Sunday, February 17, 2008

Enron

One day, the large company that no one expected to vanish is suddenly bankrupted.
Enron trouble was a big scandal in world economy.
In Japan, the similar affair had happened few years before, so personally it was not so shocking, but I was interested in the background.

What kind of ambitions did the CEOs have? Why can’t they avoid a such kind of terrible situations despite some of the most smartest guys, at least some people believed if it is not true, joining the company?
This movie gives some clues for such kinds of questions.

My most interested point is conversations of Enron’s trader over the phone!!! They sound ridiculous, but quite real.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

This film is an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel.
It is about drag junkies.This film is an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel.
It is about drag junkies.
I have a trouble in understanding English, so maybe I couldn’t understand every interesting point of this work.
It reminded me of some similar movies, such as “Trainspoitng”, “Naked Lunch”, and “Requiem for Dream”.
It’s a kind of mixed one with “Trainspting” and “Naked Lunch”.
It’s not so stylish as “Trainspoting”, but more philosophical like “Naked Lunch”.

The acting performance of Johnny Depp is miracle!! I can’t believe he is same person who acted Gilbert Grape in “What's Eating Gilbert Grape".

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Architectue Now! 3

I read "Architecture Now! 3".

I was surprised because there were many Japanese Architects in the book.

I was really inspired by Calatrava.

His works are very dinamic, but but not annoying.