Walked into a bookstore out of boredom, bookstore is my favorite hangout on boring days(long back I had an illusion I would meet an intellectual soul mate in a library or book store, where we would bump into picking up same novel…. yawn yawn!! Too filmy huh!!, read- never found one…. sob sob)
Back to my visit into a bookstore which also stores DVD’s…. as I had long weekend, thought will buy some nice movies(I can watch 4 to 5 back to back movies)…..bought movies like Atonement, Pollock, Out of Africa, smitha patil’s Mirch Masala!,Revolutionary Road….
Out of which, it is “Out of Africa” which made me melt into tenderness and feeling warmth(now a days people call me Ms.cold vibes, not coz I am a snob, maybe I have become cynical…psst psst…nothing to do with my job or work or office…..i love my job, I love my targets!!!)
The movie- ‘Out of Africa’ is noted for its melancholy and elegiac style. Its true story of Karen Christenze Dinesen,who was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. The starting and ending is so alluring and superb portrayal of human emotions in different shades- it may be love or physical cravings or love of freedom or loss of loved ones and the vacuum they leave!
It is the vivid snapshot of African colonial life and beautiful place like Kenya shown with such precision, the love for animals, nature and the human bonding with nature and its land, meryl streep(who plays Karen) is perfect for the role, her english aristocratic looks and the ease with which she acts is mind blowing. She simply looks so ladylike and beautiful.
Denys Finch Hatton(played by Robert Redford) is a type of a man whom women dread even to acquaint and eventually fall madly in love with! He is a hunter, handsome, has that natural grace, knows how to treat a woman, and knows his moves but who can never belong to anyone, a free spirit. He loves his freedom more than anything. Even the love for his lady takes back seat when he goes out on his safaris. His radiance and serenity is irresistible. But try owning him he vanishes!!
Karen Blixen(played by Meryl Streep) is fiercely independent woman who knows what she wants and takes life in her own stride, aren’t all women who are fiercely independent have a weak knee for love, feel vulnerable, have that innate need to feel wanted. At least the pretence of love would make them feel loved! She owns her own farm in the movie and unlike other Europeans, she shares close cordial relationship with Africans to an extent of providing them education. The best part is when she loses everything she owns, loved and had…but the strength with which she carries herself is in itself a personification and an epitome of courage and strength. Meryl Streep is completely mesmerizing............ and for more details watch the movie….
After watching the movie I just want to fly a plane over tsavo and experience the cool breeze caress my face and breath as if its for the first time and if I may; breath last with that feeling of seeing the earth below, to fall in love all over again with breathtaking creations of god and feel worthless compared to nature. Feel that contentment with life and be a free spirit forever with no chains and bonds.
(Above:One of my favorite scenes where Denys washes Karen’s hair)
