On the Road - Unterwegs

Once again we’ll get to see Jack Kerouac’s torn heart, but I won’t be fooled by him again. You see On the Road is once again trying to look as an adventure travel movie about a lone wolf. In reality, Jack has no idea what he wants so once again he is torn between loneliness, sex, booze and road trips that always end the same way. Big Sur was bearable thanks to the excellent setting. But here, with all the 140 minutes, it was a bit too much to take. (30.10.2014)

Ich gebe unumwunden zu, dass die gesamte Beatnik-Generation auf einem anderen Planeten lebt als ich. Aber nehmen wir an, ich wollte meinen Horizont erweitern und verachtete Kirsten Dunst in ihrer Rolle in den Jahren 1947 und 1948 nicht. Süß, göttlich, sanft, mit einem perfekten Lächeln eines Stars, das ist ihre Camille am Anfang. Wunderbar, wenn sie tanzt und Ella Fitzgeralds "I've Got The World On A String" singt. In der zweiten Hälfte der Geschichte ist sie eine sehr gebrochene, aber unglaublich starke Persönlichkeit. Einfach bezaubernd. Und es ist sehr interessant, dass ihre anderen Co-Stars in kleineren oder größeren Rollen - sei es Kristen Stewart oder Amy Adams - die gleiche Chance bekamen. Es war eine Freude, Steve Buscemi und, sagen wir, Viggo Mortensen in ihren Rollen zuzusehen, nur gingen das Hauptthema und die Hauptgesichter durch den starken Rahmen etwas unter. (30.11.2015)

The Beats, that is the generation of Americans who stood against the norms and created a completely new direction, primarily in literature but also to some extent in life. Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, or poets like Allen Ginsberg. These are the names that are still associated with something that can be considered rebellious, something that does not go hand in hand with the American dream. I don't want to exaggerate, but I think the Beats could be compared to the French decadents, although I think the latter went even further. Among the Beats were relatively hardworking people who presented their opinions through their work, it didn't necessarily have to involve bohemians. "On the Road" is a book that Kerouac wrote as a memoir. He changed the names, but he did that in almost all of his books. However, it tells about himself and his encounter with Neal Cassady, which forever influenced his relatively short life. Cassady appears in several of Kerouac's books. "On the Road" is a film that truly tells the story of a journey. It's as if the producers were aware of the stereotypical Hollywood and supported it themselves by having Walter Salles as the director. If he already made "The Motorcycle Diaries," why not make another road movie. I must say that the film "The Motorcycle Diaries" impressed me much more. I'm a bit afraid that the book "On the Road" will remain a legend, but not because of the film. People will remember the film mainly because Kristen Stewart showed her breasts. Which seems quite little to me as something worth remembering. The film is sometimes simply a bit boring, it doesn't go into details, although it could truly be critical, both towards society and the characters themselves. It could be rougher, but it isn't. Then it's just a road movie that has a little bit of "The Ride" by Jan Svěrák. I would probably rather watch "The Ride." "On the Road" doesn't offer any interesting perspective of the world. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/01/tobruk-valcik-s-basirem-2-dny-v-new.html (04.03.2013)