Films: an irreversible change of year (see videos)
January 7, 2012
The change of year week surprised us with news and reflexions in the audiovisual, and all of them refer us to a superior and profound idea: the irreversibility of the pass of time.
The first news of this saga was given on December 24, when we heard about the “mona Chita” passing away at the age of 80 and due to a renal failure. The actress had her very successful debut in the beginning of the 30′s in a Tarzan movie. Her funny appearances were extended later to the TV show with the same name, starred by Johnny Weissmuller. This news may well suggest the end of an era.
Four days later, we heard about the list of 25 movies selected in the Library of the US Congress to be renewed and preserved as a cultural treasure. Among the titles we find “Bambi” of Walt Disney, “El Pibe” of Charles Chaplin, “The Lost Weekend” of Billy Wilder, and even more recent movies such as “Forrest Gump” and “The silent of the lamb”. The most surprising one in the nomina was “El Mariachi”, of Robert Rodriguez, in Spanish and with a total cost of no more than 9 thousand dollars, showing that the millionaire budgets did not impress the voters.
The consecration of objects with the rank of museum pieces is quite similar to the defunction of a living being.
Crowning this virtuous happening through time’s milestones, we get the news of the introduction by the firm LG of the largest TV in the world. An Ultra Definition (UD) panel of 84” and a resolution four times superior to the Full HD (High Definition). And this is not all; using the Android platform, it will have access to the Google TV experience, which implies being able to watch videos in improved 3D technology and being operated with a remote control that reads signs, moves, gestures and instructions written in a conventional keyboard. It is called Magic Remote.
This arc of time that goes from the aforementioned news seems to emphasize the sensation that time has passed and it will never return, and that even what is considered top of the line, ass Full HD, is as efimerous as a bird in a spring sky.
Specifically in the National spot, two remakes are announced for the 2012: “La Guerra Gaucha”, directed by Norman Ruiz, and “Mas Alla del Olvido”, which shall be directed by Fernando Spiner, creator of the recent “Aballay”. This two announcements are a clear match of what was recently mentioned.
There is much to be told of each of these films, and we shall do it. Meanwhile, and maybe still suggested with the beginning of this year signalled by the end of the count in the Mayan calendary, we should impose on ourselves as never before the saying: “Lo pasado, pisado” (“What is passed, is gone”).
Pablo Perel