His comments on writing around a subject until the writing itself brings out what he is looking for reminds me of Jung in Man and His Symbols describing how to understand symbols/myths/archtypes... how one doesn't go right at "meaning" but dances and weaves about the symbol and comes to a sort of gestalt understanding (i.e. not really verbal/"left-brained"?) of what the symbol "means".
It regret reading it too. But I like the nostalgia I get when I listen to the soundtrack. I'm reading the author's other work, 8 white nights, let's hope it's not as heartbreaking
It ruined you? How so? Please explain. I am reading the book right now and I watched the film this week. I am very much enjoying reading the book, and watching the film was such a wonderful experience. It's one of the finest films I have watched in many years; so I don't quite understand your comment.
@@xelakram They're talking about how heartbreaking the book is. The film has heartbreak but a bittersweet kind that makes you want to experience it all again. The book however has a more deeply sad ending (at least in my eyes), the entire last part showing just how much Elio's life has become defined by the relationship he can't have with Oliver.
@@eoincampbell1584 Thanks for your explanation. It is a heartbreaking story. I have read the book twice and watched the film umpteen times! :-) Like you, I found the end of the book perhaps a little sadder than the ending of the film. But the film was sad enough! I have never watched a film so many times before. In fact, I lost track of how many times I watched the film. I've maxed out now, though. I'll have to give it a break for a while before watching it again!!! :-) It's a great story. I was alone over the Christmas period and that movie (and book) kept me company.
Damn, is there even a way for this man to not be poetic in his choice of words? i thought he has yhe ability to elaborate beautifully only in words, but he did that even in speaking. I was so taken when he started talking about his process of writing about lavenders and after shave! Lol. Lavenders! After-shave! I didn't even know one can be poetic about those two seemingly trivial things.
