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Life, death and eternity

The Fountain (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

IMDB

Year: 2007

Writer: Darren Aronofsky

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Length: 96 minutes

Category: Drama

Media: DVD

Studio: Warner

Rating from : PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

UPC for dvd: 012569810396

ID in Amazon.com: B000O77R6O

Rating: 5 out of 5
Actually not really a review — just a recommendation. I have yet to see this movie one or two more times. All I can say now is: stunning visuals, intriguing story, layers upon layers, fascination.

There’s only ‘yes’.

Yes

IMDB

Year: 2005

Writer: Sally Potter

Director: Sally Potter

Length: 99 minutes

Category: Drama

Media: Film

Studio: Sony Pictures

Rating from : R (Restricted)

UPC for dvd: 043396109063

ID in Amazon.com: B000B6CO5C

Rating: 5 out of 5

And, in the end, it simply isn’t worth Your while to try and clean your life away. You can’t. For, everything you do or say Is there, forever. It leaves evidence. In fact it’s really only common sense; There’s no such thing as nothing, not at all. It may be really very, very small But it’s still there. In fact I think I’d guess That ‘no’ does not exist. There’s only ‘yes’.

Sally Potter’s newest masterpiece.

What I remember from the film is a multi-sensoric experience: My eyes: I remember very beautiful pictures, colors. The actors are truly wonderful, the scenery speaks for itself, almost as if you don’t need sound. My ears: Wonderful music (as with every one of Sally’s movies), creating a soundscape that, again, in itself tells the whole story. But there is more: the characters each have different accents, each so wonderful in its melody of voice. The dialogue, written in poetry. Beautiful. My heart: touched by the story, touched by the love and desire of the two lovers, torn by the ice cold agression of the married couple, excited by the escalation between the lovers, angered by their fate…

A movie that can be watched over and over again…

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Tags: drama, love, affair, religion, passion, death, relationships, culture