Empire

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Resumen

Empire es una película de gánsteres estadounidense de 2002 escrita y dirigida por Franc. Reyes. Está protagonizada por John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Sônia Braga, Isabella Rossellini, Fat Joe y Treach. La película se estrenó en el Festival de Cine de Sundance de 2002 y tuvo un estreno en cines el 6 de diciembre de 2002. Trama Victor "Vic" Rosa es un traficante de drogas en la ciudad de Nueva York que vende una marca específica de heroína llamada "Empire". Su territorio se encuentra en el South Bronx, donde él y sus rivales, Hector ("Exorcist"), Tito ("Severe") y Negro ("Dancing Queen") mantienen una tregua precaria porque todos compran sus drogas al mismo proveedor, la jefa del narcotráfico Joanna "La Colombiana" Menendez. La novia de Victor, Carmen, lo invita a una elegante fiesta de cuello blanco organizada por su amiga Trish y su novio Jack Wimmer, un banquero de inversiones. Luego, solicita y recibe permiso del hermano menor de La Colombiana, Rafael, para asesinar al capo local Tito. Ocurre un tiroteo que resulta en la muerte de Tito y su joven hijo. Con un bebé en camino, Vic decide enderezarse y comienza a invertir dinero con Jack, obteniendo importantes retornos. Su amistad con Jack le brinda a Vic un estilo de vida completamente nuevo y crea un distanciamiento entre él y Carmen.

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Notable quotes

“The world is full of the markers of abandoned empires, from Hadrian’s Wall to the Great Wall of China, from the remnants of the one in Arizona to the remnants of the one in Berlin.”
— Elizabeth Bear, The Hand is Quicker— (2014), reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2015 (p. 430)
“It was this idea (Be nice!) that fueled liberals' rage at Reagan when he vanquished the Soviet Union with his macho "cowboy diplomacy" that was going to get us all blown up. As the Times editorial page hysterically described Reagan's first year in office: "Mr. Reagan looked at the world through gun sights." Yes, he did! And now the Evil Empire is no more.”
— Ann Coulter, "Are videotaped beheadings covered by Geneva?" (20 September 2006)
“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.”
— Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776), Volume 1, Chapter 2
“Cultural elites in countries that dominate peoples have adapted subject people’s religion for their own purposes.”
— Richard A. Horsley, Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit (2003), p. 12. ISBN 0800636317.
“Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system. Empires have no need for a balance of power. That is how the United States has conducted its foreign policy in the Americas, and China through most of its history in Asia.”
— Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy (1994), p. 21
“Empires are inherently politically unstable because subordinate units almost always prefer greater autonomy, and counterelites in such units almost always act, upon opportunity, to obtain greater autonomy. In this sense, empires do not fall; they rather fall apart, usually very slowly, though sometimes remarkably quickly.”
— Donald J. Puchala, "Theory and History in International Relations", p.56.

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