Recently watched and absolutely loved! <3 Cried throughout most of it, although it left a lot unsaid the emotion the film embodies makes up for it. I felt it really portrays that special feeling/connection of loving your craft so passionately, in such a raw sometimes painful way.Ā Def recommend specially to dancers, artists, women <3
1/19/25
This movie was by no means perfect, but it wasnāt trying to be. It was what it was and knew that just that is enough. Itās been a week since I saw this and am realizing it really hit me hard. Iāve somehow never experienced something so hopeful and buoyant yet devastating and having a way of making me feel so damn insignificant in this universe. ⦠I donāt know. Maybe I read into it a bit much.
Iām always keeping my thoughts on the few films I choose to write about solely within the pages of my notes up, so I figured what the heck! Maybe someone out there might like the two cents I want to spend on talking about a film that moved me :] Spoilers, ofc!!! Ā (2/2/25) Absolutely beautiful film. Watched it with katlafo, and we were both sobbing messes by the end. Throughout the beginning, I spent so much time trying to analyze the film, thinking I HAD to figure out the underlying message of a film Iād heard so much about before Iād even truly experienced it for myself. Man. The scene where Greg shows Rachel her film was so beautiful. Again, I tried to pin point what it all meant in the momentāthe constant cuts to Greg and Rachelās pained expressions, the long shots of seemingly symbolic stop-motionābut I realized that that was exactly what was keeping me from what I longed for. So I sat there, and felt. And cried, and cried.
Later, the scene where Greg chooses to go to Rachelās room, allowing himself to simply exist in the silence, taking in the remnants of her life, it was all so beautiful; the tears just wouldnāt stop, haha. While I didnāt leave this film with some life changing message I was subconsciously searching for, I feel this movie reminds me to love myself the way I do others; and to do things because they matter to ME, because I care about them. While I want to say Iāll never trust anything that tells me someone or something wonāt die at the end, I know thatās not true.
Taking myself out on a date once a week with the intention of recharging and engaging with things im passionate about <3 a practice the book The artist way suggests as a way to nourish our creativity and self expression. This week I took myself to the movies and watched In The Mood For Love by Wong Kar-Wai š„²