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IMDB rating: 7.30 Plot: Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment’s notice, to far-flung locales - and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck’s manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey. After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience. |
Actors: Hanks Tom,Searcy Nick,Sanchez Paul,Citer Leonid,Brooks David Allen,Suradikov Semion,Berg Peter,Boudrine Dmitri S.,Duhamel Francois,Forest Michael,Adventure,Drama,
Gold possibly hurting economy?
There is a quote from Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (19th century) that I am trying to properly interpret: "For if new-got gold is said to burn the pockets till it be cast forth in circulation, much more may new Truth"
I presume that the burning pockets means take money away, so could someone explain the whole gold standard bit in this context?
LOL no, that Olde English is a tricky thing, very over the top. I;m happy people don’t talk like that!
Back then, gold WAS money, so new-got gold was simply mney you had just earned. ‘burning the pocket’ reflects the urge (then, as now) to buy,buy,buy! Once omeone ha money, they want to spend it (cast forth into circulation). THis i an analogy with a truth-if you have a eureka moment, or are newly converted to a point of view, you REALLY want to share it . It ha nothing to do with the gold tandard, and little to do with gold, but everythng to do with the nature of Truth with a capital T.
RowArk | Jan 31, 2010
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