It is important to remember that each visual appeal
communicates to viewers the cinematographer’s concept of beauty. Camera angles,
lens choices, composition, costume choices, music, editing/effects, and even
the narrative and screenplay should all be designed to heighten our emotional
reaction to what we are watching. We know Charlie attributes beauty to Susan’s
picture as he… looks at it… late at night in bed, but it is the beauty of
flowers that connects the characters. While adapting Susan’s novel, Charlie
seems to feel connected to the sense of beauty with which she describes
flowers. Susan derived her inspiration from Laroche’s perception of flowers. The
following quote reveals what Laroche makes of flowers, “Point is, what's so
wonderful is that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with
the insect that pollinates it. There's a certain orchid look exactly like a
certain insect so the insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul
mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. And after the insect
flies off, spots another soul-mate flower and makes love to it, thus
pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the
significance of their lovemaking. I mean, how could they know that because of
their little dance the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they're
designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they
show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart. How, when
you spot your flower, you can't let anything get in your way.”
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