lived, loved, died

Jacey 2022-04-21 09:02:55

From novels to movies.
When I first saw it, I didn't think so. The expression of many philosophical thoughts in the character's heart in the novel cannot be presented in the film.
After reading it for a while, it feels a little different from the taste of the novel.
The text is more imaginative, abstract, and divine.
The live-action performance makes the characters, ideas and philosophies originally floating in the world of ideas come into reality.
I'm not looking for the above to be practical. It doesn't matter when it's actually implemented. That is, found his and her eyes.
He and she must exist as some kind of entity. In fact, no matter how illusory and abstract.
The film restores this reality.
Performances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche settle the buoyancy of Kundera's work. The characters that seem to be absent in the text are fixed and clear.

thomas.
A top brain doctor.
erotic man.
Loyal and loving husband.
Politically independent.
Personally upright.
Kind and brave.
It reminds me of how insignificant the indulgence or stoicism of one's physical life is in the tragedies of the great age.
But Teresa took Thomas, into the pastoral, into death. This also shows that no matter how vast the tragicomedy of the times is, personal persistence in emotions and thoughts still participates in the design and influence of life.
Isn't Sabina also living the way she chose.

lived. Go straight. love. die.


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The Unbearable Lightness of Being quotes

  • Tereza: [referring to her dog] Karenin prefers Mephisto to dogs. She thinks other dogs are silly.

    Tomas: [Mephisto snorts and Tomas inhales the aroma of the food] Ha-ha.

    Pavel: Do you know why I love Mephisto? Because he's very bright, but, at the same time,

    [gesturing for emphasis]

    Pavel: he doesn't know anything! After all, he doesn't know that life is impossible here now. Nothing left here. The church is gone.

    [shrugging]

    Pavel: No place to drink beer now.

    [he drinks his bottle of beer very quickly]

    Pavel: It's good... very good.

    [slurping]

    Pavel: If you ever change your mind, it won't be easy to leave.

  • Tereza: I was forced to love my mother, but not this dog. You know, Tomas... maybe... maybe, I love her more than I love you. Not more. I mean in a better way. I'm not jealous of her. I don't want her to be different. I don't ask her for anything.