Thats an extract from a pretty old movie Shall We Dance? starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez and oh boy did I love it. I never did catch it while it was at the movies and I cannot for the sake of my life remember why. Hadn't had the money? Hadn't had the time? Wasn't interesting enough? Fearful of wasting 2 hours of my life whittling away, starring blankly at a screen and trying to absorb the little nuances of a story that I know will never become mine? I have no idea really... a few weeks ago, I finally found the time, the money and the lack of fear to sit down and properly watch the show on the small TV screen assigned to each unit in this student housing complex and... oh boy did I love it!
I love how it gets into your mind and without you even know it, makes you feel as if you are part of the whole series of events. Makes you savour painfully the emotional turmoil and battle the moral choices that the characters had to make. And it is refreshing to note that this is a movie with no clear choices, no bad guy or good guy, no correct and wrong and in that small little sense it reflects the type of life we all lead. I mean come on... you make a million decisions everyday which does not really affect the overall quality of life that we lead on the individual level and yet collectively, can irrevocably alter the consequences of the lives around you.
That all said, I really agree with the above extract about how we all need a witness to our lives. When it was being said onscreen by the character to the PI, who was by the way hired to investigate Mr. R.Gere, I was startled to realise that though verbalised between 2 individuals who didn't matter to each other, it had amazing truth.
And it is all between here and there that we long for the admiration and devotion that only a fervent lover can bring and search for the deserving individual of our unconditional and crippling love.
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