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I agree she used him

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PhilJ

In Reply to: RE: "Let the right one in" NOT a love story posted by Brian A on March 22, 2009 at 22:31:42

and in 50 years the boy will get the same fate as her previous keeper (who probably started as a 13 year old himself) the way she barked at him early on (when he failed at getting blood for her) let you know how it was between them. In this context I thought the ending was quite sad.

thanks

Phil

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This came clear to me .... - afilado 15:37:08 03/23/09 (3)
...when we see the partial face of the girl over the shoulder of the boy while they're alone in her apartment. For a short two or three seconds we see her youthful face transform into an older woman's visage and return. There's also the complication of the short visual presentation of the scars from a surgically removed (male?) sexual organ on the girl. These things actually stand in opposition, don't they?
Is "she" male or female? Or, as vampire, neither? Can non-humans (extra-humans) love?
This film raises serious questions about what love is. In the context of the film it is certainly far more complex than the feeling of a twelve year boy for a girl/boy of his own age.
Is the immense loneliness of the ageless vampire being living in a threatening and foreign human world from which it once came legitimate foundation for love?
Love is a selfless condition. A state of complete humility from which one is willing to sacrifice for the other, for the loved. How can one love in a world where survival is all?
Is love possible for a vampire? Does "allowing" another to live so that one can benefit from the allowance, constitute love? Does selective killing - only to nourish oneself - constitute sympathy in any respect? Or is it always a means to an end?
What is there in the girl that motivates her to live - and let live - in spite of a profound will to death displayed so quickly by the infected woman (on fire).
A substantial part of this large question is derived from - and transcends - the "shortcomings" of the film. Exclusive, I believe, of the direct intention of the director. Genuine art is always resilient enough to endure it's own failings.
This is a very fine film, worth many visits, I believe.

Edits: 03/23/09
- Indeed... - Harmonia 15:50:58 03/24/09 (1)
  ...it is a complex and many layered "love" story that asks more questions than it answers. I'm planning on reading the book after I've seen it again.
  
  Yes, the brief scene shows that "she" was once a "he", adding yet another layer to the story.
  - What's your take on the.. - afilado 16:22:40 03/24/09 (0)
    .. paradox of the other scene I mentioned, the one where the girl (Eli) was briefly transformed into an older woman? Was that a cinematic device for the benefit of the audience? The boy seemed unaware of it. How does it jibe with the scene showing the scars of masculine sexual neutering?
    On one hand the director leads in one direction; on the other occasion, the opposite.
    Harmonia? Tin? Anyone?
    
    Edits: 03/24/09
- Agree all the way. Art doesn't answer all the - tinear 17:03:35 03/23/09 (0)
  questions it poses.

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