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14-03-14 Notes Enjoy poverty


Some blonde ideot with a camera and later on renzo himself with hmself in th eframe to state that he is more "serious" and inteligable, and interested he shows himself in a more contmeplative mode. Later on making some statements.

The ringmatch the chaos, the army and later on the politician seem to make a statement on the current status that the country is in.  Emphasized by the handheld camera

Some critisim on several inhabitants at an exhibition by showing that the woman is literally ignoring his question about the poverty os the people.  Some critisim on several inhabitants at an exhibition by showing that the woman is literally ignoring his question about the poverty os the people. Therefore she is ignoring the status os the poor in general. Also it is an artexhibition abiut poverty esthetisizing poverty. Renzi does not use very easthetical means. "does this mean his documentary is more real oprecht? Giving himself a saintlike status.

                                    The part in the forest where they walk towarth a goal the music his singing, at a certain point the lighting in his face telling us there is some sort od action, redemption, enlightebment? (the wisdom he will bring? The role of the teacher?)

                                    The big evil of the exploiters, the government, the company the first african person works for, the people who arrive in the plane taking the gold and (not heartily) bringing medicine.  the good they do is also (foremost) in their own advantage.

                                    What kind of information is marketable to the rest of the world? Negative information depiction. The value of other people agony. 

                                    Marketing via poverty poverty as a commercial vessel. Unicef needs the poor Africans for the marketing of their product.

Renzo calling in the midst of african children, some of them are eating fom red cups, he is towering over them as the salvator he is. Religious dipictual connotations?

                                    Ownership of the news, the information. 

Marketing via poverty poverty as a commercial vessel. Unicef needs the poor Africans for the marketing of their product.

Exploitation can be easily created or thaught when given the right means. The photographer, the worker of the media, is the evil worki

Know that you are a product and commercialise yourself. 

In the end Renzo brought light to the community, literally and figuratively. 

"experiencing your poverty brings me enlightenment, thank you"

"njoy pvrty" reference to society.


                                    Renzo is  doing what he is critisizing himself


The act of killing

Glorification of the gangster Influence from western movies on the individuals idea of proper appearence

Sadism and cruelty are synonims, taking pride in the cruelty that has been commited


Not every truth is valid or has to go into the world

The ridicule of the situation the stories of the communists depicted in the movie that they are making, the dancing. Also their own pride and mystification of the situations that they';re describing.

business men workers party

Killing makes you feel bad but you just have to find a good justification for it.

We will reward you with gifts if you vote for us (while campaigning with the money that we got from extorting you)

"Wes houldn't look brutal its bad for our organisations image" 

We were the law.

The crwation of an image fo rthe outside world which would depict them differently or nicer better than they actually are. Is ths image based on their own ideology. Being free? Justification of ther acts . MAybe also through the identification with cinema. 

Are they making a depiction of themselves based on the

Libidinal energy. Fiction to confront themselves with what they're doing.