Spirit and Flesh (Filling Horse 2018.04.22)

Cassandre 2022-12-06 18:31:15

After reading it, my heart seemed to be blocked by something, no matter how deep I took a deep breath, I couldn't let it go. Although the background music is just one or two tunes tossing and turning, it is very endearing and adds a lot to the film. Especially the piece of music played by the guitar, almost every note has a little hesitation before it is played, and there is no contrived stagnation, just like many people who want to talk and stop talking.

In the meaning of love, how many people can finally understand the antinomy and extreme paradox of spirit and flesh?

At the end of the film, the sleeping male protagonist has a thick bandage wrapped around his wrist. In my opinion, this scene also has a symbolic meaning beyond the plot: every sudden and profound rupture means a pain that cuts into the soul, and the solid and slow healing of this wound since then; it means a part of The death of the past self, and the rebirth of vegetation above this cemetery. This is admittedly a bit of an over-interpretation. Perhaps, this is just because he was moved by the director's compassion: he disdains telling a story that "the male protagonist commits suicide for his love and the female protagonist weeps in the cemetery", which seems heroic but is actually clichéd, but strives to show the background of ordinary everyday and trivial stories. , the vicissitudes experienced by the human mind, life and death.

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A Short Film About Love quotes

  • Magda: Why are you peeping at me?

    Tomek: Because I love you. I really do.

    Magda: And what do you want?

    Tomek: I don't know.

    Magda: Do you want to kiss me?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: Perhaps you want to make love to me?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: Want to go away with me? To the lakes, or to Budapest?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: So what do you want?

    Tomek: Nothing.

    Magda: Nothing?

    Tomek: Yes.