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While some remarkable indie stuff comes from Hollywood, most its production is *very* homogeneous at a given time in terms of aesthetics, story structures, people making it. I want more diverse aesthetics, cultural background and people!

Some cultural tropes from the USA are almost inevitable, got ingrained in my mind: Most movies contain at least one gun shot. Some contain hundreds, if not thousands, and explosions. Gun saves. "Good guy with a gun" wins. Heroes and cars...

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Even some of the most modest productions get infused by the geopolitical agenda of the USA, and the PR interests of its armies and intelligence agencies: USA always the center of the World, the "good guys", defines "bad guys".

This is subtle but extremely powerful. I want to reset my perspectives and World view by adding multiple input, by counter-balancing that force. In past 20years, thanks to #bittorrent I explored cinema of all places and times:

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From Japan's Kurosawa's classics, to Italian Giallo; from Hong-Kong Shaw Bros to Soviet neo-realism; From Truffaut to Mocky to Melville; from Pasolini to Pietrangeli to Fellini; from Argentina to Poland, etc. The list is endless!

The more I learn, the more I realize I know *nothing* about Cinema! So much has been produced everywhere, by people of such different backgrounds, animated by such similar passion of sharing stories with the World!

(dont get me started on soundtracks!)

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My current conclusions:

Cinema, like all things is political;

Like all works of the mind, it influences people;

Like all cultural works it requires *active* participation/navigation/learning, otherwise one ends up being manipulated;

#bittorrent rocks;

"war on #piracy" is a brutal form of imperialism serving US interests;

I dislike guns/glorification of violence;

huge special effects are rarely nice, most of the time overwhelming and boring, filling some void;

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