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Before Sunset is the undisputed, unrivaled movie of my life. It has been for nearly eight years and I don’t see that changing any time soon.
It isn’t the movie of my life in that it tells my story or any one short story I’ve lived. It does tell one I would love to have lived. A story I could at one point visualize sketched somewhere in my future. Waiting to be outlined with a firmer hand and then colored.
If only it hadn’t been for life…
Life with its digressions and sternly made corrections. The ultimate authority figure that so consistently frowns upon your designs, shakes its head vehemently and tells you in no uncertain terms: THIS is your story.
I didn’t get my Before Sunrise/Sunset, but I did get to experience aspects of it I love, like the intimacy forged with places as a consequence of a story set in them. I develop these bonds with places easily, I’m sometimes inspired to write about them (here and here), and I love to find them in stories that are not my own (here, here and here). Just the other day I took the snapshot below simply because I could see so clearly… someone standing (as though he actually were)… right THERE. Waiting for me. All these hundreds and hundreds of days later.
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Her reply to my “I’m sleepy":
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How I miss those…
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Thumbtacked on February 25th, 2012.
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Stills of the 2011 movies that spoke to me the loudest and clearest accompanied by either their corresponding lines or other singled out ones that either defined those movies for me and/or made an indelible impression.
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Name the movie, if you can…
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A lovely Valentine’s Day coincidence which made Android begin to grow on me… :)
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Her undeniable beauty and talent.
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As it got darker, the colors began to emerge and soon it seemed light, color and people to admire their beauty was all that was left of the world. It was an enchanting evening that reminded me a lot of a Northern Exposure episode I posted here. A nod to Giancarlo Neri for creating this and to the unforgettable Chris Stevens and his priceless sensibility.
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Up until 7:30pm or so, it was just anticipation (thanks to daylight savings time)… There was plenty of walking around the square, finding random shots, like the blurry moon beyond the tree branches (my favorite of the shots below) and the lovely surprise of running into Mara who secretly captured me in action.
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Actually it’s a whole lot of love and not really hate but a tiny inevitable amount of animosity towards her “ladyship.” Let’s face it! She can be COLD and downright MEAN, as the italicized exchanges below will illustrate…
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On the evening of January 25th, 2012 three buildings collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Over twenty people died as a result. The following shots were taken this past Friday (Feb. 3rd) at the site of the collapse.
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