Upon the reccomendation of August the Strong-Mile John, I watched the Paul Anderson film, Magnolia. It's a bit "jarring" as John described it, but "worth it". "Endure", he encouraged me.
Anyway, it is a great film but I wanted to point out part that I especially liked. Towards the end of the movie, one of the main characters, played by William Macy (one of the greatest actors of all time might I add) was in the climax of an emotional and existential crisis...he shouted, "I have love to give...I have lot's of love...(screaming and crying) I just don't know how to give it".
It was a beautiful scene and I think it sheds light on a certain aspect of the human condition. We all desire truth, intimacy, affection, belonging, love (giving and receiving) and affirmation. We need it as much as we need H2O and oxygen. This character was abused as a child and had developed some emotional disorders/deviations and never learned how to love and to be loved.
It seems to me that emotional disorders and addictions are largely rooted in this basic human phenomenon. We are desperate for love- total love.
Total love= God
Deus Caritas Est
"I'm desperate for you (God)"
"I'm lost without you (God)"
-Breathe
I met a man from Mongolia at the Catholic Underground. He was crazy looking and he was homeless. Is there any connection between Mongolia and Magnolia?? As the movie proclaimed, there is no such thing as chance...things happen for reasons...everything is interconnected.
I'm waiting for this one to develop into full integration.
Boy o Boy.
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Very interesting. I watched Burn after Reading over the weekend, very weird, and I don't think I liked it, too dark for me. Very funny and entertaining but a little off. John Malkovich was awesome but too negativbe for my liking. Anyway, the main character Linda went to see the movie Magnolia twice, I'm sure there is a connection. I think it was Magnolia.
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