Revisiting Life of Pi - film and text.
Today I logged the 2012 Ang Lee film “Life of Pi” based on the 2001 book of the same name. As I wrote in my letterboxd entry, I’ve seen the film upwards of 14 times now (I’ve been teaching the book and pairing it the film for the last seven years to a minimum of two classes a year -sometimes three). Here’s what I wrote for the log:
For those unfamiliar with the story, the surface level tale is…
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"Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can."
- Yann Martel, "Life of Pi"
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— Yann Martel, "Life of Pi"
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I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even once.
— Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.
Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.
Yann Martel
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Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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If you took the city … and turned it upside down and shook it, you would be amazed at the animals that would fall out. It would pour more than cats and dogs, I tell you. Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, crocodiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orangutans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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Life Of Pi (2012), dir. Ang Lee.
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Remember when I said I was going to stop buying books? Oops.
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From Yann Martel’s Life of Pi
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