Rimbaud's successful resurrection

Idell 2022-04-19 09:03:12

Xiao Lizi played Rimbaud alive. No wonder this film was banned in China. When the audience saw Xiao Lizi leaking nudity for the role and having sex with Paul, it was estimated that their hearts would be half cold. So it's no wonder that the movie is called "Total Eclipse of the Heart". As the originator of modern poetry, Rimbaud had talents beyond ordinary poets at the age of 16. Usually, celebrities with super-eras were not valued at that time, and were even excluded and insulted. At this time, the poet Paul admired Rimbaud's literary talent and invited him. Come home as a guest. Since then, the two have secretly developed feelings for each other, resulting in a love affair between the same sex. In the end, they had to separate. Rimbaud also died young due to physical reasons. Rimbaud is self-righteous. He is unwilling to appreciate the bad works of other poets. As a minor, he always wants to change the world with his own pen, and always wants to make the world develop as he wants. It is no wonder that Paul abandoned his wife and chose Rimbaud on the train. The two great poets have similarities in character and resonate in writing and other aspects. It is an honor to meet such a close friend in his life.

Although Rimbaud's later years were extremely tragic, his life can be described as bohemian. He always wanted to change the world by himself. Later, he only hoped that he would not be changed by the world. In the end, he felt powerless against the world. Not recognized by the world, of course, we cannot deny Rimbaud's talent now, and we also believe that Rimbaud's poetry has laid the foundation for modern poetry. I believe that this is enough for him.

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Total Eclipse quotes

  • [first lines]

    Paul Verlaine: Sometimes he speaks in a kind of tender dialect of the death which causes repentence, of the unhappy men who certainly exist, of painful tasks and heartrending departures. In the hovels where we got drunk he wept looking at those who surrounded us, the cattle of poverty. He lifted up drunks in the black streets. He had the pity a bad mother has for small children. He moved with the grace of a little girl at catechism. He pretended to know about everything, business, art, medicine. I followed him, I had to!

  • [last lines]

    Arthur Rimbaud: I've found it. What? Eternity. It's the sun mingled with the sea.