"Paris, Texas"--Lonely Existence

Taya 2022-07-13 12:44:38

My soul is so far away from me, yet my existence is so real.Paris, Texas actually expresses the same thing as the pianist at sea, that is, the absurdity of existence and the sense of loneliness that has no place and no solution. It seems that the essence of human beings is loneliness, and no one can understand why. The difference is that in 1900, he chose to stay. On the boat, to store his loneliness in the little space where he was born and not let it continue to expand, and Travis' way of grasping existence is to set a destination that does not exist so that he can go on endlessly Going down, using the whole world to dissolve the endless sense of absurdity, is equivalent to exiling yourself in a deserted place, and you can feel as if only your own soul can be felt.

This huge sense of loneliness spreads to the whole world and even overflows. The curtain turns into a silent emotion and enters the audience's mind. For me, the most important thing about a movie is not the narrative or the plot, but its temperament, its light and shadow composition. I have no intention of paying attention to its details and the direction of the story. I just immerse myself in its atmosphere, when all the images become blurred. A wisp of poetry floated toward me, and that was the moment of the movie, and obviously the moment of Paris, Texas.

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Paris, Texas quotes

  • Travis Henderson: I remember now.

    Walt Henderson: What?

    Travis Henderson: Why I bought that land.

    Walt Henderson: Why?

    Travis Henderson: Well, Mama once told me that - that's where she and Daddy first made love.

    Walt Henderson: Oh, in Paris, Texas?

    Travis Henderson: Yeah.

    Walt Henderson: She told you that?

    Travis Henderson: Yeah. So, I figured that that's where I began. I mean, me, Travis Clay Henderson. They named me that. I started out there.

  • Travis Henderson: Daddy always had a joke about it.

    Walt Henderson: What was the joke?

    Travis Henderson: He - he would introduce Mom as the girl he met in Paris. Then, he'd wait - eh - before he said Texas, till everybody thought that - he'd meant - he would wait before he said Texas till everybody thought - after everybody thought he was talking about Paris, France. He always laughed real hard about it.