Time will take everything away, we can only sing elegy softly

Jamel 2022-03-25 08:01:01

The film is made for a group of people who are sensitive, paranoid, perfect, and long for eternity. Unfortunately, I am one of them.
There is always a sense of insecurity in the male protagonist's heart, fear of losing and longing for possession. He is always full of fear of feelings, afraid of the ending that will come someday. So he simply went to the other extreme, without a stable marriage, changing partners frequently, and using fluid changes to alleviate the fear of losing eternity until she appeared.
And she is the embodiment of perfection, a finely crafted work of art, youthful and energetic. He longed to possess her perfection, and he was ashamed of his aging body, and the desire and fear were intertwined with a huge contradiction in his heart. At this time, she couldn't understand his twist and struggle, so they separated.
Until her reappearance also brought the bad news of the patient, the beautiful body will no longer exist, she finally realized the fear in her heart, the exact same fear, just like he always had. She knew that only he could appreciate her perfection, and she only wanted him to record her last perfection with his eyes before the merciless scalpel came.
Only at this moment did the two souls realize the resonance of each other, but this resonance is in the form of an elegy, to mourn the beauty and eternity that they will never return.
This is an elegy for perfectionists, sung to the ruthless years, to all the beauty and beauty that we have held on to but will eventually be washed away by time, calm but sad.

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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.