My father showed me Casablanca and I immediately captured the romantic side of it. But then again, I’m 40 years old and he did show me a bunch of romantic music and movies over the years. Lovely article Elias, stirred something in me. Peace!
I cannot think of any film of the last 20 years where the protagonists postpone "life’s great love affair" for some higher purpose, but there must be a few. It's such a characteristic choice of the WWII generation, to truly sacrifice - even true love - for a greater cause. Today, we are more skeptical of both "true love" and "great causes," but people find the personal experience of love easier to believe in than "great causes." When I was young, I would have thought this tragic, but now I am more ambivalent having seen how many great loves and great causes turn to ashes.
My father showed me Casablanca and I immediately captured the romantic side of it. But then again, I’m 40 years old and he did show me a bunch of romantic music and movies over the years. Lovely article Elias, stirred something in me. Peace!
I cannot think of any film of the last 20 years where the protagonists postpone "life’s great love affair" for some higher purpose, but there must be a few. It's such a characteristic choice of the WWII generation, to truly sacrifice - even true love - for a greater cause. Today, we are more skeptical of both "true love" and "great causes," but people find the personal experience of love easier to believe in than "great causes." When I was young, I would have thought this tragic, but now I am more ambivalent having seen how many great loves and great causes turn to ashes.