This is a very sad story. They love each other too deeply without knowing it. The last third of the film shows the burial of Kitt's soul. The camel gang traveled through the depths of the desert, among a group of aliens who did not understand the language, trudging, toiling, eating their food, and handing over their bodies like slaves. This part of the shot is quite good, the yellow sand on the ground, the blue sky above, and the ultimate beauty in the desert are collected by Bertolucci's shots one by one. However, outside the camera, it makes people feel desolate. In these worldly scenes, Kit is like a saint, walking through her purgatory.
The last shot of the film falls back to their original hotel, back to the old man's face, and the voice of the old man is heard on the screen: Because we don't know
when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.
When death is approaching, we see life as a source of inexhaustible profligacy.
Things happen only a certain number of time. And a small number, really
.
How many times will you remember an afternoon of your childhood . an afternoon so deeply a part of you that you can't be without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that. How many people can you recall on such an afternoon? Maybe four or five, maybe not so many.
How many times will you watch the moon rise? Perhaps 20. And yet it all seems limitless. How many times have you
seen the moon rise in your life? Maybe twenty times? Yet people feel that everything is free to splurge.
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