A fine day, an outstanding movie

[vaneramos]

Walking to farmers' market, stopping to greet Holly and Allison, getting our beards covered in old-fashioned snow, a yummy gluten-free brownie and tea at market, home again, deciding to stay in for the afternoon, deeply satisfying sex, cutting into the cheesecake I made with fromage frais and honey, giving Danny his birthday present, sipping a glass of port, a game of Catan, then spinach squares and fresh chorizo sausage with red wine for dinner, walking back downtown for a movie, the glitter of ice under streetlights, the smell of still winter air, a glass of Dalwhinnie while we waited. It was already one of the best days of the year.

Then the movie, Never Let Me Go, one of the most beautiful and devastating I've seen, quiet but intense, well cast. It's set in a dystopian society.

The final two lines of narrative deeply touched how I feel about life: do any of us really understand what we have lived through? and has it been too brief? Ultimately we must live what we are given.

After time has settled this wave of emotions, I expect the film will fall within my top 10 favourites. See it if you can.

Comments

[paulintoronto.livejournal.com]

Do any of us really understand what we have lived through?

This line really resonates for me. My Gay and Lesbian Studies class is currently looking at "history", and, as always, I relive so much of it -- from casual oppression to the Bath Raids to the appearance of AIDS -- that the young people have not experienced. Sometimes, seeing their reactions makes me understand how horrendous so much of it was, although I didn't realize that at the time.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Even as I cried through the movie, I was crying for myself, releasing suppressed emotion over people I've lost and opportunities I've passed. Life is inescapably tragic, but our best hope is in savouring each day.

This morning I woke up feeling disturbed by it. How much suffering do I endure in accepting things I should not? On the other hand, how much suffering do people endure in resisting injustice? How do I find the right place between?

[ghostsandrobots.livejournal.com]

:)

And I will try to see that movie.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It's a tough one. This morning I woke up disturbed by it, but I still think, "What a beautiful movie."