“My little pumpkin, I like to think about other girls sometimes, but the truth is if you ever left me I’d tear my heart out and never put it back. There’ll never be anyone like you.”
I THOUGHT WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO HURT ME BUT LO- THERE IS MORE.
This is such a good match up though- thanks Kelly.
I have to go with Paterson and Laura though. I’m so blown away by the passion and the gentleness that exists in this relationship at the same time. Paterson, especially, is so gentle with her, so gentle at first you’d be forgiven for assuming that passion plays no part in how he feels about her. BUT then you catch a hint of it in his poetry, in his eyes when he looks at her when she’s not watching, in those in-between moments that fill his life and you understand that passion is a part of his love, that there is this deep well of intensity and emotion at the base of that gentleness and that it is in fact WHY he’s so gentle with her. It’s kind of this conscious choice that he has to make because otherwise, almost, how could he bear it?? He expresses his passion through gentleness and that is so beautiful. There’s one of his poems where he talks about this a little bit and you can sense the depths of his passion and almost the fear and the awe that goes with it. I can’t remember it exactly but it’s something about looking at her while she’s still asleep and he says something like “amazed in love” and ASDFASFAFSAFSAF I CAN’T DEAL WITH IT I HAVE TO GO BYE
Okay no, but really I love how willing they are to TALK to each other but also to LISTEN to each other and the fact that they are so different makes that even more amazing. They’re polar opposites but they still adore the other so much and I!!! I read this really beautiful review the other day that described this movie and their love in particular as filled with the kind of peace that you don’t just take for granted; it’s not an easy peace. It doesn’t necessarily come completely naturally in the sense that neither of them have to try at it. There isn’t any friction or artificial conflict in this movie but that’s because they’re choosing to communicate with each other, to listen and respond and ask and tease with so much love, it’s ALL A CHOICE. And THIS IS JUST SO RARE WE NEVER SEE THIS KIND OF MARRIED COUPLE ON SCREEN I WILL NEVER RECOVER BYEEEEEEE
Jake and Amy are SO GREAT THOUGH and a beautiful example of how to tell a love story on TV. They’re definitely one of my favorite tv couples and their friendship, jokes, and complementarity (plus respect for each other and totally great chemistry) are super great tooooo!!!!!!
It’s so rare to see a film that lets itself be quiet.
To see a film that realizes that the story of a week is sometimes not an arc: it’s a circle, or maybe a line, or maybe both at once.
The softness of Paterson is not begging for a secret layer. It has all meaning and none at all–in other words, it is life.
The bravery of Paterson is that it offers a prism of kindness, of patience, of the virtues of simply being. It’s got the kind of beautiful imagery that most films would want to twist.
Paterson only twists it once: it twists the central, flimsy notebook into fragmented pieces (and if that doesn’t twist your heart, I don’t know what will), and then it picks up its feet and moves on.
In other words, it’s a story about forgiveness, before there is anything to forgive.
It’s a story about love, when love means the sanctity of a few moments protected by the gray expanse of duty all through the rest of the day.
And it’s a story about a hero.
Now some might say, full stop–where’s the hero? Paterson is sweet, obviously. Forbearing. But he has not grand arc, no lofty goal.
And yet that’s exactly where his heroism lies.
The incredible comfort of seeing a man as played by Adam Driver, six-feet-plus of imposing bulk, fully capable of intimidation–
–being kind.
He never raises his voice. Hell, I’d have lost it at the damn bulldog any number of times. He keeps it to a few pithy glares and a quiet, I don’t like you, Marvin. He suffers, but not like anyone else in his world (or often our world) suffers. He mutely accepts what is on the path he has chosen.
Even when he loses himself for a moment, I don’t think he has regrets.
A hero, not given to heroics.
He’s not ambitious. He doesn’t even want to xerox his poems. He’ll keep driving the same bus, keep listening to the same lyrics of humanity, keep writing poetry that only his wife gets to hear.
He’s not ambitious. He doesn’t care about brilliance or prestige or style.
What was it working alongside Adam and the kind of chemistry between you two?
I think the base of this relationship is how couples who have mutual admiration and respect for each other even if they are different from each other can live in harmony. It was amazing working with Adam and he did an amazing job listening and not just acting. We had great moments together and he’s a great actor and human being.
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