reason and emotion

Genoveva 2022-03-22 09:02:04

Only a few unnatural smiles and the reluctant handshake at the end of the film reveal a hint of affection.

But there is no doubt that the housekeeper has special and appreciation for the lady in his heart. He likes a knee-jerk conversation in the evening after a day at work, even under the pretense that it's about work. He heard that the lady was stunned after accepting the marriage proposal, and he drank at night. He hesitated to open the door again and again to meet the crying lady, even after telling her to clean the breakfast table.

Forbearance of emotion is hidden beneath the surface of composure. He is a decent housekeeper. He looks forward to a sympathetic partner, but he is most afraid of changes.

For him, emotion lost to reason. Ordinary people often let reason surrender to emotion.

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Extended Reading
  • Annetta 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    4.5/5. This film gave me a typical sample to think about the difficulty of film adaptation, how to express the emotions and psychology of a single person in different viewpoints. The image is completely another language, with its own details and rhythm, such as the use of statues, Doves and broken wine bottles are used to symbolize a certain complex, such as the visual treatment of the relationship between characters. When the father and son are talking from the front to the back, the image of the father changes from a tall to a sluggish; The light and shadow on her face in various "peeps". The face is the most important magic. Kazuo Ishiguro has hardly described the appearance of the characters, but the two leading actors have filled the void and even deepened my understanding of the characters. The housekeeper is not indifferent (note Hopkins's expression), But the heart is the service, it is the deprivation of privacy and dignity of life by profession - until the times make regrets appear regrets. The gaze of the two men in front of the window is thus full of meaning: the light illuminates their faces, and shines on the scene they are watching, in that scene, the traditional side of aging holds the value of nothingness towards history.

  • Taya 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    He suppressed the feelings for a lifetime, and did not want to say a word. Regret is cruel to life, but beautiful in art.

The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Sir Geoffrey Wren: So, gentlemen, you speak of Jews and Gypsies, Negroes, and so on so forth. But one has to regard the racial laws of the Fascists as a sanitary measure much overdue, in my opinion.

    Wren's Friend: But imagine trying to enforce such a rule in this country.

    Sir Geoffrey Wren: My Lord, my Lord, you cannot run a country without a penal system. Here we call them prisons. Over there they call them concentration camps. What's the difference? Ah, Stevens, is there any meat of any kind in this soup?

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.