Mr. Morgan’s Last Love – a story of a retired, widowed philosophy professor (Michael Caine). I personally do not like love drama. So what attracts me to watch this movie? Paris. I enjoy watching the scenic views of Paris throughout the movie. How I wish I could visit Paris someday. The angle of the camera of each scene is amazingly well taken. I also do enjoy listening to French accent in the movie. I love Caine and Clemence Poesy’s acting, cute and charming. I appreciate this film because the director, Sandra Nettelback is dedicating the film to his deceased father.
Morgan cannot accept the death
of his beloved wife and he is unable to move on. He has the purpose of life and
meaning of life on his wife. Once he loses his wife the very purpose of his
living, everything in his life crumbles. He defines his life as “chaotic”.
I love these lines of dialogues
in the film:
Pauline You shaved your beard
Morgan Yeah. Don’t you like it?
Pauline I do. But I like your beard. It reminds me of my father.
Morgan I hope you like your father
Pauline I did. He’s dead
Morgan Oh I am sorry. I didn’t realize that
Pauline It was long time ago
Morgan Your hair. It is so like my wife’s hair
Pauline Well, I hope you like your wife
Morgan I did. She’s dead
Pauline Matthew. That is not funny
Morgan I am not kidding. She died. Three years, two months and
eleven days ago
Morgan says, “there is crack in
everything that is how the light gets in”. This line can imply two facts of
life. First, life is dark and miserable and hence it takes the presence of
crack so that the light can shine in. Second, there is always a crack in life
but there is silver lining too. For Morgan, Pauline (Clemence Poesy) is the
crack in his life.
Morgan
You don’t love life in itself. You
love places, animals, memories, food, literature, music. And sometimes you meet
someone who requires all the love you have to give. And if you lose that
someone, you think everything else is gonna stop too. But everything else just
keeps on going. Giraudoux said, you can miss a single being, even though you
are surrounded by countless others. Those people are like… extras. They cloud
your vision. They are meaningless crowd. They are unwelcomed distraction. So you
seek oblivion in solitude. But solitude only makes you wither.
Pauline So I am a distraction. I am a cloud
Morgan
You are the only part of my
life. I haven’t figured out yet
Morgan cannot figure out what
part Pauline plays in his life. Is she like a cloud or something, is she a
distraction in his life? Or is she just the substitute for his lost wife? His
life feels empty without his wife. His children are but the distraction of his life for
he never wants them in the first place. Morgan’s melancholic view of
life is sad and depressing isn’t it? In reality, there may be many people like
Morgan out there. They may have lost the meaning and purpose of life to move
on. Probably, to love and to be loved is what keeps life going.
Jakarta Selatan, 28 Desember 2013
