conversational skills you otherwise would if you had a partner, and there's a slew of situations and potentialities you'll never recognize unless you find them in books.

Not the most advanced dialogue I've ever found in a fortuitous film (the poet has some good lines though).

But it may have indeed been imaginatively groundbreaking in terms of metaconventions way back when. 

Criterion keyword: frivolous.

Urođena galantnost. Podsves pravednost. ukrajinska besprekornost. 

Kanada i Kvebek se nikada neće pridružiti Sjedinjenim Državama.

Moli se za mir u Gazi.

Daily Bread

You can't tell me that Trump's a Christian

hailin' peaceful greetings glist'nin

building bridges down with fences

thoughtful open-minded zenses

vengeance motivates his heart

with bitter grim acidic tart

unyielding dismal mass-obsession

shameful dark Satanic lessons

where does Christ boldly decree

to terrorize the bold and free

with whom he often disagrees

due to their soulful levity?

It's written plain as heartfelt day

to gather people in harm's way

and build communities diverse

inclusive tolerant alert

and not to viciously attack

your neighbours countrymen in fact 

Christ doesn't condone malice hatred

widespread love he sought libated

whether black, female or gay.

*I honestly prefer Québec's approach to religion because I believe they've evolved to the point where they don't need it anymore. 

Ashes & Diamonds

With the joyous end of World War II comes further political conflict to Poland, as opposing ideological viewpoints daringly clash in the chaotic foreground. 

The communist regiments seem poised to take power after having gallantly helped dispose of Hitler, the surviving citizens reminding the elite that they've already seen far too much dismal bloodshed.

But the traditional league of orthodox clemency bellicosely seeks to thwart their ambitions, and hires assassins to grimly dispose of a high ranking Secretary poised to take power.

The courageous target hasn't been sighted due to anything specific regarding his character, but rather because his dead wife's sister has fascist pretensions and simply can't stand him.

With him gone, she can raise his son however she sees fit at the end of the war, the spiral of violence and subjective intrigue awkwardly infiltrating domestic reserves. 

As the man hired to kill him finds himself enamoured with a stunning luxurious barmaiden.

And begins to consider the married life.

Forbidden for so many years.

The tragic irony accompanying the victory so widely celebrated around the world, of the further continuation of hardhearted violence emphatically leading to civil conflicts.

Rather than festively enjoying the victory and considering alternatives to gruelling strife, the carnal urge to interminably fight recklessly drives so many soldiers.

Ashes & Diamonds brilliantly covers the provocative feisty post-war ground, with internal struggles and diabolical hypocrisy seamlessly co-existing through determinate grit. 

Multiple characters and distinct scenarios effervescently mingle with manifold whimsy, with more resonance than even Doctor Zhivago as it convincingly humanizes intriguing dysfunction. 

The old school duke, the whelp climbing the ladder, the drunken attendant, the maître'd, the inaugurated minister, the jaded cleaning lady, the tragic victims, the belligerent son, so many substantial and spirited characters imaginatively populating a volatile world, none less intriguing indeed than the would be couple who meet mid-conspiracy.

Domestic bliss presenting itself as an option.

As world weary indelicate tensions flare.

Decisions made, consequences reckon. 

On the eve of the postmodern dawn.

*Excellent film.

Galanterie înnăscută. Dreptate inerentă. Impecabilitate ucraineană.

Canada şi Quebec nu se vor alătura niciodată Statelor Unite.

After the recent cuts to the American Institute of Museum & Library Services, does it not seem like Trump and the Republican Party are replacing thousands of years of scholarship and literature with lies spread by goons on social media?

Galantaria inata. Retidão inerente. Impecabilidade ucraniana. 

Canadá e Quebec nunca se juntarão aos Estados Unidos.

Sambizanga

When extremist politicians start routinely flouting and ignoring the law, the haunting spectre of the secret police gothically looms in the grim imagination.

A stand out feature universally despised of the Eastern Bloc in old school Europe, the hated and ruthless clandestine cops belligerently sought ideological adherence. 

Extremist right wing governments in Spain and Germany used similar tactics which were also condemned, the ubiquitous totalitarian panopticon stifling not only dissent but also freeflowing conversation. 

Extremist governments brutalize their people until they're so beat down they no longer resist, and attempt to abide by the imposing dictates of stubborn and obstinate draconian laws.

They even meticulously monitor what people say which effectively prohibits irony and role play, you can't pretend or hypothesize or joke without having to worry about being arrested. 

Such governments employ people in the community often extremist zealots whom nobody likes, to listen to what people are saying and then inform the police about 'unsettling' developments.

They don't have to tell the truth and can effectively lie about what's been said, the resultant network of miserable mendacity cacophonously stifling honest public discourse. 

As the years wearily drudge by and the widespread injustice is routinely compounded, people long for alternative means to legitimately fight for social freedoms.

In Sambizanga, a resistance forms in the heart of bitter Angola, to protest colonial rule and furtively take back their Native country.

A bold member of a resistance network is viciously taken one dismal morning, his wife and child left to desperately find where he's suddenly been brought without any warning.

He's questioned within the prison and cruelly beaten with abysmal tactics, his body unable to withstand the punishment eventually suffering an unnatural death.

Seeing a country as free and proud of its traditions as the celebrated United States of America, sheepishly succumb to such a state under Trump is reminiscent of revolutionary times. 

Did Washington, Jefferson, and Adams not lead their people away from despotism?

To create a free and democratic nation.

Once the envy of the Western World.

*Is Jared Polis (Governor of Colorado) a candidate for the Democratic Nomination? 

Wrodzona odwaga. Podświadoma prawość. Ukraińska nieskazitelność.

Kanada i Quebec nigdy nie dołączą so Stanów Zjednoczonych.

It's not that productive to play the "who's got it worse" game, but imagine you were one of the 250 million Americans who loathe and despise Trump, and you have to listen to his bullshit on television every day. 

That's gotta suck.

Bravoure innée. Droiture inhérente. Impeccabilité ukrainienne.

Le Canada et le Québec ne se joindront jamais aux États-Unis.

Glowing Hearts

Changing shifting awkward ground

foundationless chaotic bounds

the innate diplomatic rhythm

counterpoised through abstruse schisms

friends and neighbours for so long

just what the fuck is going on?

we're peaceful generous and light

but not without resilient fight

incited strong provincial voices

cultivating active choices

coast to coast to lively coast

the Great White North sincerely boasts

a culture curious respectful

enigmatically conceptual

vibrant multifaceted 

wide-ranging swift inquisitive

but if you pull this kind of shit

which doth effectively transmit

unyielding unabashed contempt

we must defend our nations thence

selflessly.