Today is our 44th wedding anniversary and I received a message from a friend about a ‘long-loved love’. He sent me the link to his article (below) in which he’s writing about Zhang Yimou’s film “Coming Home”. It is obviously another film I need to see. (The link to the trailer is in the comments).
It was these words that resonated with me:
“What we see through the lens-of-the-heart that is Zhang Yimou, is the gift of “a long-loved love,” as Madeleine L’Engle has poetically put it. Deeply-wrought, this is the love that everyone longs for— we yearn to be known, and still be loved, even and especially in our frailty.”
Jeanette and I have been through a lot in those 44 years, experiencing both turmoil and joy. Today we celebrate that long-loved love by going to see Barbie. Jeanette was aching to see it. I’m more an Oppenheimer man, but hey we are going to have some fun on our special day!
Here’s wishing you and yours a very special weekend.
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Here you go:
https://youtu.be/jxjrGlTRBSc?si=J5RKM1SasfvAR_BP
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Geoff Hall Happy Anniversary! Thank you for sharing this beautiful article. I love this: "Pilgrims in the ruins we are, each one of us, going further up and further in to the brokenness of life." Wow!
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Happy 44th Anniversary to you and your wife, Geoff Hall! "Coming Home" looks phenomenal! Two huge things writers need to keep in mind when writing scripts are conflict and relationship issues (that need to be solved), and the movie has both. Really looking forward to seeing it. Hope you and your wife have an incredible time!
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Geoff Hall Already in tears 60 seconds into the trailer. Gong Li... Oh my gosh,. What can I say?
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Robin Gregory I have to buy the DVD. What an astonishing film!
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Robin Gregory yes!! Oh my, "Pilgrims in the ruins..." That just about sums up my life.
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Maurice Vaughan thank you, Maurice for your kind wishes. The film looks amazing and I have to say that it somehow passed me by.
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You're welcome, Geoff Hall. This is my first time hearing about the film. It's on my watchlist now. My long watchlist. Haha
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Happy Anniversary!
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Anthony Murphy thank you, John.
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Geoff Hall So how was Barbie? I can't imagine sitting through that. Oppenheimer I could watch all day, but barbie not so much, even though it's doing very well.
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Anthony Murphy Sorry for the delay, I’ve been away looking after my Mum.
I thought it was lamentable, John. Having been billed as an “hilarious” film, most of the evening was spent in a theatre that barely raised a chuckle. For me it was way too on the noise. The focus on patriarchy was misplaced and perhaps should have been on privilege. It seemed to me like a bunch of rich and privileged actresses trying to sing from the feminist hymn book.
Kinda ironic really, but sorry if that upsets you.
Yes, Oppenheimer is a much more producing movie. No preaching to the choir, no tub-thumping, just a very unnerving story that makes me want to put my hand up and do something about it.