Sunday, 17 April 2016

Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
(2008)


[Whether you know… or not]

Know it or not, is a rather lengthy exposition of flimsy subject matter; viz, having a member of the complementary sex as a friend while evading the fact that you love them.

The difference between friendship and sexual love is outlined but never fully explored despite the first-class, ensemble acting performances. Genelia in particular is a fresh face who is girly and funny all at the same time - without a hint of artifice.

Most of the humor comes from the clash between tradition and youth. Jai is raised by his mother to be non-violent and so finds increasingly-imaginative ways to avoid being bullied. Yet, his lady love prefers men to fight for her honor at all and every turn. To him, she is too aggressive; to her, he is a coward. Ultimately this is a film about infatuation and growing pains, not fully-fledged mature love.

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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.



Jacob Bronowski… (1908 - 74), British scientist, author. Encounter (London, July 1971).


Sleep of Reason:



The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.



Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes… (1746-1828), Spanish painter. Caption to Caprichos, number 43, a series of eighty etchings completed in 1798, satirical and grotesque in form.


Humans & Aliens:



I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.



Terence… (circa 190-159 BC), Roman dramatist. Chremes, in The Self-Tormentor [Heauton Timorumenos], act 1, scene 1.


Führerprinzip:



One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves… There is no organ of conciliation or mediation interposed between the leader and the people, nothing in fact but the apparatus - in other words, the party - which is the emanation of the leader and the tool of his will to oppress. In this way the first and sole principle of this degraded form of mysticism is born, the Führerprinzip, which restores idolatry and a debased deity to the world of nihilism.