We live in modern timesiar asta se traduce prin o perpetua nevoie de reinventare: emotionala, profesionala, financiara.

Inconjurati de o forfota continua, de schimbari de reguli despre care nu avem nimic de spus, suntem obligati sa regandim, sa ne repozitionam in mod constant. Agitatia externa este transferata interiorului, iar acest flux perpetuu a devenit parca mai evident in momentul recesiunii economice. Vedem aceste lucruri, le simtim, le regasim si in filmul Larry Crowne, numai ca sunt invaluite intr-un ambalaj relaxat. Al doilea film regizat de Tom Hanks, Larry Crowne nu depaseste granitele unui simplism, pe alocuri confuz. Iar tonul stabilit de prima secventa, in care personajul principal, aflat la varsta mijlocie, este concediat domina restul filmului. Larry este dat afara din cauza faptului ca nu are studii superioare, avand in vedere ca imediat dupa terminarea liceului, s-a inrolat in Marina ca specialist culinar. Tom Hanks reuseste sa transmita tristetea, debusolarea unui om aflat intr-o astfel de situatie. In schimb, superiorii lui sunt portretizati caricatural prin replicile grosolane. Asadar, cu ce avem de-a face: film amuzant sau drama? In principiu, Larry Crowne este o comedie romantica, dar in nici un caz realista. Filmul ar vrea sa te tina in suspans, dar singurul sentiment pe care ti-l provoaca este de invidie. Larry este un tip simplu, de treaba, cu prieteni de treaba, care se hotaraste sa se inscrie la facultate in urma incidentului de la inceputul filmului. Isi pune in functiune charisma si devine membru al unei gasti de conducatori de scutere, imblanzeste profesoara scorpiealcoolica-mereu mahmura si invata economie, gasind usor o iesire din situatia financiara dificila in care se afla. Usurinta cu care gaseste solutiile sau mai degraba cu care solutiile il gasesc pe el este ireala, sansele ca asa ceva sa se intample oricaruia dintre noi fiind extrem de mici. Nu e un feel good movie despre a trai viata cu optimism si cum lucrurile bune se intampla celor care zambesc si au rabdare. Este un film plat, in care personajul principal nu evolueaza. Larry Crowne ar fi putut fi o drama exceptionala, din care sa poti invata ceva, sa iei exemplu un supravietuitor care nu si-a perdut mintile, demnitatea, identitatea in vartejul schimbarilor contemporane. Oportunitatea este pierduta, iar gustul cu care ramanem este cel de dupa un episode de soap opera.Conflictul este aproape inexistent, mai putin in privinta vietii profesoarei Mercedes Tainot, profesoara de curs a lui Larry care isi ineaca frustrarile personale- e maritata cu un fost scriitor, actualmente blogger dependent de pornografie si profesionale nemultumiri legate de studenti si de orele la care sunt programate cursurile. Julia Roberts, in contextul dat, reuseste performanta de a fi singurul personaj care are putina sclipire. Larry Crowne e un film usurel, pe care il urmaresti cu o doza acceptabila de placere. Singura problema este ca in substrat are cateva intrebari la care nici macar nu incearca sa raspunda. Nu este deloc usor sa o iei in fiecare zi de la capat, desi acesta a devenit standardul intr-o lumea in care happy endul nu este garantat, nici macar oamenilor de treaba. Sau?

ONCE upon a time, the dream-teaming of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts atop a box-office marquee would have caused queues visible from the moon. But, in 2011, with their once-bright stars but a twinkle of their former selves, a Hanks-Roberts pairing feels like a dated idea for a date movie.

Which turns out to be the exact outcome for Larry Crowne, a recession-era rom-com about looking for love in a depressed job market. Hanks, who also directed and co-wrote this buttery feel-gooder, plays the title character, a simple everyman destined to bounce back in style from a mid-life crisis. But first, Ol' Larry must get the sack from a seemingly solid position as a customer wrangler at a hardware mega-barn.

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Having been dumped by his missus and left holding a mortgage he can barely make payments on, Larry has hit an all-time low by the close of the movie's first act. The turnaround starts when Larry, who can't find gainful employment anywhere, decides to take a community college course to improve his skill set. After falling in with a groovy crowd that gives him a fashion makeover and a new set of wheels (a vintage scooter), Larry's life is soon on the upswing. All that's missing is a good woman. However, the only viable candidate in his age bandwidth - his heavy-drinking public speaking tutor, Mercedes Tainot (Roberts) - thinks Larry is a bit of a lightweight. Anyway, Mercedes is already living with someone. And whenever she must interact with Larry and her other students, she gives every indication she would rather be somewhere else. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out where this missile of mawkishness is heading, and the only surprise is how long it takes for Mercedes to realise what an ace card Larry is. With so little of note to work with, no one in Larry Crowne stands a chance of making much impact. Hanks has lost none of his trademarked charm over the years, but he does struggle to get us truly urging Larry to achieve his dream. Roberts throws a few interesting shapes (her drunk scene is a standout) in the film when given the opportunity. In fact, before her character softens up, you can't help but reflect what a great job she may have done in Cameron Diaz's shoes in Bad Teacher.

Dup ce, la un moment dat, visul-teaming de Tom Hanks si Julia Roberts in varful-un cort de box-office-ar fi cauzat cozi vizibile de pe Lun.

Dar, n 2011, cu o dat-lor strlucitoare stele, dar o sclipire de sinele lor anterioare, o asociere Hanks-Roberts se simte ca o idee pentru un film din data. Care se dovedete a fi rezultatul exact pentru Larry Crowne, o recesiune din epoca rom-com despre cutarea dragostei ntr-o pia de munc deprimat. Hanks, care, de asemenea, a regizat si co-scris acest unt se simt-gooder, joaca caracterul de titlu, un Everyman simplu destinat pentru a sri napoi n stil de la o criz la mijlocul vieii. Dar, mai nti, Ol 'Larry trebuie s fi concediat dintr-o poziie aparent solid ca un client la un Wrangler hardware mega-hambar. Legate de Acoperire Tom Hanks ramburseaz cinefililor 25 dolari 15 NEWS.com.au, august 2011 Destul de femeie Julia Roberts crete The Daily Telegraph, 24 iulie 2011 Win 30 trece dubl Larry Crowne Perth Acum, douzeci i unu iulie 2011 Cele mai recente ncoronarea lui Tom realizarea Mail Courier, douzeci i unu iulie 2011 Lumina-inim lecii n dragoste The Daily Telegraph, 17 iulie 2011 Dup ce a fost obiectul unui dumping de ctre d-n i a plecat deine o ipotec el poate face abia pli pe, Larry a lovit att de sczute n timp de la ncheierea actului film prima. Redresare a ncepe atunci cnd Larry, care nu pot gsi locuri de munc remunerat oriunde, decide s ia un curs de colegiu comunitate pentru a mbunti sau set de competene. Dup care se ncadreaz ntr-o mulime groovy care i d un makeover de mod i un nou set de jante (un scuter vintage), viaa lui Larry este n curnd pe ascensiune. Tot ceea ce lipsete este o femeie bun. Cu toate acestea, singurul candidat viabil, n lime de band de varsta lui - sa-tutore grele potabila publice vorbind, Mercedes Tainot (Roberts) - crede Larry este un pic de o uor. Oricum, Mercedes este deja triesc cu cineva. i ori de cte ori ea trebuie s interacioneze cu Larry i elevii ei parte, ea d fiecare indicaie c ar fi mai degrab n alt parte.

Tu nu trebuie s fie un savant pentru a lucra n cazul n care aceast anti-rachet de sentimentalism excesiv este poziia, iar surpriza este numai ct timp este nevoie pentru Mercedes sa realizeze ceea ce un as carte de Larry este. Cu att de puin a notei de a lucra cu, nimeni n Larry Crowne reprezint o ans de a face un impact prea mare. Hanks i-a pierdut nici unul din farmecul su mrci comerciale a lungul anilor, dar el nu lupta pentru a ne scoate cu adevrat ndemnndu Larry pentru a realiza visul. Roberts arunc o cteva forme interesante (scena ei beat este un standout) n film atunci cnd sa oferit posibilitatea. De fapt, nainte de personajul ei se inmoaie sus, nu v pot ajuta, dar reflecta ceea ce un loc de munc avantajos ea poate fi fcut n locul lui Cameron Diaz n Bad Teacher.

A Review of Enigma There is a contradiction at the heart of any work of fiction, especially avowedly 'historical fiction': falsity has somehow to be grafted on to truth. Nothing can satisfactorily resolve this logical impossibility: without falsity the work is not fiction; without an element of truth it is not historical. We must somehow suspend belief for the fiction, yet at the same time give credence to its historical 'accuracy.' The political writer and novelist Robert Harris is alive to such questions, and when writing his fiction Enigma, (Hutchinson, London, 1995), set amidst the World War II codebreaking work at Bletchley Park, made a thoughtful choice of the period in early 1943. Others might have tried to latch on to more famous moments in war history, but Harris deliberately set his work in the unglamorous but critical period of the Atlantic war. This self-denying setting also had another advantage. A story set in the early period of the war could not have avoided the unique and central figure of Alan Turing. He devised the British Bombe to break Enigma-enciphered messages by the mechanisation of a complex chain of logical deductions based in guessed plaintext. He also made in 1939 the single-handed break into Naval Enigma material. To 'fictionalise' this would be as gross as 'fictionalising' Churchill. But by 1943, use of the Bombe was routine, Turing was in America, and there were other hands at work on U-boat messages, so that interposing a fictional character into the story did not make so obvious a contradiction with history of the war and the history of mathematics. Harris recognised this by putting into his novel 'the great Alan Turing' with a few awkward spoken lines ('I'm researching Riemann') which conveyed that he was the early figure in British Enigma-breaking. The fictional mathematician Tom Jericho, Harris's lead character, was clearly distinct.

This sensitivity has been abandoned by director Michael Apted and writer Tom Stoppard in the film based on Harris's book. They have also jettisoned the efforts by Harris to convey some sense of a mathematician's background and outlook, for instance by labouring the concept of 'proof' with some quotations from G. H. Hardy. Instead, they have thoughtlessly and pointlessly invested the fictional hero with feeble references of Turing's work and ideas. At one point, some pages on 'the Entscheidungsproblem' fall out of Tom Jericho's pocket, as something to do with 'theoretical machines' he is thinking about. Jericho is also vaguely credited with devising the Bombe. This is also referred to as a 'thinking machine,' thus alluding to Turing's pioneering ideas on Artificial Intelligence. The PR puffs put out by the production company further confuse the issue by referring to Turing's work and his role as founder of modern computer science. The intention seems to be to latch on to Turing's fame and importance to boost publicity for the film, yet to eliminate the inconvenient Turing from the story told in the film itself. It also leaves viewers with the suggestion that in some way Jericho is 'really' Turing, which if anything is even more offensive, given that he has a completely different personality. In particular, Jericho's story is a rip-roaring heterosexual drama with much jealous, violent action and a femme fatale, as different from Turing's world as it is possible to imagine. (Alan Turing was a shy gay man who at this point in 1943 was on the verge of full self-acceptance and a very modern-minded attitude of self-disclosure). An underlying assumption is perhaps that the world of science and mathematics is fair game for grave-robbing in a way that would not be countenanced in politics or literature; that all mathematics, science and engineering is a grey blur of people whose incomprehensible lives and ideas can be regarded as interchangeable.

Some aspects of Enigma demonstrate how splendidly film can illuminate truth when it chooses to. The central historical episode of the film, the losing and regaining of U-boat Enigma breaking at a critical point, is as fair as any documentary reconstruction, and the makers of the film have taken care with details of the U-boat messages. The way that they are used for a cryptanalytic breakthrough has been scrupulously constructed by Tony Sale, the original curator of the Bletchley Park Museum, and his detailed explanations and simulation of the processes are available on-line (see below). The superb visual appearance of the Bombes in action has also been contributed by the Bombe Reconstruction Project. However, virtually nothing of the cryptanalytic plot is explained, and no attempt is made to explain the principle of the Bombes. There are a few efforts to 'explain' aspects of Enigma breaking, but they are all dumbed down to trivial observations. For instance, Jericho announces the mantra that successful breaking can be detected by the fact that the emergent text is recognisable German, and this is dramatised by a sequence in which an Enigma machine is used to decode a ciphertext: many viewers may see this as 'codebreaking' but it is in fact no more than careful typing and reading. I do not find it surprising that press reports of the plot are wildly misleading, with the Guardian referring to 'the Enigma codebreaking machine.'

Instead of dramatising intellectual discovery, as Harris made some effort to do, the film has played up the spy-thriller elements that made his novel a 'best-seller'. If you want to see a mathematician in country-lane car chases, then swimming fully-clothed in a heavy sea, while shooting a pistol at a spying colleague trying to reach a surfacing U-boat, then you should see this film. The best I can say is that it pays faithful homage to Graham Greene's 1943 atmospherics. A deeper problem is that throughout the film, the codebreakers appear as browbeaten by spymasters in the Secret Intelligence Service, and that betrayal of material to Germany is pivotal to the plot. In fact, spying played very little role in the Anglo-American war with Germany (though no doubt it was more significant in relations with the Soviet Union): cryptanalytic intelligence, obtained through scientific ingenuity and organisation, was all-important. The problem lay not in treachery but in implementation: successful use of the intelligence would tend to give it away. The British success largely continued because the German command were quicker to suspect treachery on their side, in reality non-existent, than to doubt the efficacy of the Enigma machine. There are passages in the film where the radicalism of the scientific revolution is made clear enough: the resentment at the 'swots' suddenly being 'stars,' the amused contempt of the codebreakers for irrelevant brass-hat pep-talks. There is also a fine passage where Jericho quickly calculates on information-theoretic grounds whether the coming convoy clash will supply enough material to break back into the U-boat Enigma. But these are disconnected exceptions to the overall emphasis on a traditional war-story plot.

The plot is particularly unfair to the Polish heritage. In one line it is stated that the Polish 'cypher bureau' had supplied an Enigma machine at the outset of the war: this greatly understates the brilliance of the Polish pre-war mathematical work. After that it gets worse: the silent Pole amongst the codebreakers (already a severe distortion of the reality at Bletchley Park) is credited with having betrayed the significance of the weather report code book to Germany, and then with intending to give away the entire thing. In fact the Polish analysts never betrayed anything about the Enigma, despite the pressures of captivity, and it is they who could justly feel betrayed in 1945. Again there is an irony here; for Harris has done well to find a pivot for the plot, the discovery of the Katyn massacre (the mass murder of Polish officers by the Soviet Union after the 1939 partition of Poland), which encapsulates all that was sickening in the post-1941 alliance. Furthermore it could well be said that the film does a fine job of integrating this into the plot rather than leaving it as an acute moral symbol (compare the Stalingrad 'Sword of Honour' in Evelyn Waugh's trilogy of that name). Its neat (perhaps over-neat) plotted connection of the Atlantic war with Polish and American issues gives a vivid picture of the emergent globalism of the modern technological world, something to be contrasted favourably with the British drawing-room class-conflict genre. Nevertheless, in building a fiction of Polish betrayal this film has done an injury. The best that can be said is perhaps, as a letter-writer to the Independent suggested, that it introduces the question of Katyn to audiences who are not likely to have heard of it. Indeed the plot turns on understanding the significance of the discovery of the bodies

under German occupation. This illustrates the fact that this film is by no means dumbeddown in its expectations of the audience's political knowledge; one must remember that American teenagers, who are the prime audience for film productions, generally do not know even that Germany was the enemy of America in World War II. For this very reason, however, those who see the film are liable to assume that the material is all well-founded, and thereby give all the more credence to its distortions in particular, returning to the theme I know most personally, the disgraceful exploitation yet elimination of Alan Turing, and behind this, a certain contempt for intellectual history. Some people may think that it is valuable to have a film which illustrates morsels of mathematical work. I certainly cannot take an absolutist view, having acceded in the production of 'Breaking the Code' out of my biography of Alan Turing. But I am inclined to conclude that in the dangerous and basically impossible task of welding fiction and fact, it is essential to keep some basic grip on authenticity in thought and ideas. Props and technical details can be brilliantly lit while still shedding darkness on central truths.

O opinie de Enigma Exist o contradicie n inima de orice lucrare de ficiune, "ficiune istoric", n special pe fa: falsitatea trebuie cumva s fie altoite pe adevr. Nimic nu poate rezolva n mod satisfctor aceast imposibilitate logic: fr falsitatea lucru nu este ficiune, fr un element de adevr, nu este istoric. Noi trebuie s suspende cumva credina pentru ficiune, dar, n acelai timp dau crezare sale istorice "acuratee." Scriitorul politic i romancier Robert Harris este in viata la astfel de ntrebri, i atunci cnd scriei Enigma lui ficiune, (Hutchinson, Londra, 1995), situat n mijlocul de lucru al II-lea Rzboi Mondial codebreaking la Bletchley Park, a fcut o alegere cu grij a perioadei de la nceputul anului 1943 . Alii s-ar putea au ncercat s dispozitivul de blocare pe la mai multe momente celebre din istoria de rzboi, dar Harris stabilit n mod deliberat activitatea sa n perioada de straniu, dar critic a rzboiului Atlantic. Aceast setare de lepdare de sine a avut, de asemenea, un alt avantaj. O poveste stabilite n perioada de nceput a rzboiului nu ar fi putut evita figur unic i central a lui Alan Turing. El a conceput Bombe britanic a rupe Enigma-enciphered mesajele de mecanizare a unui lan complex de deducii logice cu sediul n plaintext ghicit. El a fcut, de asemenea, n 1939, pauza de o singur mn n materialul Enigma Naval. Pentru a "fictionalise" aceasta ar fi la fel de brut, aa cum "fictionalising" Churchill. Dar prin 1943, utilizarea de rutin a fost Bombe, Turing a fost n America, i au existat alte mini la locul de munc pe U-boat mesaje, astfel nct s interpunerea un personaj fictiv n poveste nu a fcut att de evident contradicie cu antecedente de rzboi i istoria matematicii. Harris a recunoscut acest lucru prin punerea n romanul su "marele Alan Turing", cu cteva rnduri incomode vorbita ("eu sunt de cercetare Riemann"), care a transmis c el a fost figura la nceputul britanic Enigma-rupere. Fictiv matematician Tom Jericho,

personajul principal Harris, a fost n mod clar distincte. Aceast sensibilitate a fost abandonat de ctre regizorul Michael Apted scriitor i Tom Stoppard, n filmul bazat pe cartea lui Harris. Ei au aruncat peste bord de asemenea, eforturile de Harris pentru a transmite un sentiment de fundal un matematician i perspectiva, de exemplu prin travaliu conceptul de "prob" cu cteva citate din GH Hardy.n schimb, ei au investit inutil necugetat i erou fictiv cu trimiteri slabe de munca i ideile lui Turing. La un moment dat, unele pagini de pe "Entscheidungsproblem" cad din buzunarul lui Tom Jericho, ca ceva de a face cu "maini teoretic", el se gandeste. Jericho este, de asemenea, creditat cu vag conceperea Bombe. Acest lucru este, de asemenea, menionat ca un "masina de gandit," astfel aluzie la ideile de pionierat Turing de inteligen artificial. Bufe de PR a pus de ctre compania de producie confuzie i mai mult problema prin trimitere la locul de munc Turing i rolul su ca fondator al tiinei moderne calculator.Intenia pare s fie la dispozitivul de blocare pe faima lui Turing i importana de a stimula publicitate pentru film, dar pentru a elimina incomode Turing de la povestea spus n film n sine. Se las, de asemenea, telespectatorii cu sugestia c ntr-un fel Jericho este "cu adevrat" Turing, care, dac ceva este chiar mai ofensator, avnd n vedere c el are o personalitate complet diferite. n special, povestea Jericho este o drama glgios heterosexuale cu mult mai gelos, aciuni violente i o femeie fatala, la fel de diferite din lumea lui Turing, deoarece este posibil s ne imaginm. (Alan Turing a fost un om timid gay care n acest moment, n 1943 a fost pe punctul de a complet de auto-acceptare i o atitudine foarte modern-minded de auto-dezvluire). O ipoteza de baz este, probabil, c lumea tiinei i matematicii este un joc corect pentru grave-jefuit ntr-un mod care nu ar fi admise n politic sau literatur, c toate matematic, tiin i inginerie este un blur gri de oameni a cror via de neneles i idei pot fi considerate ca fiind interschimbabile.

Unele aspecte ale Enigma demonstra cum splendid film poate ilumina adevrul atunci cnd alege s. Episod central istoric a filmului, pierderea i rectigarea de U-boat Enigma rupere la un punct critic, este la fel de corect ca orice reconstrucie documentare, precum i factorii de decizie din film au avut grij cu detalii din mesajele U-boat. Felul n care acestea sunt folosite pentru o descoperire criptanalitice a fost construit cu scrupulozitate de ctre vandute Tony, curatorul original a Parcului Bletchley Muzeul, i explicaii detaliate lui i simularea proceselor sunt disponibile on-line (a se vedea mai jos). Aspectul vizual superb din Bombes n aciunea a fost, de asemenea contribuit, de ctre Proiectul de reconstrucie Bombe. Cu toate acestea, aproape nimic din parcelei criptanalitice se explic, i nu se face nimic pentru a explica principiul Bombes. Exist un putine eforturile "explice" aspectele legate de rupere Enigma, dar toate sunt dumbed pn la observaii banale. De exemplu, Jericho anunta mantra c ruperea de succes poate fi detectat prin faptul c textul emergente

este recunoscut germana, iar acest lucru este dramatizat de ctre o secven n care o main Enigma este folosit pentru a decoda un text cifrat: muli spectatori se poate vedea acest lucru ca fiind " codebreaking ", dar este, de fapt, nu mai mult dect tastarea atent i lectur. Nu-mi pare surprinztor faptul c rapoartele de pres al parcelei sunt pline neltoare, cu referire la The Guardian "main codebreaking Enigma." n loc de dramatising descoperire intelectual, astfel cum Harris a fcut unele eforturi de a face, filmul a jucat, elementele spion-thriller care a fcut romanul su un "best-seller".Dac dorii s vedei un matematician n ar benzi urmriri de maini, apoi not complet mbrcat ntr-o mare grea, n timp ce filmai un pistol la un coleg de spionaj ncearc s ajung la o suprafa U-boat, atunci ar trebui s vedei acest film. Cele mai bune pot s spun este c aduce un omagiu credincios lui Graham Greene lui 1943 atmosferici. O problem mai profund este c pe tot parcursul filmului, Spargatorii de coduri apar ca browbeaten de spymasters n cadrul Serviciului Secret de Informaii, i c trdarea de material n Germania este esenial pentru a parcelei. De fapt, spionaj au jucat un rol foarte mic n rzboiul anglo-american, cu Germania (dei fr ndoial c a fost mai semnificativ n relaiile cu Uniunea Sovietic): inteligenta criptanalitice, obinute prin ingeniozitate tiinifice i de organizare, a fost extrem de important. Problema nu consta n trdare, dar n punerii n aplicare: folosirea cu succes a informaiilor ar avea tendina s-l dea afara. Succesul britanic n mare msur a continuat, deoarece comandamentul german au fost mai repede pentru a suspecta trdarea pe partea lor, n realitate non-existente, dect s pun la ndoial eficacitatea a mainii Enigma. Exist pasaje n film n care radicalismul de revoluia tiinific se face destul de clar: "stele", resentimentul la "swots" brusc fiind dispreul amuzat de spargatori de coduri pentru irelevante alama-hatPEP discuii. Exist, de asemenea, un pasaj amend n cazul n care Ierihon rapid calculeaz pe de informaii teoretice motive, dac ciocnirea convoiul venirea va furniza material suficient pentru a rupe napoi n Enigma U-boat. Dar acestea sunt exceptii deconectate la accentul general pe un tradiional de rzboi poveste complot.

Terenul este deosebit de inechitabil pentru patrimoniul polonez. ntr-o singur linie se afirm c poloneze Cypher birou "a furnizat o masina Enigma de la bun nceput de rzboi: aceasta subevalueaza mult strlucirea polonez de dinainte de rzboi de lucru matematice.Dup aceea s se nruteasc: Polul silenios printre spargatori de coduri (deja o denaturare grav a realitii la Bletchley Park) este creditat cu care au trdat semnificaia carte codul de vreme raport cu Germania, i apoi cu intenia de a da away lucru ntregul .De fapt, niciodat analitii polonez trdat nimic despre Enigma, n ciuda presiunilor de captivitate, iar ei sunt cei care ar putea pe bun dreptate se simt trdai n 1945. Din nou exist o ironie aici; pentru Harris a fcut bine, s gseasc o pivot pentru complot, descoperirea a masacrului de la Katyn (uciderea n mas a ofierilor

polonezi de ctre Uniunea Sovietic dup partiia 1939 de Polonia), care ncapsuleaz toate c a fostrevolttor n alian post-1941. n plus s-ar putea fi foarte bine a spus c filmul face o treab bun de a integra acest lucru n teren, mai degrab dect lsndu-l ca un simbol moral acut (a se compara "Sabia de Onoare" Stalingrad n trilogia lui Evelyn Waugh de acest nume). Sa ngrijit (poate chiar peste-curat) reprezentate de conectare a rzboiului Oceanul Atlantic cu problemele poloneze i americane ofer o imagine vie a globalismului emergente ale lumii tehnologice moderne, ceva care urmeaz s fie contrastat n mod favorabil cu englezii de desen cu o camer de clas-conflict gen. Cu toate acestea, n construirea unei ficiune de trdare polonez acestui film a fcut un prejudiciu. Cele mai bune care se poate spune este, probabil, ca o scrisoare de-scriitor la The Independent au sugerat, c acesta introduce problema Katyn pentru publicul care nu sunt susceptibile de a fi auzit de ea. ntr-adevr, pe teren se neleag semnificaia a descoperirii de organismele aflate sub ocupaia german. Acest lucru ilustreaz faptul c acest film nu este deloc dumbed-jos n ateptrile sale de cunotine publicului politice; trebuie s ne amintim c adolescenii americani, care sunt publicul principal pentru productii de film, n general, nici mcar nu tiu c Germania a fost duman al America n al doilea rzboi mondial. Din acest motiv, cu toate acestea, cei care vd filmul sunt de natur s-i asume faptul c materialul este tot bine ntemeiat, i s dea astfel toate crezare mai mult to denaturri sale - n special, ne intoarcem la ideea tiu cel mai personal, ruinoase exploatarea nc eliminarea lui Alan Turing, i n spatele acest lucru, un dispre pentru anumite istoriei intelectuale. Unii oameni ar putea crede c este important s aib un film care ilustreaz bucile de lucru matematice. Eu cu siguran nu pot lua o viziune absolutista, care au aderat n producia de "Breaking" Codul din biografia mea de Alan Turing. Dar eu sunt nclinat s se concluzioneze c, n sarcina periculoase i practic imposibil de ficiune de sudare i de fapt, este esenial s se pstreze unele aderen de baz privind autenticitatea n gndirea i idei. Recuzit i detaliile tehnice pot fi incredibil de aprins n timp ce scutur nc ntuneric pe adevruri centrale.

The true story of a major breakthrough in intelligence technology created during World War II provides the backdrop for this blend of mystery, romance, and espionage, based on the novel by Robert Harris. Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) is a gifted mathematician who is working with the British government on the development and maintenance of the Enigma machine, an electronic device that allows Allied intelligence agents to decode scrambled messages sent by Germany military officers. But the emotionally fragile Jericho is buckling under both the pressure of his work and the collapse of his relationship with Claire Romilly (Saffron Burrows), a co-worker with whom he's fallen deeply in love. After suffering a minor breakdown, Jericho is sent on a leave of absence, but when he returns to work, a crisis awaits: it seems the Germans have instituted a new code that the Enigma is not yet able to crack, and Jericho is needed to help unravel Axis communiqus before an important convoy of troops and materiel sets sail. It is also suspected that a German undercover agent has infiltrated the Enigma project, and Wigram (Jeremy Northam) is determined to ferret them out. In the midst of all this, Jericho receives troubling news that Claire has gone missing -- and that a file of German messages waiting to be decoded was found at her home. As Jericho works against the clock to crack the new German code, he forms an initially uneasy alliance with Hester Wallace (Kate Winslet), Claire's roommate and a fellow member of the Enigma project, as they try to discover Claire's

whereabouts. Enigma was co-produced by Mick Jagger, who has a keen interest in the history of the real-life Enigma project, and even owns one of the original Enigma decoding machines. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Povestea adevarata a unui progres major in tehnologia inteligenta a creat timpul primului rzboi mondial II prevede fundalul pentru acest amestec de mister, romantism, i spionaj,bazat pe romanul lui Robert Harris. Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) este un matematiciantalentat, care lucreaza cu guvernul britanic cu privire la dezvoltarea i ntreinerea mainiiEnigma, un dispozitiv electronic care permite Aliat pentru agenti secreti pentru a decodamesajele codate trimise de ctre ofieri militari Germania. Dar Jericho emoional fragil se clatina sub presiunea att a operei sale, precum i prbuirea de relaia lui cu ClaireRomilly (Saffron Burrows), o co-lucrtor cu care el a czut profund n dragoste. Dupa ce a suferit o defalcare minor, Jericho este trimis pe un concediu de absenta, dar cnd se ntoarce la locul de munc, ateapt o criz: se pare c germanii au instituit un cod noucare Enigma nu este nc n msur s crack, i Ierihon este necesar pentru a ajutadezlega comunicatele Axa nainte de un convoi de trupe importante i naviga seturi demateriale. De asemenea, este suspectat c un agent german sub acoperire sa infiltrat nproiectul Enigma, i Wigram (Jeremy Northam) este hotrt s le dihor afar. n mijlocula toate acestea, Jericho primete tiri tulburtoare pe care Claire a disprut - i faptul cun fiier de mesaje german care ateapt s fie decodate a fost gsit la ea acas. CaJericho fabric contra cronometru pentru a sparge noul cod german, el formeaz o alianiniial incomod cu Hester Wallace (Kate Winslet), colega de camera lui Claire i un alt membru al proiectului Enigma, ca ei incearca sa descopere unde lui Claire. Enigma a fostco-produs de Mick Jagger, care are un interes deosebit n istoria proiectului Enigma din viata reala, chiar si detine una dintre cele originale Enigma Maini de decodare. ~ MarkDeming, Rovi

In martie 1943, spargatorii de coduri de la Bletchley Park, o baza secreta a armatei britanice, sunt pusi in fata unui cosmar: navele Nazi U si-au schimbat pe neasteptate codul prin care comunicau una cu alta si cu inaltul comandament german. Un convoi comercial de nave al aliatilor care traversa Atlanticul cu 10.000 de pasageri la bord si cu provizii vitale este in mare pericol de a fi atacat. Autoritatile cer ajutor lui Tom Jericho, un tanar geniu al matematicii si spargator de coduri. Un fapt necunoscut colegilor sai: Jericho se confrunta cu o la fel de complicata enigma personala: Claire, femeia de care se indragostise, disparuse din Bletchlet chiar in momentul in care autoritatile suspectau existenta unui spion. Pentru a rezolva cele doua mistere, Jericho apeleaza la ajutorul lui Hester, cea mai buna prietena a lui Claire. Impreuna, cei doi investigheaza viata misterioasa a lui Claire, tragand o concluzie care descopera tradari la nivel individual, dar si international.