Pure Brilliance

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2014)

I am an Australian, bored and alone more than I would like, sometimes I turn to escape a bit with films, imprisoned in other ways perhaps. It was midnight, I got up and looked at Facebook, then bits and pieces, I had 12 Years a Slave, it has moved me forward, as if pushed me from behind and slapped me in the face. Now it is morning, I started the film near midnight, alone, it held me like speaking right into me, I was not afraid of the self confrontation as the clock passed 0100am, I really engaged in a way that I could not have known. Now I have learnt and experienced and want to make more of me for my daughter who is 9. Slavery and exploitation are written into capitalism now, it is perhaps worth meditating on that. This is not a film, it is a testament to life as we all seek enlightenment.