Following the advice from the teacher and the classmate Island Castaway and Generation X, I decided to watch a film last week end. I think it is really useful in order to improve my English and besides it is amusing and interesting. In fact, I have never practiced so much like this course, writing on the blog, reading the texts from my classmates, watching films, and so on.
While I was looking for a film I though that I could be practical and watch the film “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” because I needed to watch it in order to make a comparison with the book.
To understand the film was not very easy for me, but I soon realized that in this film the silences, the looks, the light…were more important than the words. Watching the film, the feeling is the same as making a tour in a gallery of paintings, to enjoy repeatedly the beauty of light and shadow and colours. Most of the feelings and sensations of the characters are transmitted through the looks and expressions.
Soon the two main characters –Johannes Veemer and Grief – were involved in the same wavelength and they became very close. The most representative quote about this is when Grief, looking to herself in the painting, said “you looked inside me”.
While I was looking for a film I though that I could be practical and watch the film “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” because I needed to watch it in order to make a comparison with the book.
To understand the film was not very easy for me, but I soon realized that in this film the silences, the looks, the light…were more important than the words. Watching the film, the feeling is the same as making a tour in a gallery of paintings, to enjoy repeatedly the beauty of light and shadow and colours. Most of the feelings and sensations of the characters are transmitted through the looks and expressions.
Soon the two main characters –Johannes Veemer and Grief – were involved in the same wavelength and they became very close. The most representative quote about this is when Grief, looking to herself in the painting, said “you looked inside me”.
6 comments:
Hi ! nice writing, I'm really into this film. About this sentence "in this film was more important the silences, the looks, the light…....than the words." We see eye to eye. I'm enjoying the book and I enjoyed the film too.
Nice and sensitive observations. Thanks! You contribute to make the film and book much more enjoyable.
Here are my language comments.
A couple of careless typing mistakes:
-In fact, I have never practiceD so much like this course, writing on the blog, reading the texts from my classmateS...
- I thoughT that (YOU NEED THE SUBJECT) "I" could be practical AND WATCH the film “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” (ENGLISH TITLES HAVE CAPITAL LETTERS IN ALL THE WORDS, EXCEPT ARTICLES AND PREOPOSITIONS)
-I SOON realized (WO)that in this film the silences, the looks, the light… I realized that in this film was more important the silences, the looks, the light… WERE MORE IMPORTANT than the words.
-they became very CLOSE
-The MOST representative QUOTE
I have not watched the film but I am enjoying the book (I have almost finished!!). The pace is delightful, isn't it? as you yourself have observed. I try to get the film soon
Last weekend ,I saw the film and you have known to reflect feelings very well. I also enjoyed watching it. Nice commment!
i really like the book. I saw the film also sometime ago but I really like to see another time to do the comparison.
To late perhaps?
yesterday I saw the film and for me the book is much more better.
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