elegy? Or freshmen?

Taya 2022-04-20 09:02:51

An extravagant afternoon. I burst into tears again facing the screen in the dark... The work of the female director is so profound that I had to press the pause button several times in the middle - I needed to prolong the feeling of enjoyment as long as possible, and I needed the courage to return to reality. The slow and supremely elegant narration, the waltz-like emotions that go on and on and off, abandon the deep and vigorous desire of eroticism - this kind of viewing is almost hopeless: cultural accomplishment, perception, never divorced from the expression of the content ( and not just for the enjoyment of the eyes) - Chinese directors still have a long way to go.

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Elegy quotes

  • George O'Hearn: Beautiful women are invisible.

    David Kepesh: Invisible? What the hell does that mean? Invisible? They jump out at you. A beautiful woman, she stands out. She stands apart. You can't miss her.

    George O'Hearn: But we never actually see the person. We see the beautiful shell. We're blocked by the beauty barrier. Yeah, we're so dazzled by the outside that we never make it inside.

  • David Kepesh: I think it was Betty Davis who said old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man's life is old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you're asking yourself, I'm asking myself, why can't an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed.