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.It was a pickle.Walter began his entry by putting all data in place:Kari Korhonen, born 25.04.1914 in HelsinkiReached London in 1920 with the entire family as political refugeesDied 26.04.1987 in London of liver disease after life long battle with alcohol.Walter stopped and crossed off the sentence about alcohol, then continued:Qualifications: none completedEmploy: amongst others:Daily Telegraph: 1933-1935; 1942;British Film Institute 1935-1938; 1947-1951; 1954; 1961-64;British Board of Film Classification 1955; 1967;Pinewood Studios: 1939-1941; 1952; 1968-1972;Bafta: 1977; 1981;Freelance journalistChildren: noneSpouse: noneNotes:Notes, now what to write here? Kari had had only one passion: the movies.Despite being highly intelligent he left school early without any qualifications and survived through factory work.His knowledge about films was so impressive that a newspaper hired him to proof read film reviews and related articles and he was set to embark on a promising career as a film critic.However, the terrible addiction had sabotaged that and Walter knew, even though he had not referred to the problem directly, the hints were still there.The fragmented employment record was bound to raise suspicion, as well as the liver disease.Despite his alcoholism, Kari kept getting hired by other companies who valued his unique talent enough to take a gamble with his unreliability.He was still not satisfied.Kari had a right to his privacy but then again there were people out there who knew that Kari was an alcoholic and Walter could not get that information back from the public domain.Many well-known people including several world leaders had battled with alcoholism, so maybe it was not such a stigma as it once was.After several versions of the truth Walter finally decided to settle the issue with a shorter version:Kari KorhonenBorn 25.04.1914 in HelsinkiReached London in 1920 with his family as political refugeesDied 26.04.1987 in London of liver diseaseNo children, no spouse, no official qualificationEmployed at several newspapers and film organisationsKnown as genius film critic with a tormented soulHe wrote a long essay with everything he thought was true about Kari, the specific employment details, rumours how he had lost particular jobs, a few anecdotes about his depressed character and the truth about the alcoholism.He put all of it in a separate envelope, marked ‘confidential’.Walter was doing this to preserve knowledge about the history of the family, but what was he to do with the bad parts?It made him think of his own life.Was it right that Walter reminded his wife only of the good and pleasant moments of their life together, or was that censorship in itself? He justified it to himself with the fact that Biddy could no longer learn from her negative experiences.If she couldn’t remember tomorrow what she had learned and processed today, it was just unnecessary torture.So, what could people learn from Kari’s life?He was shocked when he looked at his wrist watch.Walter had not noticed how quickly the time had gone.He had missed lunch in this morbid fascination with the past and his agonising over what was right and what was wrong: he had completely forgotten all about the present.Such were the dangers of serious occupation and commitment to a task.He could only hope that someone in the future would appreciate all the time and effort he was putting into the family chronicle.Otherwise, this was a useless exercise at the expense of his presence, as Hanna had once said.His wife and daughter had not returned from town yet.He shouldn’t let Hanna spend too much time on her own with her mother.His daughter was good hearted and insisted that he take some time out for himself, which he probably needed, but the three of them should also try and create new memories as a family; maybe not for Biddy’s sake but at least for Hanna’s and his [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.It was a pickle.Walter began his entry by putting all data in place:Kari Korhonen, born 25.04.1914 in HelsinkiReached London in 1920 with the entire family as political refugeesDied 26.04.1987 in London of liver disease after life long battle with alcohol.Walter stopped and crossed off the sentence about alcohol, then continued:Qualifications: none completedEmploy: amongst others:Daily Telegraph: 1933-1935; 1942;British Film Institute 1935-1938; 1947-1951; 1954; 1961-64;British Board of Film Classification 1955; 1967;Pinewood Studios: 1939-1941; 1952; 1968-1972;Bafta: 1977; 1981;Freelance journalistChildren: noneSpouse: noneNotes:Notes, now what to write here? Kari had had only one passion: the movies.Despite being highly intelligent he left school early without any qualifications and survived through factory work.His knowledge about films was so impressive that a newspaper hired him to proof read film reviews and related articles and he was set to embark on a promising career as a film critic.However, the terrible addiction had sabotaged that and Walter knew, even though he had not referred to the problem directly, the hints were still there.The fragmented employment record was bound to raise suspicion, as well as the liver disease.Despite his alcoholism, Kari kept getting hired by other companies who valued his unique talent enough to take a gamble with his unreliability.He was still not satisfied.Kari had a right to his privacy but then again there were people out there who knew that Kari was an alcoholic and Walter could not get that information back from the public domain.Many well-known people including several world leaders had battled with alcoholism, so maybe it was not such a stigma as it once was.After several versions of the truth Walter finally decided to settle the issue with a shorter version:Kari KorhonenBorn 25.04.1914 in HelsinkiReached London in 1920 with his family as political refugeesDied 26.04.1987 in London of liver diseaseNo children, no spouse, no official qualificationEmployed at several newspapers and film organisationsKnown as genius film critic with a tormented soulHe wrote a long essay with everything he thought was true about Kari, the specific employment details, rumours how he had lost particular jobs, a few anecdotes about his depressed character and the truth about the alcoholism.He put all of it in a separate envelope, marked ‘confidential’.Walter was doing this to preserve knowledge about the history of the family, but what was he to do with the bad parts?It made him think of his own life.Was it right that Walter reminded his wife only of the good and pleasant moments of their life together, or was that censorship in itself? He justified it to himself with the fact that Biddy could no longer learn from her negative experiences.If she couldn’t remember tomorrow what she had learned and processed today, it was just unnecessary torture.So, what could people learn from Kari’s life?He was shocked when he looked at his wrist watch.Walter had not noticed how quickly the time had gone.He had missed lunch in this morbid fascination with the past and his agonising over what was right and what was wrong: he had completely forgotten all about the present.Such were the dangers of serious occupation and commitment to a task.He could only hope that someone in the future would appreciate all the time and effort he was putting into the family chronicle.Otherwise, this was a useless exercise at the expense of his presence, as Hanna had once said.His wife and daughter had not returned from town yet.He shouldn’t let Hanna spend too much time on her own with her mother.His daughter was good hearted and insisted that he take some time out for himself, which he probably needed, but the three of them should also try and create new memories as a family; maybe not for Biddy’s sake but at least for Hanna’s and his [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]