"Maybe I love you, but it really has nothing to do with you"

Gladyce 2022-03-25 09:01:19

Zweig's description of the image of "dream"

I quickly finished reading this novel in the library a month ago, and regretted not capturing the inspiration in time. After watching the movie, what I wrote down is all fragmentary memories.
The above picture records are several descriptions of the image of "dream" that I wrote down while reading the novel. I have to admire how moving and heart-wrenching Zweig described the ups and downs of the characters' hearts and the delicate emotions arranged in layers. After I read it, I felt like I was also a member of the novel, watching the encounters and interactions between men and women again and again.
The effect of the black and white film is very good, and it presents the European style and life taste of that era very well. Lisa's frown and smile touched my heart, and her beauty made me feel distressed.
Lisa's life may be a tragedy in the eyes of our audience, but for Lisa herself, this really couldn't have been a better ending. I have loved a person so hard in my life, and I am desperate to get close to him and raise their common descendants for him without any regrets. I even envied her a little, turning her short life into a poignant painting.
I habitually read movie reviews before watching a movie, and I felt quite emotional when I saw a sentence: "Maybe, I love you, it really has nothing to do with you". After reading both the novel and the movie, this feeling is intensified. I love you, it has nothing to do with you, you don't need to know, but I wish you knew.

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Extended Reading

Letter from an Unknown Woman quotes

  • 1st Man on Balcony: [Speaking of Stefan] He returned last week.

    2nd Man on Balcony: A concert tour?

    Woman on Balcony: Pleasure trip most likely.

    1st Man on Balcony: The way he's burning himself up, it's a wonder he's still alive.

    2nd Man on Balcony: Ten years ago, he showed great promise. Too bad. With that talent, he could have been a great pianist.

    1st Man on Balcony: Perhaps talent is not enough.

    Woman on Balcony: Perhaps he has too many talents.

  • Lisa Berndl: The course of our lives can be changed by such little things. So many passing by, each intent on his own problems. So many faces that one might easily have been lost. I know now that nothing happens by chance. Every moment is measured; every step is counted.