The concept of immortality comes from Borges

Houston 2022-04-19 09:01:35

Towards the end, the image in memory is gone; only sentences remain. Not surprisingly, the long time has confused what I once heard with words that symbolize the fate of the man who has accompanied me for so many centuries. I was Homer; soon I shall be like Ulysses, and none; soon I shall be all beings: for I shall die.

The above quotation comes from the end of Borges' "Eternal Life". When a person looks at the world with the eyes of thousands of years of vicissitudes, it should be like a sigh, but this kind of eyes, this kind of vicissitudes, can be obtained by extraordinary people.

When this perspective is developed into a movie, is it time to make an epic blockbuster? A lonely caveman roams the earth and witnesses all the recorded historical events. The writers and directors can choose some of them that are convenient for YY to expand. I believe they had such ambitions, but fortunately, they chose the easiest one. A form - speak it, not show it to you.

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The Man from Earth quotes

  • Dr. Will Gruber: If I shot you John, you're immortal? Would you survive this?

    John Oldman: I never said I was immortal, just old. I might die. And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot...

  • Dr. Will Gruber: We will die, you will live. Will you come to my funeral, John.

    Sandy: You've gone too far, John didn't ask to be what he is.

    Dr. Will Gruber: And we did not ask to hear about it...