95 minutes, old age

Hannah 2022-03-20 09:01:38

"The sad past is mixed with the only joy left in this life.
Eternal running still has to face the empty tomorrow."
——Li Zhi's "Winter in Luozhuang"

has the same plot as the Korean version of "Untouchable Lovers". Nou Reeves and Sandra Bullock aren't that young anymore. Although their faces are still beautiful, there is nothing to hide the traces of the years. The first time I saw them was ten years ago. In the summer of that year, I watched "Speed ​​of Life and Death" for the first time. In the summer of that year, I also watched "Four Hundred Years", Keanu Reeves has always been the love of his heart, and that summer, I just graduated from junior high school. Ten years of time, if you refuse to admit it, but the movies and people that accompany you can tell you how quickly the years can pass.

I love the warm endings that American films usually give us, though I have a lot of smug preference for the sadness of European art films. Here, love is not the focus, but that magical node in time and space is the axis of the whole story. If someone can give me hints in the future, can I avoid many detours in the past ten years? If there is really a wrong moment in time and space, should we wait patiently for the moment when the miracle comes? If the agreement can span time, is the oath still credible? If the tears when ALEX danced with KATE really came from the heart, should we only love strangers? If life could be rewritten, would we still remember our original wishes? If movies are always so good, shouldn't we forget the world's troubles for a while?

In the silence of the garden
Moss arizing on the wind
And the beast is pondering love love love
'Till the rusty nail grow dim

I can't seem to make you mine
Through the long and lonely night
And I try so hard, darling
But the crowd pulled you away
Through the rhythm and the rain
And the ivy coiled around my hand

So I lingered with the people
In the silent August glade
But the rain has brought the night
And the night has brought the rain

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Extended Reading
  • Caterina 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    Thought it was a tragedy

  • Garnett 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    Originally thought it was a very hard two people, in fact, the ending is very comforting, they did not miss each other. . .

The Lake House quotes

  • Simon Wyler: Where's your brother?

    Alex: I sent him away. He wasn't feeling well. You know how he is, he worries.

    Simon Wyler: Yeah, I know. He gets that from your mother, I'm afraid. She always worried too much.

    Alex: What are you looking at?

    [looking at architectural plans]

    Simon Wyler: Hmm? Oh, yeah, here, take a gander. It's a proposal for a museum.

    Alex: Who is it?

    Simon Wyler: Someone new.

    Alex: Oh, I like the walkways, where the light falls. What are the materials?

    Simon Wyler: Granite. Aluminum.

    Alex: White panels are straight out of Meier... but the interior color coming through the front windows, that's different. It's not new, but it's clean, uncluttered. I like it.

    Simon Wyler: When was the last time you were in Barcelona?

    Alex: Years ago, with you, Mom and Henry.

    Simon Wyler: Do you remember visiting Casa de la Caritat?

    Alex: The almshouse.

    Simon Wyler: That's right. You mentioned Meier. His Barcelona museum stands in the same area as Casa de la Caritat. It drinks the same light. Meier designed a series of louvered skylights to capture that light and cast it inward to illuminate the art within, but indirectly. And, that was important, because although light enhances art, it can also degrade it. But, you know all that already, you son of a gun. Now, this... where do you suppose this is to be built?

    Alex: I have no idea.

    Simon Wyler: Oh, but you said you liked it.

    Alex: Conceptually.

    Simon Wyler: Now, come on. You know as well as I do that the light in Barcelona is quite different from the light in Tokyo. And, the light in Tokyo is different from that in Prague. A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature. He must be captivated by the light. Always the light. Always.

  • Alex: There should be a stairway down to the water, a porch, a deck. Here, you're in a - in a box. A glass box with a view to everything that's around you... but you can't touch it. No interconnection between you and what you're looking at.

    Henry Wyler: I don't know, you know. He's got this big maple growing right in the middle of the house.

    Alex: Containment.

    [He pushes a button which opens a glass door]

    Alex: Containment and control. This house is about ownership, not connection. I mean, it's beautiful. Seductive, even. But, it's incomplete.

    [He pauses]

    Alex: It was all about him. Dad knew how to build a house, not a home. But you know... I think he wants us to do what he couldn't. But, admitting that would mean admitting that he came up short in some way... that he could do more. And that tortures him.

    Henry Wyler: Do you remembering being here with Mom?

    Alex: I remember she tried to make it work here... with us... with him.