fugit tempus

Vi de novo o filme "O Fantasma da ópera".

Recordei o musical fenomenal a que assisti em Londres com uma companhia encantadora de um passado que já não é.

Impressiona-me sempre esta história de amor, onde o "eros" e o "agape" se misturam na Paris Opera House de uma forma especialmente rica, dramática e tão próxima de mim.

Desafia-me o perceber que é a entrega final da Christine que lhe quebra o coração de pedra.


Algumas quotes (não são uma sequência):

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The Phantom: I am your Angel of Music...Come to me Angel of Music.

Christine: Angel of Music, you've deceived me. I gave you my mind blindly.

The Phantom: Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you'll want me with you every moment. Anywhere you go, let me go too. Christine, that's all I ask of- [Christine pulls off his mask]

Christine: In his eyes, all the sadness of the world.

Christine: Think of me, think of me waking, silent and resigned. Imagine me, trying too hard to put you from my mind. Recall those days look back on all those times, think of the things we'll never do - there will never be a day, when I won't think of you.

Christine: Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?

The Phantom: Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour. Grasp it, sense it - tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light - and listen to the music of the night!

The Phantom: Softly, deftly, music shall carress you. Hear it, Feel it, Secretly possess you.

The Phantom: Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me?

The Phantom: [To Christine, talking about himself] This loathsome gargoyle, who burns in bell, but secretly yearns for heaven. Secretly...secretly...


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Título: "The Phantom of the Opera"
Realizador: Joel Schumacher
Ano: 2004
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293508/