To: K-list
Recieved: 2000/08/05 06:57
Subject: Re: [K-list]K. Movies / COLOR OF PARADISE
From: Gcwein1111
On 2000/08/05 06:57, Gcwein1111 posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 8/3/00 8:15:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
divine_goddessATnospamhotmail.com writes:
<<
It was one of the most direct depictions of k I have seen but my own
k resonates with other k rich themes even if they arent directly
about k.
The intimacy of lovers depicted in Bliss made me cry.
Love,
Susan
>>
After making that snooty remark about BLISS finally qualifying as a k
movie, let me clarify that l have had the same experience many times with
other films not at all ostensibly about k. lt often surprises the hell out of
me. Example: just the other nite l'm watching the film GLADIATOR -- hardly a
k film, right? Yet there was a moment toward the end in which the combination
of beautiful cinematography, music, an exquisitely beautiful leading lady and
powerful themes led to a surprising release of energy and heartfelt emotion.
You never know.
As we've been discussing
films with spiritual impact, l have to mention a film we had last month,
COLOR OF PARADISE. Has anyone else seen it? lt's an lranian film, made by
the same guy who made CHILDREN OF HEAVEN last year, which was also a
wonderful film. COLOR OF PARADISE is absolutely one of the most beautiful
films l've ever seen. lt's about an 8 yr old boy from a peasant farm family
in lran who is blind. He's an amazing kid with a huge heart and spirit, but
his father doesn't see or appreciate any of this and sees him only as a
burden.
ln the first scene the boy is kept waiting for hours
by his father to pick him up to bring him home from school (for the blind)
for vacation. He hears the chirping of a baby bird fallen (or thrown) out of
its nest. He painstakingly locates the bird, picks it up and climbs a tree
and places it back in its nest. lt's an amazing scene. Everyone loves him
except his father, who finally tears him away from his family and dumps him
far away from home at a shoe repair shop so he can learn a trade and become
useful. The little boy -- in deepest despair -- cries out to the repairman
that " l only want to see God! Why can't l see God with my hands??"
Everything about this film tore at my heart. lt's
beautiful in every way and has a simplicity that you just don't find in films
made in the west.
jerry
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