요즘 어떻게 지내세요? 요즘 신나요. 직장이 없어서, 중요한 일이 많지 않아요. 그래서 나는 취미 생활에 시간을 보낼 수 있어요. 예를 드러 지난 주에 영화관에 갔고, 강연을 들었고, 친구들과 만났어요. 회사에 다니고 있었을대 항상 피곤했어서, 쥐미위한 힘이 없었어요. 집에 들어왔마다 휴식을 하고 십었어요. 지금은 집 있을때 유용한 일을 해 봐요. 예를 들어프로그래밍 언어를 배우고, 외국어 연습 하고, 집안일 하고, 책을 읽어요. 곧 취직 해야 하지만, 지금은 여가 많이 있는 시간은 정말 즐겨요.

Rear window One positive thing about being a movie noob, having watched just a minuscule amount of classics, is the possibility to be amazed by old films almost like those watching them in the times of the first release. I am sure that since Hitchcock’s Rear Window there were a lot of different takes on the idea of showing the events through a voyeur's eyes. However, I can not find such examples in my memory, and I applaud the idea. The movie is genius in how it makes quite simple separate stories of neighbors' lives into a complex palimpsest. All of the little things - a dancer stretching in her room, a loner drinking herself to sleep, a family quarrel that is only the beginning, as we will find out, of a sinister series of events - weave themselves into an intricate plot, keeping the viewer both entertained and on the edge of their seat. The brilliancy of the movie for me hides in the fact that we are forced to watch through the photographer’s eyes. We do not know much more than he does, there is no omnipotent narrator helping - instead, we have no other choice than to fill in the gaps with our own assumptions. As we are never inside the neighbors’ apartments, we partake in the voyeurism and it is possible to feel that pull of curiosity and sinful attraction, that keeps the photographer’s eyes glued to the window. As an observer, he shows an interesting dichotomy. He seems to be above everybody else: he is able to judge those he watches, he is level-headed, as he is not personally involved in any drama, he coldheartedly gives nicknames to people based on their key features. However, for the most part of the movie he is powerless, both literally and metaphorically bound to his observation post, bored to no end, forced to live through others. After the mystery is solved and all of the characters' stories come to a sort of conclusion, I am left with a lot of questions. One of the most intriguing of them is: what makes watching other people so compelling? I think, one of the answers lies in the desires for perfection and for safety. If not involved directly, we are free to complete the stories however we please, to attach to people the attributes we want them to have, however true or not true that can be. If remaining an observer and not interacting with people, we distance ourselves from any possible judgement. Hitchcock's story has ended, but walking down the street I unintentionally look up scanning the windows. Who's behind the window glass? Are they watching?

Die Orten zum Schlafen Leider, kann man nicht immer genug Schlaf in der Nacht bekommen. Manchmal muss man unbedingt ein bisschen noch während des Tages schlafen. Wenn man aber arbeitet, ist es nicht sehr einfach. Eine Peson, die ein klares Ziel hat, kann doch sehr erfinderisch sein. Als ich junger war, habe ich in einigen Arbeitplätzen gearbeitet, wo die Bedingungen ziemlich schlecht waren. Ich war häufig müde und hatte keine Kräfte. Deshalb versuchte ich von Zeit zu Zeit mich zu verstecken und in der Ruhe über alles zu vergessen. Jetzt errinnere ich mich an drei interessantesten Orten, wo ich geschlafen habe. 3. Platz: ein Sofa im Empfangszimmer - kalt aber weich und sonst bequem. Glücklich konnte ich immer hören, wann jemand im Büro eintrat, und rechtzeitig zu meinem Tisch zurückkommen. 2. Platz: Klappbett im Speisekammer - umgeben bei Kunstgegenstände und alte Instrumenten. Die Mitarbeiter benutzte dieses Zimmer zum Ausruhen ziemlich oft, und eines Tages war ich endlich auch dran. 1. Platz: unter dem Tisch im Büroraum - unvergesslich.