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The most beautiful scene in the film?

posted 17 years ago by uunokailas
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For me it's the library the moment Itsuki (girl) looks up to Itsuki (boy) reading, then the music starts, the wind rustles the curtains blocking the boy from view and for a moment he disappears.

Once I watched this movie (along with a bottle of some good Pinot Noir)

And slightly sentimental because of the alcohol I burst out crying at this scene, the tears wouldn't end, I rewinded and watched the scene again and again the salty water falling from my eyes to my mouth and I thought

"God never let me grow cold, never let me turn my back on beauty, let me always be open to beauty and stay a child in my heart"

I challenge you to watch this movie with a bottle (or two) of wine and try not to cry.

Also the most remarkable part of this movie is that the real life is in the past (And the book is Proust's In search of lost time)

The first part of the movie is in the present, but halfway it shifts to past and becomes all the more beautiful.

I love this movie, never tire of it.

[–] uunokailas 17 years ago

With the Proust's book I meant that Fujii Itsuki, in giving the Book (remembrance of things past/IN search of lost time) hands the girl (Fujii Itsuki) the keys to a lost time in a way.

To be opened at the end where Fujii holds the book and is seized in the grips of strong emotion.

[–] mac_alain 17 years ago

Less obivous, I found the scene where the teacher can recall her pupils' numbers with ease, moving. I always feel nostalgic when I think of my teachers from the past.

[–] flipfan84 17 years ago

Definitely the final scene the schoolgirls give the book to Fuji and she realizes that Fuji(M) was in love with her. Cue the music and you know you've seen an incredible piece of cinema. Perfect composition.

[–] ades_sweet 14 years ago

as for me it's the same with uunokailas;

the library the moment Itsuki (girl) looks up to Itsuki (boy) reading, then the music starts, the wind rustles the curtains blocking the boy from view and for a moment he disappears.
and also the ending scene...when she saw the back of the card...

that scene was just soo beautiful....really...

and i also can't forget the momment when
-Hiroko shouting to the mountain :(
until she burst out crying...

-When Itsuki (girl) (dreaming) open the hospital's door as junior high school Itsuki girl's open the door for Itsuki boy...

hh i can't forget the feeling after watched the movie

[–] Scaar_Alexander 13 years ago

Young Itsuki running under the snow on Remedios music, and tumbling on a dead firefly, just after her father has died. The first shot in slow mo, the look on her face... truly one of the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in a movie. When I first watched the movie, at that moment, I don't really know why, but I thought of the first Disney movies. The same amazement. The first shot. Remedios' music. Sakai Miki's expression when she's looking at the firefly. One of the most beautiful things I've seen in a movie, ever. Pure cinematographic emotion. Like watching Bambi's mother die when you're six.

The first scene where Hiroko lies on snow... the last one, where Itsuki cries in front of the girls... the scenes where her grandfather decides to take her to the hospital... or where Hiroko and Akiba remind her lost love...

Anyway, to me, the whole film is "the most beautiful scene". Its photography, editing and score (both masterpieces) and Nakayama Miho's acting (a japanese treasure... I heard she lives in Auteuil, near Paris where I live, but I never found her adress ^^) transcend an already outstanding story about lost times, everlasting regrets, and mankind's ability to see beauty in the most abstract things, break its heart on it, and survive for the same reason. The film is one of the most stunning hommage ever made to Proust. I feel overcome each time I watch it. 10/10.

[–] geode 9 years ago

Young Itsuki running under the snow on Remedios music, and tumbling on a dead firefly, just after her father has died. The first shot in slow mo, the look on her face... truly one of the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in a movie. When I first watched the movie, at that moment, I don't really know why, but I thought of the first Disney movies. The same amazement. The first shot. Remedios' music. Sakai Miki's expression when she's looking at the firefly. One of the most beautiful things I've seen in a movie, ever. Pure cinematographic emotion. Like watching Bambi's mother die when you're six.

Many beautiful scenes have been noted in this thread, but the one you selected is also my favorite. The shot in the train station that dissolves to the skating sequence you mention is just simply lyrical as is the rest of the sequence. Noboru Shinoda was a master cinematographer.

Oh Lord, you gave them eyes but they cannot see...

[–] amaryllix 13 years ago

"Hiroko shouting to the mountain :( until she burst out crying..."

This. I cry just remembering it.

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[–] pupumi 8 years ago

When people mention that actor, they think of that scene first.