Yuki and Midnight Chat about "Elegy"

Dasia 2022-03-25 08:01:01

yuki:

In the movie, on New Year's Eve, Conswella told me that she had breast cancer, and I was impressed by the scene where David was crying.
A man who is more than 30 years younger than himself, in front of a reality, in front of the bad news of a loved one, weeps, is helpless, scared, and at a loss. Like a big boy, facing the woman he loves, he never forgets her face and never walks out of the days without her. Everything is so fragile, like the bonsai on the windowsill of David's house, withered and withered. His tears are warm, so hot across his face, clear and wet.
At that moment, I felt that the love was so close, the cancer made the distance between their love disappear and returned to the same starting point.
Conswella, there's a line that seems to say that she feels like she's getting old faster than David, how was David feeling at that time.
I can feel it.

ZY.:

David really loves Conswella. From the beginning of a man's game, to being inseparable, to feeling the pain of lovelorn, this is the whole process of deep affection. Conswella's illness only really awakened his love.
Even if Conswella was healthy and came back, David still had to leave this world early. This hit Conswella no less than suffering from a terminal illness, because she was deeply in love with her. David's.

yuki:

For the woman David had sex with for 20 years. The reason why David lied at the beginning when the woman saw the tampon and said it was left by his friend the poet and his mistress was because of David's uncertainty about his relationship with Conswella, and he fell into this episode. Uncontrollable love, he is hesitant, the reason why he lied is because he wants to keep this woman, she is the one who knows him best, and has always admired him the most, he doesn't want to lose it, at least this is the last one soothing woman. It doesn't contradict his feelings for Conswella, he's making up lies like a child, just because he's afraid of losing, he's lonely.

ZY.:

It is undeniable that David is an excellent man and a charming man, but he has forgotten the age when he and Conswella cannot grow old together, the moral meaning behind love, the humanistic meaning behind love, It is unreasonable to use Conswella's youth to compensate for David's inner loneliness.

yuki:

I like this movie, and also because there are a lot of funny things in this movie. For example, when David was on a date with Consula, wearing a long coat, with his hands in his pockets with a serious expression, he stood at the door of the theater waiting for Consula, which reminded me of the solemn appearance of a Russian prime minister. And when Conswella and his brother were at a dance, David was so overwhelmed that he finally made an excuse to go there and find out. David would often call Conswella to ask her what she was wearing, where she was, and putting down the phone was an infinite anxiety. All these make me feel that David's heart is so soft, so young, he is still the man who was in love back then. Time passes, but his heart has not changed.

ZY.:

David's childishness is a charm. In fact, it is very common. However, when he reaches mature age, he is still curious and greedy like a child, and he will pay attention to one and the other. David's problem is that he only thinks that he can be in the When I got Conswella in my lifetime, I didn't think about it. Conswella's future would be to become a little widow in agony.

yuki:

This film has a good grasp of the emotional focus. The two women walk in David's life without conflict. The love between them makes us ignore some practical problems and just focus on the innermost feelings of the protagonist. The issues of concern are like his eyes have been focused on Conswella, never wandering or out of focus.
There is also a scene in the movie when Conswella sees David two years later, she changes from long hair to short hair, she said, she cuts a little every day, and does not want to see them disappear all of a sudden. By disappearing here she could be referring to post-cancer chemotherapy, or something, maybe. But a woman's love for her hair is hard for a man to imagine. The hair gets shorter every day, witnessing the long and painful days when David is not around, and the thoughts and love still exist.
Sorry for being a bit verbose, but what I want to say is that I love this movie so much, so much. Just as David adores Consula's body, her breasts are the same.

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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.