What was i doing today? just came back from KL on a short business trip and thankfully today was just spent idling around the house.
Took time to watch "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" featuring Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz and John Hurt.It is a love story set on a Greek island during the World War II.
Actually i have watched this movie on a VCD few years ago but just want to watch it again on a Blue Ray.
Somehow John Hurt's character caught my eye this time round. He played a role as Pelagia 's father Dr Lannis a wise doctor who somehow always have the right poignant words for any situation. This movie is littered with memorable quotes by Dr Lannis (John Hurt),i love them ,just to qoute a few:
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No... don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But it is!
[writing to Corelli] Antonio, I do not know if this letter will reach you, or even if you are alive. Perhaps someone else sent your record, and that is why we found no note. I would like to say that Pelagia is happy, but she is full of tears she will not let fall, and of a grief no doctor can mend. She blames herself for the pain we have suffered, and perhaps the same is true for you. You know I am not a religious man, but I believe this: if there is a wound, we must try to heal it. If there is someone whose pain we can cure, we must search till we find them. If the gods have chosen that we should survive, it will be for a reason.
John Hurt got my attention in his wonderful portrayal as a 'freak" in the movie, The Elephant Man which i watched way back in 1980.
He has lost none of his great acting quality and this showed in this movie,'Captain Corelli 's Mandolin"
Great watch for an idling weekend(what with the rain !!!)
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