Words of the Day:
Popcorn=cabritas (Chilenismo!)
Whistle= silbar
After a lovely afternoon of hanging out in various locales in the downtown area including Patronato (cheap clothing central), Bellas Artes and yet another trip to Emporio La Rosa (Tried manjar chocolate, pretty much the best flavor ever invented) we went up to Hoyts La Reina to meet up with some friends and their tandem partners (students we are paired with who want to learn English) to watch "El Origen" the Spanish title of the movie "Inception."
Movie theaters and malls kind of weird me out with their non-place-ness, especially when I'm here in Chile. There are these advertisements everywhere for a phone service that say something like "Estoy lejos pero siento cerca" (I'm far away but I feel very close) and that's exactly the feeling in these kinds of spaces, exactly as if I were still in the United States.
While it's kind of amazing that humans have managed to create a globalized world in which one can participate in exactly the same activities in the same exact structures across continents, I also find it a bit disconcerting. I guess it's mainly because other than people, I don't miss home at all and want everything to be different, even though that's not reality.
Nevertheless, there was still a little bit of local color: Chileans have a custom of whistling during the previews or if the movie is screwed up that is highly entertaining.
One plug: go see Inception! It will warp your sense of reality even more than being in a non-place!
This film was mezmerizing, complex and downright outrageously engaging! Loved it, although found it difficult to follow at times - can't imagine trying to follow in Spanish!!
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