Love Revolution

I've to be really thankful that Qier's taste for books, music and dramas run parallel with those of mine. She was the one who introduced me Milan Kundera, who is currently one of my favorite authors of all time. And now it's Love Revolution. I've just started watching it- Finished with episode 1 and 2.

I'm kind of amazed at the firm's choice of music. For the opening, the firm's introduction, the opening lines are (I copied this from Qier's blog which can be savored at http://www.triste-77.blogspot.com):

Love is like a taxi
If you wait for them, they won’t come.
It’s not that the taxi won’t come
There just aren’t any empty cars

This is the worse thing

Maybe I’ll be able to find one on the other street

If I glance back
I just missed another

It won’t come if I just wait
If you look for them, they won’t come either

They just won’t come
Wait
They won’t come to just any person but…

When you give up and start walking

They suddenly all come at once

For the back drop they played Beethovan's Piano Sonata No.8 which, in my opinion is a very apt piece. =D


There are two snippets from the show I found really beautifully done up and I want to share this with you guys. The first came from episode one:


When Esumi was engaging with a conversation a young men she just met, she quoted a piece from a French poet.

Esumi: "Life? Give it to somebody else, and Love someone!"

The guy explains: That's from a French poet in the 19th century.

Esumi: Really?

The guy explains further:

"You have to be prepared to love someone. If you love someone seriously, you don't have time to enjoy life."

The second came from episode two. It's theme is very similar to the first. Esumi was having an arranged marriage date with another man.

While they were having a walk under the Sakura blossoms, Esumi's date quoted a poem by Ariwara Narihira: "If there were no Cherry Blossoms in this world, how much more tranquil our hearts would be in Spring."

Esumi thought about it and asked: "In other words, without the Cherry Blossoms, we can have peace in our hearts?"

The man replies:

"If you are not in love, you don't have to worry about the many problems. I think that's what he is saying. They were really good at putting thoughts into love, back in those days."

What I found really amazing is that despite the huge time disparities and cultural contexts of both peoms- Ariwara Narihira wrote his poem back around 700 A.D. and the French poet's piece, during the 19th century- both poets found something in common, love's weight.