by Joseph A. Hazani January 24, 2015
There is a constant paradox of being an individual and being an individual that needs society to function. Because by definition of individuality, there is no compromise in one’s uniqueness compared to anyone else. And yet, as an individual, in order to live a better uniqueness requires compromising toward other individuals. It can be beneficial to live in isolation from anyone....
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by Joseph A. Hazani January 22, 2015
To live a life without regrets is a dignified yet arduous excursion. Rarely does one face the future and make consistently good decisions which leave a jet trail in hindsight of what can only be measured as success and triumph. This is the base nature for the anxiety of moving forward and the ease of saturating oneself with living in inauthenticity versus staring into the abyss and....
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by Joseph A. Hazani January 15, 2015
With Snowpiercer, it is difficult to avoid the suspension of disbelief at times because of how comically simple the narrative is. The lack of sophistication makes it difficult in other words to take anything seriously, to try and find what the filmmaker is trying to say. By lacking a quality sophistication of the meditation on social hierarchy, chiefly because the film reduces so....
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