how sweet lovе must be
19:40 | 08-09-2013 | Cinematograph, Culturology, History, Literature | No Comments
посмотрел “Christopher And His Kind” — посредственный, увы, фильм, но чудесная, полагаю, книга (а мы все знаем Ишервуда — даже если вдруг забыли об этом). зато можно разбирать на цитаты, любого сорта, и всем нам в ответы[1]:
Jean Ross: You get used to it, that’s the danger. The uniforms and the raids, the street-fights and the beatings… We can’t just stand by, can we?
и дальше — про чьи-то выборы, про NSA, про Pussy Riot, про Wikileaks. это и есть ответы, разве нет?
Wilfrid Landauer[2]: So tell me, Herr Isherwood, have you come to Berlin to sample the culture?
Christopher Isherwood: I wouldn’t quite say that. In fact, I’m rather anti-culture.
Wilfrid Landauer: Like the Nazis?
Christopher Isherwood: Oh, no, not in that way. It’s just that I’m rather put off by culture worshippers. I find them somewhat precious and prone to gushing.
Wilfrid Landauer: Do you find me somewhat precious and prone to gushing?
Christopher Isherwood: No, I’m sure you’re not, but the danger is that one can use culture worship as a substitute for engaging with the messy business of living.
Wilfrid Landauer: You see, I find all this so very interesting, that you are a writer but do not like culture. It is my belief that culture raises us from the beasts.<...>
Wilfrid Landauer: Do you engage with politics, Herr Isherwood?
Christopher Isherwood: Actually, no. I’m not really a joiner. I seem to be constitutionally incapable of bringing myself to the required… pitch of enthusiasm. I have my sympathies, of course.
Wilfrid Landauer: We can no longer afford the luxury of sympathy.
Christopher Isherwood: I rather suspect I’m best equipped to observe and record.
Wilfrid Landauer: That will not be an option. When the Nazis come to power, we must take to the streets. Not only Jews like myself, but all of us, Herr Isherwood. We must take to the streets and stay there, even when the Storm Troopers start firing.
Christopher Isherwood: I’m not sure I’d hack it as a street fighter.
Wilfrid Landauer: Forgive me, but are you not then as guilty as your detested culture worshippers for refusing to engage with the whole messy business?
а так же про точки отсчета:
Richard Isherwood: I suppose being a writer, you want to tidy everything up and make it make sense. But things never do quite make sense, do they? Not really.
not really.
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есть, впрочем, и трогательные отличия:
W. H. Auden: I have found, Christopher, down the years, that I have never been able to relax sexually with a member of my own class.
с точностью до наоборот, как говорится, с точностью до наоборот. ↩
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Wilfrid B. Israel (11 July, 1899 – 1 June, 1943) was a German-born Jew who played an important role in the rescue of Jews in the Holocaust, possibly including the Kindertransport. He was killed when his plane was shot down by the Nazis.