la vida loca

I am guilty of falling asleep after about the first fifteen minutes or so of the film had passed. Although the nature sequences were absolutely extraordinary—especially the gathering and rolling of the clouds— the images, combined with an extremely stressful day, simply put me to sleep. Conversely, the sequences featuring the bustling city life renewed my energy. I actually found the nighttime footage of the city, captured from a bird’s-eye point of view, to be extremely beautiful. From above, the human activity did not seem nearly as chaotic or unnatural as seen from street level. Rather, the motion of cars represented by fast streaks of light reminded me of blood racing through the organized arteries and veins of a living, pulsating body. Everything and everyone seemed as though it was headed for something, with a definite purpose. It was not until the motion slowed down and the music synchronically slowed tempo that the city seemed like a dreary concrete jungle, constructed for an offensive purpose. Once the camera focused on the faces of individual persons, we could notice how dissatisfying the invasive existence of man can become. I agree with what was said in class: we do not need to eradicate the presence of humans to make an ideal Earth. We just need to learn to live in harmony with our planet, and not strive to conquer or distance ourselves from it.