the english patient; 1996
Monday 17 August 2009 - Filed under asupan gizi + friends from heaven
the english patient.
seseorang tiba-tiba mengingatkan saya pada sebuah film adaptasi yang dibikin tahun 1996 dari novel dengan judul yang sama di tahun 1992. asal tahu saja, novel ini sudah diterjemahkan dalam 300 bahasa dunia. ow ow ow.
membuka halaman wikipedia, saya menemukan film ini menyabet sembilan academy awards di tahun 1997. film ini dibikin oleh anthony minhella; sementara itu novelnya ditulis oleh orang sri lanka-canada michael ondaatje.
My darling. I’m waiting for you. How long is the day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone, and I’m horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there’d be the sun. I’m afraid I waste the light on the paintings, not writing these words.
We die. We die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we’ve entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we’ve hidden in – like this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. Where the real countries are. Not boundaries drawn on mapswith the names of powerful men.
I know you’ll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That’s what I’ve wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps.
The lamp has gone out and I’m writing in the darkness.
2009-08-17 » Femi Adi