“What’s great about her character is that she does not see herself as evil. She absolutely believes in the Imperial Project and works tirelessly to uphold its values and dominance. She isn’t a cackling sorcerer or a witch. She’s a bureaucrat, which is to say she is the “banality of evil” incarnate. It is the Dedras of this world who cut people off from their bank accounts and place question marks against people’s names and files. It is the Dedras who carefully sift through data sheets inspecting compliance and malleability in populations. This is how we live now and it’s getting exponentially worse year after year. Of course, this all depends on where you stand in relation to the wants and whims of Power: if you’re compliant then you’re okay; if you’re thinking critically and speaking out loud, too bad for you. Or, as we are told, there will be consequences for your speech.”
movies
Drive: A love story /
Drive (2011) directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. The frames are taken from Driver and Irene’s courtship, which is by far my favourite part of the movie (before the violence begins). The dialog is spare and the love between the characters unfolds slowly and powerfully in a sequence of simple scenes rendered by achingly beautiful cinematography set against a perfect electronic score. The exquisite innocence of the romance blossoms amidst the dread of upcoming calamity.