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Exquisite and luxurious heart memory
Alisa 2022-04-22 07:01:45
The quiet and luxurious hall, in which the camera moves slowly, and the baroque-like complex and exquisite architectural decoration is a visual feast. The atmosphere is excellent, and the music is in place. In the actor's quiet, sleepy expression, the camera returns to Marion Bader a year ago, which may be true, or it may be that the deviation of memory does not exist at all. The transformation of countless scenes is so natural, so dreamy, that at times the characters are left still or less conspicuous, while the poetic repetition of language that flows through the camera sounds like a voice-over narration. I admit that I didn’t understand it very well. Even so, when I look back on the film, I still feel that it was a very beautiful experience. It is exquisite, delicate, and ingenious. The idea of romanticism makes people dream and nostalgic.
Extended Reading
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[X wanders through the hotel's corridors cataloging items he sees]
X: Empty salons. Corridors. Salons. Doors. Doors. Salons. Empty chairs, deep armchairs, thick carpets. Heavy hangings. Stairs, steps. Steps, one after the other. Glass objects, objects still intact, empty glasses. A glass that falls, three, two, one, zero. Glass partition, letters.
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X: I must have you alive. Alive, as you have already been every evening, for weeks, for months.
A: I have never stayed so long anywhere.
X: Yes, I know. I don't care. For days and days. Why don't you still want to remember anything?
A: You're raving! I'm tired, leave me alone!