"Catalin Avramescu presents an interesting view on what urbanism reveals about a society."

What I realized was that the respect towards the line is something beyond traffic regulations. Seeing a foreigner's unaffected, natural observation of the few centimeters on the line from the asphalt, I realized we are dealing with a fundamental difference between cultures. In the Occident almost everything is organized "on the line."

... All of these are just exterior signs. More important is the order that is generated spontaneously, in the absence of the lines, arrows, markings.

... Nowadays we live in a social web that seems to be unraveling. We creep through holes in fences to get to government buildings, cars park on the pavement, businesses no longer adhere to regular opening times, the controls in lifts are blocked, signs with missing letters are a common sight. All around us, a micro-anarchy spreads. This is the point at which the reform of our society must begin--the primitive origin of the chaos. Our country is suffering from a lack of lines.

Have you seen 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days?

... a masterpiece ... devastating ... gripping ... a commitment to reality unlike any we're used to seeing ... remarkably engrossing and thoughtful ... beautifully rendered ... what you see will floor you ... ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed ... stunning, at times harrowing ... brilliantly discomfiting ...

"4 Months" earned my Gold Star for January.