Perfume: The Story of A Murderer

[Recidiva]

Has anybody else seen this film?

I watched it last night. So many of the things I've tried to express about the way I'd like to write was perfectly exhibited by this piece.

"Yes, that. That's what I'd like to do. That. That's better than I could ever manage. I don't think I'd have the courage to write that part. That."

What are the pieces of work that inspire you to incorporate them into the way you think?

 

[jomar]

Yes. that was an awesome movie.

I'll have to give your question some thought and get back - I saw something a short while ago that made me think as you, but the name escapes me at the moment.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Everything Oscar Wilde ever wrote. All at once. You have to take it that way, or the breathtaking beauty of the insouciant contradictions is lost.

John Stuart Mill. Just as a reminder that one can be methodical, meticulous, and yet brilliant at the same time.

 

[Recidiva]

Yes. that was an awesome movie.

I'll have to give your question some thought and get back - I saw something a short while ago that made me think as you, but the name escapes me at the moment.

I didn't know anything about it and picked it up at Blockbuster yesterday because of the cast and the director.

I'm going to end up watching it for the third time today. Even the second time through I noticed so much, including the soundtrack themes. The first time through I didn't notice that each of the women had a musical theme that got richer or faded as he got closer.

I don't think I've ever seen so much beauty sandwiched in so tightly and effortlessly with so much horror.

 

[Recidiva]

Everything Oscar Wilde ever wrote. All at once. You have to take it that way, or the breathtaking beauty of the insouciant contradictions is lost.

John Stuart Mill. Just as a reminder that one can be methodical, meticulous, and yet brilliant at the same time.

Oscar Wilde is such a genius that to me it's like watching a magic show and gasping because I can't figure out how the trick is done, I just know it's astounding.

This in comparison to me usually shouting "Oh come on, it's up his sleeve, I can see it! This sucks!"

 

[BlackShanglan]

Oscar Wilde is such a genius that to me it's like watching a magic show and gasping because I can't figure out how the trick is done, I just know it's astounding.

This in comparison to me usually shouting "Oh come on, it's up his sleeve, I can see it! This sucks!"

Indeed. He's one of those rare people whose work makes me think, "No person other than this author, regardless of how much talent he had, regardless of how long he had to polish and refine, could possibly have done this half as well."

 

[Brute_Force]

Milan Kundera, because he synthesizes history, poetry, fiction and political ideology into brilliant writing.

Sylvia Plath, because she is raw, honest, fascinating, specific.

Tennessee Williams, because he creates the most realistic characters I have ever read in my life!

 

[jomar]

I don't think I've ever seen so much beauty sandwiched in so tightly and effortlessly with so much horror.

Well put. You couldn't help but actually kind of like the guy and feel bad for him even while he's doing what he does. The orgy scene was pretty cool, huh?

I enjoy watching movies several times and focusing on different aspects. Always see new things.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Don't get me started on realism when I'm just coming down from a Wilde fix.

 

[Recidiva]

Indeed. He's one of those rare people whose work makes me think, "No person other than this author, regardless of how much talent he had, regardless of how long he had to polish and refine, could possibly have done this half as well."

Especially for me since rereading shows it in a deeper or more subtle facet than I'd comprehended the first time, or the second time...or the third...

It's writing like that which is the most inspirational to me.

There's a gaming and now DVD term - "Easter Egg" - which means a bit of a game, book, movie or DVD you won't be able to play or stumble on by putting in the normal amount of effort. You have to go above and beyond, explore.

It's all in there, it's up to the player, or reader, to find it. The game or story can be played entirely through without accessing this bit. But there are so many writers and artists who stud their work with little grace notes like that. Something extra, something making the search rewarding.

Movies or books that inspire that feeling in me - I was thinking that last night while watching the movie. That the real fun for me is in comprehending the presence of things I can just barely reach for, but I know they're there. I have to search as if for an Easter Egg.

Several movies or books have made me start them over immediately from the beginning, and I still reread or rewatch because the author is playing with the whole format, burying treasure.

 

[Recidiva]

Milan Kundera, because he synthesizes history, poetry, fiction and political ideology into brilliant writing.

Sylvia Plath, because she is raw, honest, fascinating, specific.

Tennessee Williams, because he creates the most realistic characters I have ever read in my life!

Sylvia Plath for me was a great read. She knew a landscape I knew very well and described it perfectly.

 

[Recidiva]

Well put. You couldn't help but actually kind of like the guy and feel bad for him even while he's doing what he does. The orgy scene was pretty cool, huh?

I enjoy watching movies several times and focusing on different aspects. Always see new things.

The actor who played Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, Ben Whishaw, was phenomenal.

I was trying to think of how to write him, all those expressions, all that nuance. I know I'd have given up trying to get all that across. But what he did, what they wrote, is exactly portraying my struggle with writing, and it was displayed effortlessly here.

"Glass doesn't have a scent."
"Of COURSE it does!"

 

[past_perfect]

I would strongly recommend the book by Patrick Süskind (Perfume, published by Penguin) the movie is based on, the writing is simply exceptional - many directors wanted to make the movie but decided that it was utterly impossible. I just hope the translation does the original justice.

 

[Guest]

I would strongly recommend the book by Patrick Süskind (Perfume, published by Penguin) the movie is based on, the writing is simply exceptional - many directors wanted to make the movie but decided that it was utterly impossible. I just hope the translation does the original justice.

I have the book in my permanent collection.

I wanted to see the movie, but afraid to have something so exquisite ruined by someone with a different vision than mine.

It was good, Reci? I trust your opinion.

 

[Recidiva]

I would strongly recommend the book by Patrick Süskind (Perfume, published by Penguin) the movie is based on, the writing is simply exceptional - many directors wanted to make the movie but decided that it was utterly impossible. I just hope the translation does the original justice.

I can see why they might have thought it was impossible.

It's nice to see the impossible breathing.

 

[Recidiva]

I have the book in my permanent collection.

I wanted to see the movie, but afraid to have something so exquisite ruined by someone with a different vision than mine.

It was good, Reci? I trust your opinion.

I haven't read the book, but I'm watching it for the third time now in about 10 hours. So I'd say it's made an impression.

It's worth Alan Rickman and Ben Whishaw.

Dustin Hoffman is a bit of a weak link, but he doesn't ruin it.