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tweemybabe
at 01:33, 11 Nov 2005
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Thanks for bringing us such an optimistic film!
I just came home from watching this film and feel so touched at watching such an optimistic film, which is talking about a de-centered perspective, about treating everything equally. Races, lives, human/germs, house owners/cleaners, old people/young people, everything that can limit us in our false ideology, is demolished in this film through a centerless perspective. It's amazing to see that this film reveals so much love and respect toward this world. I think I will watch this film again and again. Thanks for the whole film crew for bringing us such an unique and optimistic piece, I love it sooooo much!
Rachel @Taiwan
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tweemybabe
at 19:52, 13 Nov 2005
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My favorite one
I don't have a favorite scene in particular. I just love the whole movie, the whole script, especially the whole idea of equality in it. There is one scene which almost made me cry...the fight scene at the car park, in seeing how strong their prejudice is toward each other and suddenly they became two strangers from the other corner of the world. I really love how the movie in the later half opimizes each one's strength and finally bring two people of equals together. I wish the world will be like the joining of two of them, then perhaps there will no longer be any more prejudice toward our different races and different kinds.
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sally potter
at 13:47, 18 Nov 2005
Posts: 193
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carpark scene
For many of us working on the film the carpark scene has special significance. It was the first scene I wrote, and is the moment in the story where the characters really speak about the grief and pain they carry.
I am glad that you responded so positively to the hope and optimism that is embedded in the film. I feel it to be a necessary contradiction to despair and frustration. In the end, it is a choice of point of view (to be hopeful), one which energises and may, perhaps, help us to find creative solutions in difficult situations.
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Chump
at 00:08, 19 Nov 2005
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No
I couldn't see how to post my own topic so I'm just replying to this one. Sorry for that.
The idea behind this movie is quite admirable, and I commend you Miss Potter.
I saw it just last night. Or, tried to see it. For someone who has probably been to the cinema 100 times or more this year, this is the first movie I encountered that I could not sit through. I'm sorry, but I found it completely lifeless and unrealistic.
Once I noticed the verse, I just could not stand it. I thought I was at a poetry reading, not at a movie. I could barely focus on their words because I found the rhyming so forced, uninteresting, and bland. The movie did not have any flow because the characters were not speaking as normal people do, but rather speaking as poets. I grew tired of it after about 50 minutes and simply had to leave immediately. Also, the plot seemed to be going nowhere fast.
I'm sorry your movie could not hold my attention. I've never walked out of a movie in my life. Well, it looks like a lot of others enjoyed it so I'm glad it speaks to some. But sorry, it did not speak to me.
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Brian
at 14:07, 19 Dec 2005
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Yes, what a difference
This film must be felt with your heart. If you want "understanding", or "realism", in the cold sense, then read a documentary.
Within the first minute this film had me in its grasp, sitting, literally, on the edge of my seat, unable to take my eyes or ears off the screen. I was not prepared for such an intense experience, had never expected it. I didn’t move or say a word throughout, and was without words after. No film since The English Patient has moved me that way, and Yes was even more intense. Rarely do I find a film so perfect in every corner. The language poured into me like a river. Nothing needs explaining. Heart and mind were equally provided. Even now words fail to convey the emotion. I love this film, and will see it many times.
Brian Young
Port Townsend,WA
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sally potter
at 07:50, 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 193
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your message
thank you for posting this lovely message. i found it very warming. appreciation really is a kind of nectar. we all need it ! i wish you a happy new year.
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