free country

Toney 2022-04-21 09:02:31

Africa is a faraway country to many people, and it seems that everything that happens there is the opposite of everything around us. This is what makes me yearn for this natural country so much.
It turns out that beauty is carefully crafted and seems to be related to everything in Europe, but after walking through so many museums, streets and alleys, I also become aesthetically fatigued, because no matter how beautiful it comes from people, it will make people tired. Seeing the beauty of Africa, the horizon is endless, the red sun is rising in the distance, the broad grass has no boundaries, cattle, sheep, birds, animals, rest, competition, play, the attitude of life is more vividly reflected in Africa. What can be seen in all this is the yearning for freedom, which is the most beautiful grace bestowed by God.
Karen's love is as beautiful as this land, because it is freed from the imprisoned marriage, the self-inflicted longing for love, and the unfulfilled desire to pursue it, leaving it all to the country she never had, bringing Walking is new life and freedom.
Karen's life is beautiful like a painting, telling us what a nobleman is at every moment. Even if he is destitute, he should light a candle and drink a glass of red wine, and put a dinner because he appreciates this simple notation. Even if you don't have anything, you have to keep in mind the promises and responsibilities that you have always had as a hostess. I think this is something that many people can't do, and things can come like a mountain, but what a kind woman can fight for the last glimmer of hope for the people around her. When her ex-husband came to the desolate house, Karen did not forget the etiquette, "do you want something to drink?" When she learned about Dynes' death, her restrained emotions showed she is a real lady.
When one day I set foot on this piece of Africa Pure Land, I don’t know if it is the closest kingdom to God, because the place where God loves is not complicated and fettered, but only trusts His arrangement wholeheartedly. I don't know how long it will take for this dream to come true, a vast, pure, free country.

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Extended Reading
  • Roy 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    When elegant slips into pretentious, Streep's storytelling voice and lion whipping dance are still magnetic. More national geography than legendary romance.

  • Laverna 2022-03-23 09:02:11

    At the 1985 Oscars, this empty, hypocritical, and cutout colonial nostalgic scenery film won seven awards including best picture, director, and photography (Kurozawa Akira's shadow warrior only won the best costume award). This is the best footnote to the Western mentality and imagination of colonial history, Africa and Africans in the 1980s. To this day, I still take pride in fighting lions because of the colonial coolness created by this film.

Out of Africa quotes

  • Karen Blixen: If you say anything now... I'll believe it.

    [to Denys, immediately after they kiss in her tent]

  • Denys: [to Karen, whose horse has run away, leaving her at the mercy of an approaching lion] I wouldn't run. If you do, she'll think you're something good to eat.

    Karen Blixen: [staring at lion] Have you - Do you have a gun?

    Denys: She won't like the smell of you.

    Karen Blixen: Shoot - shoot it.

    Denys: She's had breakfast.

    Karen Blixen: Please shoot her.

    Denys: Well, let's give her a moment.

    Karen Blixen: [as lion comes closer] Oh my God, shoot her!

    [Lion approaches Karen then wanders off into brush]

    Karen Blixen: Just how much closer did you expect to let her come?

    Denys: A bit. It wanted to see if you'd run. That's how they decide. A lot like people that way.

    Karen Blixen: She almost had me for lunch!

    Denys: Well, it wasn't her fault, Baroness. She's a lion.

    Karen Blixen: Well, it wasn't mine.

    Denys: Doesn't that outfit come with a rifle?

    Karen Blixen: Ye-ah, uh.

    [looks around]

    Karen Blixen: On my saddle.

    Denys: Better keep it with you. Your horse isn't much of a shot.