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THE UNATTAINABLE WOMAN

By: Kenji

“One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress she had on. She was carrying a white parasol. I only saw her for one second. She didn’t see me at all, but I’ll bet a month hasn’t gone by since that I haven’t thought of that girl.” (Citizen Kane)
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The Age of Innocence
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Cinema of regret , lost opportunities, the unattainable and yes the eternal elusive female.

This is a twist on a forum thread Best Film about an Unattainable Woman. Citizen Kane is among other things an “unattainable woman” film, from rosebud (much desired part of female anatomy) to lost childhood happiness, regrets, loneliness, what might have been, failed marriages etc
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“Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills?
What spires, what farms are those?

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where i went
And cannot come again".

(A.E.Housman, quoted in Of Time and the City)
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Great Expectations
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She was the most beautiful girl i had seen. It was summer, the laburnum tree was in bright yellow bloom. Beneath its branches i was smitten, how could my fumbling heart express my instant undying love? I was not well versed in the romantic arts. I dropped a coin for her to pick up and keep. Decades ago now, we were eleven. Two hours we were together. It was the first and last time i saw her. (Kenji)
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“Rosebud”
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Ugetsu Monogatari
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Not on Mubi:
Pastoral (Barahona)

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Martinus

28May11

MONSIEUR HIRE (Patrice Leconte, 1989)

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John

13Mar11

Lolita!

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John

13Mar11

You'll also have to add all the various interpretations of Carmen on this list. One of the most spectacular is the Senegalese version of that tale: Karmen Gei. And.... French cinema has a lot of these women, definitely Jules and Jim, and even Murmur of the Heart. This is a nice topic to think about.

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John

13Mar11

I don't know how you do it, but you did it. That's what cinema is all about: desire.

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