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Heartbreaking movies

June 4, 2008 at 12:24 am · Filed under Writing and tagged: , , , ,

Theme: “Heartbroken”

Movies to watch:

Love is never absent.

If you notice the novel you’re reading, the song you’re listening, the movie you’re watching, it’s there.

Since it’s so prevalent in the creative works around us, I am puzzled when anyone says love is secondary. It seems that the very act of undermining its importance is the erection of a bulwark against lonliness and fear of distraction or maybe even a consolation for its absence.

The theme of “being heartbroken” is greatly explored in “My Blueberry Nights”, (although I must say with all the close-up shots of the blueberry pie and melted ice-cream, it’s definitely putting me off blueberry pie for some time), and it’s interesting that all the characters come together in the movie binded by this same emotion, while being trapped in their own circumstances.

It’s like stepping into quicksand, the more you struggle, the deeper and faster you sink, yet even if you cease moving, you’re neither saved nor safe.

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  TV Movies Soaps » Heartbreaking movies wrote @ June 4, 2008 at 10:57 am

[...] joannepeh placed an observative post today on Heartbreaking moviesHere’s a quick excerptMovies to watch:. Love is never absent. If you notice the novel you’re reading, the song you’re listening, the movie you’re watching, it’s there. Since it’s so prevalent in the creative works around us, I am puzzled when anyone says … [...]

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  vern wrote @ June 4, 2008 at 4:21 pm

Hi, just wanted to say I especially liked your last paragraph. (:

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  chinsay wrote @ June 8, 2008 at 12:36 am

Hi Joanne, i love reading your blog because it never fails to enlighten me. Your last paragraph made me think a lot. Your english is really good. You are so good at your language. How great! Not like me, haha! I did a new blogskin and added your picture inside it as i think that you are someone that i look upon to (: By the way, i’m looking forward to your new show!

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  Rachel wrote @ June 9, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Hi I am glad that you write in english! you can write very well and u r truly bilingual. How rare to find in spore nowadays!

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  weiliang wrote @ June 29, 2008 at 11:19 am

omg. i hope i m not too direct but i want to say I LOVE U!

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  Tabris wrote @ July 14, 2008 at 1:22 am

The way of love is truly mysterious. Sometimes the one you love the most is the one who got away.

More heartbreaking movies:
- La Vie En Rose
- Before Sunrise

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  e wrote @ July 15, 2008 at 5:38 am

being heartbroken is the result of too much love novels.

love is an overused word and people say it casually these days. in my opinion, the sentence ‘ i love you very much’ does not make any sense. it’s the same as saying ‘ i love you very little’. love is just love… not any lesser, not any more.
i treasure the l-word so much that i’ve only said it once to my ex in my entire life and looking forward to say it to my partner in near future.
however, i do feel it everyday… towards my family and God. i’m contented for now and so should you.

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  jade wrote @ August 5, 2008 at 11:31 pm

i like ur writing. Im actually quite impressed at how well u can write. there’s a movie called ” The Classic” which is quite heartbreaking as well.

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  just another stranger… wrote @ August 10, 2008 at 5:36 am

Well,it is said that one does not truly appreciate the light until one has seen how bad the darkness can be….perhaps sad stuff helps us appreciate the true happiness love brings when we finally have it?

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  J wrote @ December 20, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Hello! I just wanted to say Koizora aka Sky Of Love is a very nice and touching movie, and I actually cried and watched it 3 times. Enjoy watching haha :)

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  Mark wrote @ January 11, 2009 at 2:00 am

Ahh how coincidental that a couple of friends came over to enjoy the latter this afternoon over lunch!

I think the way My Blueberry nights was directed was very creative (well it was Wong Kar Wai, no less), what with the whole stop-motion-esque sequence happening once every few minutes, and how the many distant characters were interwoven into the life of one individual, ultimately influencing her in certain ways.

I think this movie was much like those art-house short films, except it was very expertly told like a story, and of course I loved it a lot, and I think I can say the same for my friends who enjoyed it as much as they enjoyed the pasta we cooked this afternoon. :D

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