Rembetiko (1983)



When human relationships dissolve into a mass of loneliness, through the years of war and famine,  the yearn for emotional and financial security interchange eachother.

The world of artists, singers, and musicians and show men is swamped with desire to become something, to live in something better.

I am tempted to compare this movie with the situation I am living these past few years. I feel that human relationships are harder and harder. I find that the desire to accomplish something academically, the pressure put on people, does not leave space for human relationships. And how can it? There is no time for anything human. There is no blank space in conversations, you barely have time to decompress. There is days you have to avoid people all together. There is days where eveything is moving fast around you. There is days you are very active, but the others around you are tired. But life goes on and on. If you ever find time to be there for someone when they need you, that's good. And then people turn and do something that pushes your buttons. You fall in love, you get hurt, someone close to you dies. And you just have to jump back into life. How much life do you loose being numb? Stare at the empty space. Physically and emotionally tired. The waves keep crushing on you, until you become strong enough to push back. Stepping in between the lines of not hurting others and others not hurt you. When time is money, the walls of miscommunication and misunderstanding are up. This is no life for the faint hearted. 

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