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July 19, 2004
the movie, and after
I went to see Before Sunset on Saturday, and I have to tell you. I thought it was even better than I had expected. Ok, it's probably not a movie for everyone, I mean the entire movie is the conversation between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julia Delpy), but it was one of those amazing conversations. One that makes you feel as if you were seeing and experiencing everything that they were saying. The body language, and gestures as they were talking, I tell you they really did a wonderful job with the story and production.
After watching the movie though, I found myself thinking about a lot of things. That's when I heard the little voice. It was reality...
"What are you going on about this for? It's just a movie... Yes it was very well written, but it was written. It's a conversation that you only find in a movie, or a book... It's what everyone wants, so they make it so, to find it in the real world though... Come on!"
He was making sense you know. It was the sort of conversation that I dream of having. It wasn't perfect, there were awkward moments, and... That is what made it so great though, what made it seem like a real conversation. As if they just gotten the idea to film two people meeting after a very long time apart.
The romantic started getting encouraged by the way my thinking was going, and he started speaking up...
"Don't listen to that shit... Don't even try to tell me that you don't still believe that all of it is possible either. Once you start thinking that way you may as well just pack it in."
You know I never realized that romance had such an attitude, but he was really making sense to me, egged on by hope of course. Reality was getting pissed though, and attacked romance from behind, trying to choke him.
It was touch and go there for a while. After a few cheap shots by reality, that I wont even go into, romance came back. I mean really beat the crap out of him. I had to jump in and stop it before reality was killed off completely. I have to admit though, I thought about it for a moment. How great would it be to be rid of him, romance and me could have one hell of a party. Ok, with just the two of us though... Yeah, that’s just masturbation.
So reality went off for a little while, to clean himself up and rest. I had a good long talk with romance, and we came to a little understanding... Just because he is the strongest one in me, we still need a little reality in our life. He understood, and I think they are making up even as I write this. It's just good for all three of us to know... As far as I'm concerned, it's not life without romance...
Posted by deminimis at July 19, 2004 05:59 AM
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