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Re: just amelie in this one...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Brian K. Schermerhorn wrote:
> > It's not a question of whether anyone finds the scene "offensive".
> > It's just that, as the movie itself spells out, sex isn't that
> > important to Amelie. So ending with a sex scene is, at best,
> > anti-climactic.
>
> Crap...now I've gotta watch it again to think about this.
>
> I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it seems her disinterest in
> sex can easily be attributed to a lack of intimacy and relationship (her
> father never touched her, her mom's absence, etc). Sure, she talks
> about enjoying the simple, tactile things...and that's certainly how
> they kiss that first time: softly, simply.
>
> It's just that now she feels that connection, that trust. So it seems
> to make sense that she'd allow herself the freedom to explore (and
> enjoy) those further things.
Hmmm, perhaps.
BTW, WRT her mother's absence, I got a kick out of the fact that the
person committing suicide was said to be from *Quebec*. I wonder what
light, if any, that sheds on relations between France and Quebec.
> Would you prefer the movie end with them skipping stones together? :-)
Heh. I actually wouldn't have minded if they had just *looked* at each
other, up close, for the first time, a la the last scene in _City Lights_.
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"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
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