Friday, July 27, 2007

"Babette's Feast"

This film should be watched by all who strive to be more than "craftsmen" in their field. I Love the message that it produces. It's such a quiet and sensitive film. There's no violence, no sex, no gratuitousness of any kind (well...maybe except for food=). It is a gentle and moving experience.

I need to learn how to make at least a seven-course dinner. I would love to give a dinner party one day. Just one in my lifetime, if only just one...

some quotes from the film:

"At this very moment, he had a mighty vision of a higher and purer life, ... and with a gentle angel at his side."

"You have enough talent to distract the rich and to comfort the poor."

"Mercy and truth have met together. Righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another. Man, in his weakness and shortsightedness believes he must make choices in this life. He trembles at the risks he takes. We do know fear. But no. Our choice is of no importance. There comes a time when our eyes are opened and we come to realize that mercy is infinite. We need only await it with confidence and receive it with gratitude. Mercy imposes no conditions. And lo! Everything we have chosen has been granted to us. And everything we rejected has also been granted. Yes, we even get back what we rejected. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another."

"I have been with you every day of my life. Tell me you know that. ... You must also know that I shall be with you every day that is granted to me from now on. Every evening I shall sit down to dine with you. Not with my body, which is of no importance, but with my soul. Because this evening I have learned, my dear, that in this beautiful world of ours, all things are possible."

"An artist is never poor."

"Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me the chance to do my very best."

"In Paradise, you will be the great artist that God meant you to be. Ah, how you will delight the angels."


Currently Watching: Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie