Movies that Touch Me
The Great Beauty
Paolo Sorrentino, 2013
“As the light flashes, love sits at the corner
Shy and distracted it was…
And that’s why we can tolerate life no longer” — Jep Gambardella
The question is beauty. Can you capture beauty? Beauty is fleeting.
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz, 1942
“We will always have Paris.” — Rick Blaine
A city where passion remains, becomes where hope reunites with courage.
Who’s to say if a sacrifice is big or small?
Long Day's Journey into Night
Bi Gan, 2018
.. a knife touches the water not to be bent
.. drinking, out of thirst, are birds flying far and near
.. their destinations unclear, just
.. like my feelings, up and down,
.. that cannot be pressed back into my chest
.. the world spins around me
.. I wait, in the center
.. I sigh, when it stops spinning
(inspired by a poem in the movie and the ending)
“Life is a mixture of happy and sad things. Movies are so lifelike—that’s why we love them.”
— Yi Yi (2000)