"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

  • Walt Henderson: What you got in your hand?

    Travis Henderson: A picture.

    Walt Henderson: A picture of what?

    Travis Henderson: A picture of - of, eh, Paris.

    Walt Henderson: Paris? Really?

    Travis Henderson: Yes. A picture of a piece of Paris.

    Walt Henderson: Where'd you get a picture of Paris? Can I see it?

    Travis Henderson: Yes.

    Walt Henderson: This is it? This is Paris? It looks just like Texas to me.

    Travis Henderson: It is.

    Walt Henderson: Paris, Texas?

    Travis Henderson: It's right here on the map.

    Walt Henderson: There's really a place called Paris, Texas?

  • Walt Henderson: Why in hell would you want to buy a vacant lot in Paris, Texas, for Christ sake?

    Travis Henderson: Uh - I forgot.