Louis Malle

Louis Malle

  • Born: 1932-10-30
  • Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m)
  • Extended Reading
    • Johnnie 2022-01-20 08:03:50

      The people there have the sun in their hearts

      "Le Feu follet" was literally translated as "The Fire Within" when it was released in the United States, the fire within. In China, it became "Wizards". I prefer the English translation, "A Time to Live and a Time to Die", when I was born and when I died. The film's director, Louis Malle, likes to...

    • Marta 2022-01-20 08:03:50

      Inertia, Death, and Deliverance

      Is inertia an irredeemable sin? Can one still prove the worthiness of his existence when he fails to fulfill the bourgeois society's expectations of him as a rational subject and reliable labor? Is the disobedience of order and middle-class morals still meaningful when one grows older ? A barrage...

    • Abelardo 2022-04-20 09:02:25

      A person can die out of despair, but don't want to leave indelible pain on others.

    • Tina 2022-04-19 09:02:44

      Selling-style stories always break my heart. One of Moreau's most beautiful characters.

    The Fire Within quotes

    • Alain Leroy: The thing is... I can't reach out with my hands. I can't touch things. And when I do touch things, I feel nothing.

    • Frédéric: Congratulations on finding Maria. You have a woman.

      Alain Leroy: I have nothing.

      Frédéric: Come now!

      Alain Leroy: You don't know what it's like, being unable to touch anything. I'm incapable of wanting. I can't even desire. The women here tonight... I can't desire them. They scare me. Scare me!