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"May everything come true. May they believe. And may they laugh at their own passions. For what they call passion is not really the energy of the soul, but merely a friction between the soul and the outside world. But, above all, may they believe in themselves and become as helpless as children. For softness is great and strength is worthless. When a man is born, he is soft and pliable. When he dies, he is strong and hard. When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it is dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death’s companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life. That which becomes hard shall not triumph." Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker

#andrei tarkovsky #stalker

“What was stirring within FitzGerald’s breast as he leant back in his carriage watching the hedgerows and cornfields pass by outside is not recorded, but perhaps it resembled the feelings he once experienced as he sat in the mail coach from Leicester to Cambridge, when the sight of the summer countryside made him feel like an angel because suddenly, without knowing why, he found he had tears of happiness in his eyes.” W.G. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn

#the rings of saturn #w. g. sebald

#ida #pawel pawlikowski

#the red shoes #powell and pressburger #british cinema

#the spirit of the beehive #victor erice #spanish cinema

#el sur #victor erice #spanish cinema

#bill douglas trilogy #bill douglas #british cinema #kitchen sink

In the beginning of the film you have a character, who says, ‘I remember my mother when she was dying; she was all shrunk up and grey. I was embarrassed to taste the death that I had seen in her.’ Many times in our lives, we’re all afraid of death. Most of us don’t want to talk about it or be near it, but we’re all going to end up there some day. And what happened to him was that in living with the people, he saw some beauty, some peace, and love. He received grace in his heart, and that grace is grace with God, the grace that filled him and made him… He saw something greater in heaven than he did on this earth.

#documentary #terrence malick #sean penn