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Andy 2022-04-22 07:01:32
Pain is the key that opens the door to the soul
A modern version of Gone with the Wind. The beautiful African savannah, rainy season, forest, accompanied by melodious music, tells the love and hatred of a woman and this land. From understanding to management, from possession to loss, from hope to despair. . . . . . The ups and downs are like...
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Karson 2022-04-24 07:01:14
Africa through the eyes of the white woman
Like another Meryl Streep-starring film, "Sofie's Choice," this one is narrated by a single author to unfold memories and stories. Two hours and forty minutes didn't feel long at all. There are distant clouds floating on the vast African land, inhabited by various wild animals, a lone figure is...
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Karen Blixen: If you say anything now... I'll believe it.
[to Denys, immediately after they kiss in her tent]
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Denys: [to Karen, whose horse has run away, leaving her at the mercy of an approaching lion] I wouldn't run. If you do, she'll think you're something good to eat.
Karen Blixen: [staring at lion] Have you - Do you have a gun?
Denys: She won't like the smell of you.
Karen Blixen: Shoot - shoot it.
Denys: She's had breakfast.
Karen Blixen: Please shoot her.
Denys: Well, let's give her a moment.
Karen Blixen: [as lion comes closer] Oh my God, shoot her!
[Lion approaches Karen then wanders off into brush]
Karen Blixen: Just how much closer did you expect to let her come?
Denys: A bit. It wanted to see if you'd run. That's how they decide. A lot like people that way.
Karen Blixen: She almost had me for lunch!
Denys: Well, it wasn't her fault, Baroness. She's a lion.
Karen Blixen: Well, it wasn't mine.
Denys: Doesn't that outfit come with a rifle?
Karen Blixen: Ye-ah, uh.
[looks around]
Karen Blixen: On my saddle.
Denys: Better keep it with you. Your horse isn't much of a shot.
