--- In [email protected], Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Turq, thanks for the heads-up. > > I am ashamed to admit that last night I saw Il Postino for the first > time. > > It was so sweet, and then, watching the bonus material, I find out > that the main actor had died a day after final filming.
It's even more poignant than that. It was *his* movie. He read the book, fell in love with it, and lobbied for years to get the film made so that he could play the postman. When he succeeded and got the role, he happened to go to the doctor and was told that he needed a heart transplant and there was a possibility that he wouldn't survive the operation. He decided not to do it, and made the movie anyway. He shot his last scene, went back to his trailer, and died. Talk about a Castanedan "dance to death," eh? > Tears just immediately began to pour out. I know what you mean. Same here, just thinking about it. I tear up every time I tell the above story. That plus the poetry make it one of the best films I've ever seen. I highly recommend the CD of the music. It's not only the music; it's a number of famous people reading the poetry, and it's To Die For. > I fell in love with the > innocence portrayed and the spiritual presence of the actor, Massimo > Troisi, and then within minutes of the last scene of the movie where > bitterness is confronted by a poet standing in a wilderness, in real > life, I face the same dilemma when I find that death closed a door > forever. > > Way powerful poetry in everyone's voice in the film despite the > distances between the characters' POVs. Incredibly well written > sub-titles. It's a story about the magic of language. > The one concept I cannot shake from my mind was the idea that > everything is a metaphor, and that all of creation "stands" for > something else. > > This is a film about true love. And many other things. One of the great ones.
