Life of Pi

"Columbus was looking for India"

Il respiro caldo dell'aria satura e profumata di spezie, i colori capricciosi del Sari che volteggiano al ritmo di danze instancabili, il caos di una delle nazioni più popolate del pianeta e la povertà estrema delle bidonville, la ricerca dell'armonia attraverso culti dalle forze misteriose e imperscrutabili: l'india è uno scrigno pieno di segreti che il cinema tenta di aprire spesso e volentieri, panorama multiforme che ben si presta ad apparire sul grande schermo grazie al magnetico misticismo di cui è impregnata e alle storie di piccoli grandi uomini, pronti a inseguire il riscatto sociale e a lanciarsi contro il dolore e la miseria a testa alta.

Dopo essere aver vinto la Palma d'Oro a Cannes col torbido Lust, Caution nel 2007 e aver seguito con risultati altalenanti la via della commedia in Motel Woodstock nel 2009, Ang Lee ha scelto proprio l'India e le sue fascinazioni per tornare alla regia con Vita di Pi ( Life of Pi), luminosa avventura per ragazzi tratta dal romanzo di Yann Martel che cerca nell'audacia visiva una confidente fidata, perfetta nel dare forza a riflessioni celate che come un onda attendono di travolgerci.

Keep breathing

"We both had done the math. Kelly added it all up and... knew she had to let me go. I added it up, and knew that I had... lost her. 'cos I was never gonna get off that island. I was gonna die there, totally alone. I was gonna get sick, or get injured or something. The only choice I had, the only thing I could control was when, and how, and where it was going to happen. So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over *nothing*. And that's when this feeling came over me like a warm blanket. I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I did. I stayed alive. I kept breathing. And one day my logic was proven all wrong because the tide came in, and gave me a sail. And now, here I am. I'm back. In Memphis, talking to you. I have ice in my glass... And I've lost her all over again. I'm so sad that I don't have Kelly. But I'm so grateful that she was with me on that island. And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"