Penny for your thoughts on any or all of my next post.

I've always loved the movie Shadows & Fog.

In addition to it being shot in a beautiful black & white, it asks many great questions about life and does so with humour, suspense and an all-star cast.

In one of my favourite scenes, a bunch of prostitutes share some wine around a table in their brothel, with their guest, Irmy (Mia Farrow). Among the actresses playing the ladies of the evening are Lily Tomlin (Dory), Jodie Foster and Kathy Bates. Throughout the scene, the camera slowly pans around the circular table, from the center. Here are some choice quotes from that scene:

Feel free to chime in on any of the above quotes!

Uh, I watched Kill Bill Vol. 2 last night. My favorite scene is when she's in the coffin, and it replays her training with the Master and all the suffering she went through during that training and on how tough he was on her. Then here she is in a situation where that training does turn out to save her life. I like to think of that when I have to do things in my life that might be considered "extremely painful training". One never knows what might be useful to them in the long run.

there is a certain beauty to unrequited love unsullied by reality.




also interesting that two of the four cast members were gay

emm said:

Good call! I always wondered if Woody intentionally cast lesbians as the prostitutes.

morningsong said:

I really liked the part where she plucked out that bitches eye!

It doesn't make me think of anything deep...I just wish I could do that to certain people and not go to jail.




























I don't think I belong on this thread.

emm said:

It's overrated, I dare say.

JasmineFire said:

I know the feeling.

I suppose it's a blessing that I remain ignorant and lack the ability in a lot of things, cause I wouldn't be right sometimes.

morningsong said:

co-sign.

ThreadBare said:

the only time unrequited love is beautiful is when it is in a book or a movie. the reality of it is sad.

the statement that unrequited love stays with you forever just spoke to me.
of course it's painful and sad and wretched. i guess i think of those
loves that you never reveal. we can pine away over it's beautifully sad idealism
because we never have to face the reality of what it would have been.

ThreadBare said:

I'd agree.

But, then again, I think "love" is overrated.

JasmineFire said:

Precisely.

too cynical

heartbeatocean said:

Which part are you referring to?

JasmineFire said:

i think when you're tired of the same patterns and rhythms and disappointments of actually being in "reciprocal" relationship cycles, the idea of a purposefully unrequited love object might not sound too bad. of course, the way life goes, when you DON'T want your love reciprocated is when they come running your way and knocking the door down.

morningsong said:

very true. And as true as it is, I always hate going through the pain of it all. I often wonder while i'm going through the pain and disappointment in a relationship where love is reciprocated what is the reason. And I sometimes ask myself why I do even stand to bare the cycle...but then i get to thinking, the bad times sometimes make you appreciate the relationship when its good. Let's you know that at the end of the day everybody isn't perfect...and that no matter how green that grass make look on the other side, it definitely isn't. Some people have to learn the hard way on that note.

They throw away something over one or two little traits that they felt they couldn't deal with thinking something is better out there (and they maybe) but usually that grass is just as dry as ever...and that what those one or two little traits that got on your nerves don't seem so bad to deal with after all.

missfee said:

missfee said:

whether you decide to be with someone forever and commit to that wholeheartedly or decide that you're meant to be alone for the rest of your life and commit to that instead, either way you are giving something up, and either way you are giving yourself something you wouldn't have if you chose the other option. i guess it depends on how you wanna greet the water in your glass on a given day.

Anxiety said:

i suppose

Ace said:

every quote you listed
I don't agree with the attitude of any of them
love is not overrated!

I was very excited to see that Bladerunner: The Final Cut had been released. Unfortunately it's not been shown at any of my local cinemas which is a crime as everyone should see it that hasn't already. I took it upon myself to enquire at every cinema locally to see if it would be showing but to no avail.

Luckily it has also been released as a 5-disc collectors DVD set which I'm drooling over and have asked for for Christmas in a round about way. I missed out on the limited edition box set before and I had to basically settle for the 1 disc version. I don't expect anyone to read this as I just bored myself writing that!

In short, I love everything about Bladerunner with the minor flaw that is Sean Young. The characters are fascinating, visually it is stunning, the storyline is exciting and Vangelis' fits the mood perfectly.
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When marriage starts feeling like work, it's over...Gotta agree there.

JDInteractive said:

They showed the Final Cut version here a couple of weeks ago in a theater. It was one night only. I thought about going, but there was some conflict and I couldn't make it.