Bait (2019)
I heard a joke many years ago. A venture capitalist was out on vacation in a remote place in Mexico, and he was fascinated at a lagoon with he saw. He saw a sombrero-donning gentleman dozing off on a fishing rod with a half-burnt cigar half-dangling off his lips.
"Senõr," he said. "You fish here often?"
The Senõr obviously irritated being disturbed from his short siesta replied, "Si, senõr!"
"What if I change this place into a top marina with yachts that would bring in lots of money?"
"So?" he replied nonchalantly.
"So that you and your family can be rich. They would get good clothes, good education, a good life... And you can go for holidays in the Caribbeans."
"Why should I go on holidays in the Caribbeans?" the local was annoyed at the unsolicited advice.
The venture capitalist was not finished with his business pitch.
"So you enjoy the sun, laze around, go fishing and chomp on your Cuban..."
"But Senõr, I am already doing that!"
This British movie is intriguing as it was made with a vintage hand-held camera to produce a distinctive grainy film where audio was added on later, coming out with a disjointed but an expressive offering and extreme close-ups.
A Cornish fishing village is losing its traditional appeal to the New World Order. Outsiders are swamping in to sell the attraction to the outside world. They are not there to contribute directly to the local economy but to take back their earnings to the big towns. The locals feel that their more straightforward way of life is impinged upon. Their age-old craft is lost. The newcomers are there not to spur the local industry but to set up Airbnb to showcase the town like museum artefacts. Even the established local businesses also cater to the newcomers and their demands. The old lustre is all gone. New rules and regulations make the locals feel like they are foreigners in the land of the forefathers. The emigrè with their noses in the air and posh lifestyle is no match for the locals.
Two brothers who inherited a lodge and a fishing trawler as a family heirloom from their father had to give it all up because of economic reasons. The lodge had to be sold off to be converted into an Airbnb by out-of-towners who laze their time there during summer and rent it out during the off-season. The trawler had to be converted to a ferry to bring tourist around for a fee. One of the brothers still struggles with the family profession, hardly making ends meet fishing.
The newcomers, on the other hand, feel they are instrumental in bringing prosperity to their plebeian way of living. And they also just want to earn a living. Don't we all?
There is no panacea for these difficulties people go through. Nobody owns exclusivity to anything on this planet. We not only have to share this world with fellow human beings and other creatures.
I heard a joke many years ago. A venture capitalist was out on vacation in a remote place in Mexico, and he was fascinated at a lagoon with he saw. He saw a sombrero-donning gentleman dozing off on a fishing rod with a half-burnt cigar half-dangling off his lips. "Senõr," he said. "You fish here often?"
The Senõr obviously irritated being disturbed from his short siesta replied, "Si, senõr!"
"What if I change this place into a top marina with yachts that would bring in lots of money?"
"So?" he replied nonchalantly.
"So that you and your family can be rich. They would get good clothes, good education, a good life... And you can go for holidays in the Caribbeans."
"Why should I go on holidays in the Caribbeans?" the local was annoyed at the unsolicited advice.
The venture capitalist was not finished with his business pitch.
"So you enjoy the sun, laze around, go fishing and chomp on your Cuban..."
"But Senõr, I am already doing that!"
This British movie is intriguing as it was made with a vintage hand-held camera to produce a distinctive grainy film where audio was added on later, coming out with a disjointed but an expressive offering and extreme close-ups.
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Seeing the famous philosopher Diogenes the
Cynic basking under the autumn sun, Alexander
asks him for whatever he could offer. He said, "Stand aside to stop blocking the sun." |
Two brothers who inherited a lodge and a fishing trawler as a family heirloom from their father had to give it all up because of economic reasons. The lodge had to be sold off to be converted into an Airbnb by out-of-towners who laze their time there during summer and rent it out during the off-season. The trawler had to be converted to a ferry to bring tourist around for a fee. One of the brothers still struggles with the family profession, hardly making ends meet fishing.
The newcomers, on the other hand, feel they are instrumental in bringing prosperity to their plebeian way of living. And they also just want to earn a living. Don't we all?
There is no panacea for these difficulties people go through. Nobody owns exclusivity to anything on this planet. We not only have to share this world with fellow human beings and other creatures.
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