{"id":24466,"date":"2023-02-05T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T07:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/?p=24466"},"modified":"2023-02-05T10:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T07:58:22","slug":"cetatea-viselor-cetatea-cosmarurilor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/cetatea-viselor-cetatea-cosmarurilor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cetatea viselor, cetatea co\u015fmarurilor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ieri, sora voastr\u0103 s-a dus la mall, s\u0103 vad\u0103 Babylon, filmul de anul trecut al regizorului Damien Chazelle, cu Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva \u015fi nenum\u0103rate vedete pe care le vezi trec\u00e2nd pe ecran \u00een roluri episodice, ca \u015fi cum ai fi turist la Hollywood \u015fi ai intra \u00een supermarket s\u0103 stai la coad\u0103 cu ele. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De ce men\u0163ionez c\u0103 m-am dus la cinema? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voi \u015fti\u0163i c\u0103 sora voastr\u0103 e o Netflix kind of girl. \u00cemi place s\u0103 v\u0103d un film pe ecranul computerului, cu m\u00e2\u0163a \u00een bra\u0163e \u015fi un vinu\u0163 ro\u015fu al\u0103turi. N-a\u015f merge p\u00e2n\u0103 la Park Lake s\u0103 v\u0103d pe ecran mare doi cet\u0103\u0163eni p\u00e2rli\u0163i m\u00e2nc\u00e2nd ciorb\u0103 timp de 20 de minute \u00eentr-o buc\u0103t\u0103rie postcomunist\u0103 ur\u00e2t\u0103 cu draci nici dac\u0103 m-ai pl\u0103ti s\u0103 fiu acolo. Dar c\u00e2nd e vorba de un film at\u00e2t de frumos \u00een sensul clasic al cuv\u00e2ntului, de opulent, de o imagine at\u00e2t de impresionant\u0103, de o muzic\u0103 de film at\u00e2t de extravagant\u0103, m\u0103 duc s\u0103-l savurez pe marele ecran, \u00een deplin\u0103tatea splendorii lui. Pentru c\u0103 drogul meu preferat este frumuse\u0163ea, nu m\u0103 satur de ea \u015fi o vreau pe toat\u0103, mult\u0103 \u015fi mare p\u00e2n\u0103-n tavan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5muQK7CuFtY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recomand s\u0103 merge\u0163i la cinema pentru Babylon, pentru c\u0103 experien\u0163a e suprarealist\u0103. Oricum, ve\u0163i fi cinci cet\u0103\u0163eni \u00een sal\u0103, coc\u0103l\u0103rimea e al\u0103turi, la Romina VTM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acum, legat de con\u0163inut, Babylon are parte de tot at\u00e2ta furie proletar\u0103 pe social media extern\u0103, c\u00e2t\u0103 a avut Team Building la rom\u00e2na\u015fi \u015fi motivul este \u00een mod bizar similar: pentru c\u0103 omul lui 2023 nu mai are r\u0103bdare pentru floricele de stil \u015fi vrea totul simplu, scurt, vaccinat \u015fi sanitizat. Acum, c\u0103 Babylon are cu totul alte floricele de stil, \u015fi se duce \u00eentr-un exces al excesului, e ceea ce urmeaz\u0103 s\u0103 v\u0103 povestesc de acum \u00eencolo. Dar eu iubesc excesele; Babylon e genul meu de film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metafora este dat\u0103 de titlu, \u015fi se refer\u0103 la mitul biblic al Cet\u0103\u0163ii Babilonului, cea mai luxoas\u0103, opulent\u0103 \u015fi falnic\u0103 cetate, ai c\u0103rei locuitori vanito\u015fi \u015fi obseda\u0163i de bani \u015fi de pl\u0103ceri au st\u00e2rnit m\u00e2nia lui Dumnezeu, care i-a condamnat la o pr\u0103bu\u015fire legendar\u0103 \u00een urma invaziei romane, sau, \u00een cuvintele apocaliptice ale Sf. Apostol Ioan: &#8220;A c\u0103zut, a c\u0103zut Babilonul cel mare \u0219i a devenit o locuin\u021b\u0103 a diavolilor, \u00eenchisoare a oric\u0103rui duh necurat.&#8221; (Apocalipsa 18). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nu po\u0163i viziona un film bazat pe un mit biblic &#8211; adic\u0103 tu po\u0163i, po\u0163i s\u0103 faci ce vrei tu, dar eu nu pot &#8211; f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 cau\u0163i elemente ale mitului \u00eens\u0103ilate \u00een \u0163es\u0103tura dramaturgic\u0103. \u015ei Chazelle nu dezam\u0103ge\u015fte. \u00cencepem cu o petrecere dat\u0103 de bossul studioului de film Kinoscope, o rev\u0103rsare infinit\u0103 de decaden\u0163\u0103, desfr\u00e2nare, depravare \u015fi multe alte cuvinte care \u00eencep cu &#8220;d&#8221;, \u00eentr-un palat fabulos &#8211; iar imaginea cinematografic\u0103 te trimite la picturi clasice ale bacchanaliilor &#8211; \u015fi termin\u0103m &#8211; sau m\u0103 rog, ne apropiem de final &#8211; cu o petrecere demonic\u0103 \u00eentr-un spa\u0163iu subteran tenebros cu mai multe etaje, de unde lipse\u015fte orice urm\u0103 a luxului, iar dec\u0103derea uman\u0103 hidoas\u0103 \u015fi vulgar\u0103 e prezentat\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 urm\u0103 de filtru instagram &#8211; trimitere la pasajul cu Babilonul postapocaliptic, locuin\u0163\u0103 a diavolilor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E tot \u00een Biblie un pasaj &#8211; pe care \u00eel men\u0163ionez din memorie, nu m\u0103 apuc s\u0103-l caut acum nici dac\u0103 m\u0103 pl\u0103ti\u0163i &#8211; \u00een care babilonienii cuceresc Ierusalimul \u015fi se folosesc de obiectele din templu. Acest gest e redat de \u00eencercarea lui Manny (Diego Calva) \u015fi a confratelui s\u0103u, Contele (vedeta de standup Rory Scovel) de a pl\u0103ti datoriile din via\u0163a real\u0103 a lui Nellie (Margot Robbie) cu bani butaforici crea\u0163i de recuziterul studioului de film. Gestul care st\u00e2rne\u015fte furia lumii subterane \u015fi, \u00een acel punct, to\u0163i demonii se dezl\u0103n\u0163uie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dar m-am dus prea departe, prea devreme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentru aceast\u0103 metafor\u0103 a deprav\u0103rii \u015fi a pedepsei divine, Chazelle a ales o perioad\u0103 extrem de contrastant\u0103 a industriei de film americane: trecerea de la filmele mute la cele vorbite, iar din punct de vedere istoric, trecerea de la luxul, stilul impecabil \u015fi boemia libertin\u0103 a anilor 1920 (the roaring 20s) la Marea Depresiune Economic\u0103 prin care au trecut Statele Unite \u00een anii 1930. Acest arc narativ nu m-a dus cu g\u00e2ndul la Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (film cu care Babylon e comparat frecvent, de\u015fi ce au \u00een comun e ora\u015ful \u00een care se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 \u015fi pe Brad Pitt), ci la Cabaret, filmul din 1972 al lui Bob Fosse, alt\u0103 parabol\u0103 a decaden\u0163ei \u015fi a deprav\u0103rii din care se na\u015fte pieirea (reprezentat\u0103 \u00een Cabaret de ascensiunea la putere a lui Hitler \u015fi a nazi\u015ftilor). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toat\u0103 lumea dore\u015fte s\u0103 ajung\u0103 \u00een Cetatea Viselor &#8211; afl\u0103m \u00een secven\u0163a introductiv\u0103 genial\u0103, unde Manny (Diego Calva) mituie\u015fte un \u015fofer de camion, \u00eencaseaz\u0103 o diaree \u00een cascade de la un elefant \u015fi corupe un poli\u0163ist, cu promisiunea celei mai str\u0103lucite petreceri din Bel-Air. \u00cenceputul d\u0103 tonul \u00eentregului film cu o not\u0103 de umor negru \u015fi autenticitate de\u015f\u0103n\u0163at\u0103, la care reac\u0163ionezi \u00een dou\u0103 moduri posibile:  fie o \u00eembr\u0103\u0163i\u015fezi ca privitor din primele secunde, \u015fi atunci ai o experien\u0163\u0103 delicioas\u0103, fie o ur\u0103\u015fti cu sete din primele secunde, \u015fi atunci spumegi cu furie la adresa filmului pe YouTube, pe Reddit, pe Twitter, pe Twich, care pe unde poate \u015fi \u015ftie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La petrecere facem cuno\u015ftin\u0163\u0103 cu restul personajelor c\u0103rora le vom urm\u0103ri destinele pe durata filmului; fire narative care se ating pe ici \u015fi pe colo, superficial \u015fi formal ca orice alt\u0103 rela\u0163ie din industria filmului. Singurul personaj care ne este ar\u0103tat cre\u00e2nd prietenii autentice, umane \u015fi profunde, este Manny. Jack Conrad (Pitt) este cel mai bine pl\u0103tit actor al filmelor mute, omul care a ajuns la cea mai \u00eenalt\u0103 form\u0103 a succesului \u015fi savureaz\u0103 tot ce are Cetatea Viselor de oferit, \u00een timp ce el \u00eensu\u015fi nu se simte prea bine; e \u00eentr-o mahmureal\u0103 \u015fi un sevraj perpetuu, din care \u00ee\u015fi revine exact \u00een secunda c\u00e2nd i se d\u0103 &#8220;ac\u0163iune&#8221;, pentru momente sublime \u015fi memorabile de film. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nellie LeRoy (Margot Robbie) e o traum\u0103 ambulant\u0103, de o profunzime pe care o descoperi pas cu pas. Vine la petrecere neinvitat\u0103, pentru c\u0103 e un no-name, e superb\u0103, spumoas\u0103 \u015fi sumar \u00eembr\u0103cat\u0103, \u015fi se dezl\u0103n\u0163uie cu at\u00e2ta pasiune, \u00eenc\u00e2t fur\u0103 ochii oamenilor din industrie \u015fi e distribuit\u0103 ad-hoc \u00een rolul unei actri\u0163e care murise cu jum\u0103tate de or\u0103 \u00een urm\u0103 din cauza unei supradoze de droguri. Manny \u015fi Nellie se \u00eemprietenesc la petrecere, pentru c\u0103 au acela\u015fi vis: s\u0103-\u015fi cucereasc\u0103 locul \u00een lumea miraculoas\u0103 a filmelor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dar via\u0163a ei de dincolo de aparen\u0163a radiant\u0103 \u015fi intens sexualizat\u0103 e ca d\u0103r\u0103p\u0103n\u0103tura \u00een care se treze\u015fte diminea\u0163a, dup\u0103 petrecere. Familie destr\u0103mat\u0103, h\u0103r\u0163uire perpetu\u0103 din partea cunoscu\u0163ilor, \u00een ora\u015ful natal din Jersey, umilin\u0163e ne\u00eentrerupte; o poveste de via\u0163\u0103 care o va face s\u0103 pl\u00e2ng\u0103 la comand\u0103 pe set, \u015fi cu c\u00e2te lacrimi e nevoie, dar care nu-i d\u0103 o realitate \u00een care s\u0103 se ancoreze, dincolo de gloria marelui ecran la care viseaz\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sydney Palmer (Jovan Adepo) e un t\u00e2n\u0103r muzician talentat, care \u00ee\u015fi revars\u0103 \u00eentregul suflet \u00een virtuozitatea cu care c\u00e2nt\u0103 la trompet\u0103 \u015fi care se ciond\u0103ne\u015fte lung cu colegii de trup\u0103 pentru o not\u0103 fals\u0103. Iar Lady Fay Zhu (Li Jun Li) e artista de cabaret lesbian\u0103 \u00een travesti masculin, care lucreaz\u0103 \u015fi la studio, cre\u00e2nd pl\u0103cu\u0163ele cu replici necesare pentru filmele mute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aceste patru destine se \u00eentre\u0163es \u00een diverse moduri cu al lui Manny (eroul narator, \u00een care ne reg\u0103sim noi, gigeii de r\u00e2nd), \u015fi evolu\u0163ia lor vorbe\u015fte despre vremelnicia succesului \u015fi despre chinul nev\u0103zut de dincolo de c\u00e2teva secunde de imagine memorabil\u0103 pe pelicul\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015ei m\u0103 opresc aici, pentru c\u0103, dac\u0103 m\u0103 apuc s\u0103 analizez bog\u0103\u0163ia simbolurilor din Babylon, scriu ditamai volumul, \u015fi nu acesta e scopul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merge\u0163i la cinema s\u0103 vede\u0163i Babylon. Contrastul dintre luxul infinit \u015fi durerea crud\u0103 \u015fi r\u0103scolitoare pe care o cite\u015fti \u00een varii momente \u00een privirea personajelor e art\u0103 pur\u0103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/Trollywood\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=320%2C320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=184%2C184&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cafea.jpg?w=931&amp;ssl=1 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vrei s\u0103 m\u0103 urm\u0103re\u015fti \u00een social media? \u00cemi po\u0163i da like pe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lorenaalmighty\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, follow pe&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorenalupu\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u015fi&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorena.lup\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, subscribe pe&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCHBtHi6S2GlUFqETH70cjQ\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u015fi pe<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lorena.lupu\">&nbsp;Tiktok<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ieri, sora voastr\u0103 s-a dus la mall, s\u0103 vad\u0103 Babylon, filmul de anul trecut al regizorului Damien Chazelle, cu Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spicy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/babylon_margotrobbie.jpg?fit=800%2C496&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24466"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24483,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24466\/revisions\/24483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}