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the HUNGER-lakme- les liens en fleurs(the flower duet)

submitted by enoch

1 decade 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago

you may recognize this song from the movie "true romance"(the scene between walken and hopper) and while i am not an opera afficionado i cannot helped but be moved by this bitter-sweet french opera song.
here is the scene with walken and hopper in true romance:
http://www.videosift.com/video/True-Romance-Moor-Children

the footage is from the 1981 movie "the hunger" tony scotts directorial debut (also directed true romance) starring susan sarandon,david bowie and cathryn deneuve.the story is a love triangle between a vampire couple (bowie and deneuve) and a doctor (susan sarandon).the songs elation to bittersweet sorrow is so fitting.for loves found and for loves sad goodbyes...
the burden of immortality and the breath of freshness,novelty and excitement .

i have been holding on to this video for quite awhile,unsure how it would be received,but it is far too beautiful,poignant and poetic to not share with you all.i play it every night...and just let my mind replay some of my fondest memories.i hope it has the same effect for you.

lyrics:
Sous le dôme épais, où le blanc jasmin
À la rose sassemble
Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble.

Doucement glissons de son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans londe frémissante
Dune main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort
Et loiseau, loiseau chante.

english:
"Under the thick dome, where the white jasmine
Gathers with the rose,
On the riverbank in bloom, laughing in the morning,
Come, let us go down together.

"Gently let us slip from the pleasant rising flow,
Let us follow the fleeting current
In the shimmering stream,
Without any care,
Come, let us reach the bank,
Where the spring waters slumber
And the bird, the bird, she sings."

7 Comments

God I'm so in love with Susan Sarandon. Nice song. I usually don't like this type of stuff but this is really nice. Not hard to listen to at all

I do agree with much of what you say...even though if I were asked straight up, I'd say I don't really care much for opera, this is one beautiful song. And it does fit exceptionally well with the footage, or maybe moreso the idea behind the footage.

It's rather a nice coincidence, I was just thinking a couple weeks back that I should get The Hunger from Netflix. I haven't seen it since it was new, and as I remember, even though (or maybe because) we were all excited about the film (Sarandon and Bowie!), I was rather unimpressed with it after seeing it. I've been wondering if my opinion of it would be different after all this time. I guess it's time to stop procrastinating and add it to my queue.

This movie rocks on so many levels.... I just wish they had done the Deneuv/Serandon scene on its own.

The music gives me vibes of Debussy's Clair de Lune. Excellent one.

That is a beautiful song. I'm not big on Opera, but this had me closing my eyes and enjoying it.

Incidentally I've never even heard of Hunger. Gonna have to check it out now.

Pity the sound quality is so bad on this, a lot of his, and some distortion too... pity, because it is a beautiful piece of music. Upvote though... for the music, and Susan's breasts

Although for that latter, surely youtube will take this down soon?

That was beautiful.

Thanks for the translation.

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