The unbearable lightness of (white middle-class) being

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2006)

This supremely well made product is many things together. A light romantic comedy, a study in modern human relationships, a propaganda piece for the lifestyle of modern white professionals, a indirect promotion of Jewish customs, a movie full of stars, especially the two female leads Kate winslet and Cameron diaz which were tailored-made for this movie, offering them ample scope for developing their star quality. Ignoring the more manipulative aspects of the movie which I suspect it's target-group will not understand or simply ignore or consider normal, the movie is supremely positive for the soul. It is a form of light ambrosia much better than the various pills that people use in the developed world.
I think that this movie should be stored and used as an exhibit for the next generations.It is a supreme example of the ethos of the consumerist, technologically developed, affluent and hedonistic culture of the 21rst century West.It is a product of the age both on the grounds that it expresses reality and on the grounds that it affects it through the creation of role-models for the audience. Are the role models positive? It depends on the eye of the beholder.
What is the value of this piece as entertainment-supreme! The heroes much resemble Olympian Gods in their beauty, ability to manipulate the environment through technology and lightness of their moral commitments.
Still the movie lingers on my mind and the impression of it is very strong. I am eager to see how well it fares in my native country Greece from where the Olympian divinities, prototypes of the heroes of the movie have originated. A supreme example of emotional engineering.Indeed cinema is a supreme weapon!