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Jaylen 2022-09-03 11:04:45
96 version. It's the best I've seen
In those days, I watched it when it was on TV, and I just borrowed the original book to read it. Under the guidance of one of my university liberal arts textbooks [Appreciation of World Famous Books] (it seems to be the name), it left me with a lot of Deep impression and thinking. This is one of...
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Chris 2022-07-08 20:04:26
Drunk life dream death ask life
Drunken Life and Dreams Ask Life
This movie has been looked forward to for a long time, because it is derived from a world famous book, and "Gulliver's Travels" itself is a profound and critically sharp masterpiece. What would it be like to make a...
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[Gulliver has come before the immortal Struldbruggs]
Immortal Gatekeeper: Welcome to the immortal world.
[leads Gulliver to a font in the middle of their chamber]
Immortal Gatekeeper: This is the source of the life everlasting. Drink from this water and you will never fear death. Never.
[offers Gulliver a dish of the water]
Lemuel Gulliver: But I have to get home. There's a ship in the harbor. I only have minutes before it sails.
Immortal Gatekeeper: Minutes? What are minutes? You have no need for such petty considerations here.
Lemuel Gulliver: [narrating] I was offered immortality... man's dream. With the fear of death removed, I could learn the truths of existence. I could get riches in wisdom. I could read every book ever written. Study the movements of the planets and the stars. I could watch the rise and falls of republics and kings and from the great depths of my knowledge, offer advice to all. I could do anything.
Immortal Gatekeeper: Drink. Taste immortality.
Lemuel Gulliver: Why is your hand shaking so badly?
[he sees a Struldbrugg in the corner coughing up blood]
Lemuel Gulliver: What's wrong with her?
Immortal Gatekeeper: Nothing.
Lemuel Gulliver: What's wrong with everyone?
Immortal Gatekeeper: Drink the water. You will defy nature.
[Gulliver notices that she is not looking directly at him]
Immortal Gatekeeper: You will outlive the stars themselves. You'll be like a god.
Lemuel Gulliver: You can't see me, can you?
Immortal Gatekeeper: I'm alive! The water keeps us alive.
Lemuel Gulliver: You're blind.
[looks around the room]
Lemuel Gulliver: You're all blind!
Immortal Gatekeeper: No, some of us can still make out shape and movement. We'll never die, that's what matters. We'll never die.
Struldbruggs: [chanting] Never die. Never die.
Immortal Gatekeeper: That's all that matters... cheating death!
Lemuel Gulliver: No... no!
[runs from the chamber]
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Lemuel Gulliver: As I studied history, I realized how many inconsequential men were raised to great office and how many momentous events were due to mere accident.
