i know elysian fields was the name of the escort service but it is also a mythical place of peace where the souls of dead poets and heroes lived... tell me what i'm missing here... i don't see a connection. I mean... Elysian Fields "ruined" his life...
shareMaybe it's just saying that Byron was a soul like the ones in Elysian Fields. Maybe the title is just meant to mean nothing? Who knows? Great film imho.
shareMany, of course, will recognize the term Elysian Fields from Virgil's The Aeneid, the great Roman tome about Aeneas' journey into an underworld to which good souls are sent. In this case, the soul arrives in the form of Byron, the MAN FROM ELYSIAN FIELDS.
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Thanks husker!
shareno problem!
shareI saw also that, obviously, since the escort agency is named "Elysian Fields", that it is a reference to providing a place of solace and happiness for the woman who sign on as clients.
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That word is ALWAYS ironic.
Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.
Don't forget taking the last train to Clarksville.
Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.
> That word is ALWAYS ironic.
It's indeed ironic here. The Elysian Fields were where the souls of the virtuous and heroic went for their final rest. In the Aeneid, Elysian Fields are in perpetual spring, lit by their own sun and stars - separate from the rest of the dreary underworld.
Contrast this with the characters Byron and Nigel and their clientele.
"Many, of course, will recognize the term Elysian Fields from Virgil's The Aeneid"
Of course.
I can't tell if you were being funny or condescending, but thanks for the reference nonetheless.
I'm more into James Lee Burke than Virgil.
I believe Burke's book was 'Last Car to Elysian Fields'
Worth reading.
R U "Mrs Pynchon" from Thomas Pynchon or...?
Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.