Eisenheim: From the moment we enter this live we are in the flow of it. We measure it and We mock it, but we cannot defy it. We cannot even speed it up or slow it down. Or can we? Have we not each experienced the sensation that a beautiful moment seemed to pass to quickly, and wished that we could make it linger? Or felt time slow on a dull day, and wished that we could speed things up a bit?
Stephen: Stop talking about love. Every asshole in the world says he loves somebody. It means nothing. It still doesn't mean anything. What you feel only matters to you. It's what you do to the people you say you love, that's what matters. It's the only thing that counts. Michael: I'm in love with your daughter Stephen, Maybe that doesn't mean anything you but I'm standing here. You are her father, I am looking you in the eyes and I'm telling you I will do anything in the world to get your daughter back. Stephen: Really? Michael: Really. Stephen: Anything? Michael: I'll do anything. Stephen: People say that, they don't mean it. Michael: But I mean it! Stephen: Well it's very simple... do whatever it takes. Michael: It's that simple? Stephen: Yes... you can't fail if you don't give up. Anna: Life is pretty much in the grays for the most part and if you insist always on black and white... you are going to be very unhappy.
十九世紀工業革命時期的倫敦,整部片瀰漫著灰撲撲的色調。那樣的背景讓我想到【香水】和【悲慘世界】。
There's a whole in the world like a great black pit
and the vermin of the world inhabit it
and its morals aren't worth what a pin can spit
and it goes by the name of London.
At the top of the hole sit the previlaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,
for the cruelty of men is as wonderous as Peru
but there's no place like London!