La La Land 16 February 2017 I could not stop but think about this movie. I am obsessed with it. I am obsessed about what it was about. I like the director since Whiplash and I have always thought that Whiplash is more beautiful than the Birdman. Because Birdman was surreal in a way that I did not like. It was not surreal like Marquez, it was surreal artificially. I am not a critic of literature or films. But I have to say a few words about La La Land and how it made me feel. First of all, I enjoyed the music immensely. It had been a long time that I have listened to good jazz like this. And jazz is the only type of music that makes me feel lighter in this world. Other than that generally I feel quite heavy about the regimes, migration, refugees, life, family problems, future, money issues, ending friendships etc. But when comes jazz, life is different, it makes some kind of sense in a non-sensical way. It makes fun of life, takes the joy of life and gives it to you. I loved
This is a blog on the link between literature and migration. Having worked so many years on migration, I believe that sometimes technical language and academic language make it harder for people to establish contact with relevant issues with a human touch. Maybe literature can be a way to enlighten.