Another Cinderella (PART 2 OF 3)
So, Diane, you enjoyed viewing the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," eh?
Most definitely. The protagonist is an emotionally withdrawn guy named Joel Barish, and his love interest is an unrestrained free-spirited girl---Clementine Kruczynski.
What happens between them?
They strike up a relationship on a Long Island Rail Road train from Montauk, New York. They are almost immediately drawn to each other despite their radically different personalities.
So it's a boy-meets-a-girl-and-falls-in-love-at-once type of story, eh?
Not quite. Although they do not realize it at the time, Joel and Clementine are in fact former lovers, now separated after having spent two years together. After a fight, Clementine hired the New York City firm Lacuna, Inc. to erase all her memories of their relationship.
It's impossible, is it?
Well ... not at present, but this movie has something to do with science fiction. And Clementine eases all her memories of their relationship.
Then what happens?
Upon discovering this, Joel is devastated and decides to undergo the procedure himself, a process that takes place while he sleeps. Much of the film takes place in Joel's mind. As his memories are erased, Joel finds himself revisiting them in reverse. Upon seeing happier times of love with Clementine from earlier in their relationship, he struggles to preserve at least some memory of her and his love for her. Despite his efforts, the memories are slowly erased, with the last memory of Clementine telling him: "Meet me in Montauk".
I see... so they meet on the train as if they met for the first time, don't they?
Yes, they do.
So, they start their relationship from scratch. Is that it?
Yes.
And at the end, they're going to live happily ever after, eh?
Sort of...
It's so predictable. I don't like such a simple storyline.
Kato, don't jump to such a hasty conclusion. There're, of course, several twists and turns so that you could laugh to death.
Oh, yeah? Maybe, I'll borrow the DVD some day.
Anyway, Kato, tell me about "Another Cinderella."
I borrowed the following DVD.
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■“Actual Library Catalogue”
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I see... So, Biddy starts to work as a housemaid for a noble house, and is bullied by the head of housemaids, huh?
Yes, she is.
Biddy then catches the eye of a wealthy young man, and both live happily ever after, huh?
To make a long story short, that's it.
Well ... It seems to me it's too simple a storyline.
Oh, Diane, don't jump to such a hasty conclusion. There're, of course, several twists and turns so that you could cry for joy.
So, it's a tear-jerker, huh?
No, not really. The story is somewhat like a Cinderella tale, but it contains more than that.
Like what?
Well ... first of all, Catherine Cookson, the author of the original story, is quite unique and famous.
Catherine Cookson
(27 June 1906 – 11 June 1998)
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Catherine Cookson was an English author.
She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers.
Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Tyneside, North East England, the setting for her novels.
The illegitimate child of an alcoholic named Kate Fawcett, she grew up thinking her unmarried mother was her sister, as she was brought up by her grandparents, Rose and John McMullen.
Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire.
She left school at 13 and, after a period of domestic service, took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse in South Shields.
In 1929, she moved south to run the laundry at Hastings Workhouse, saving every penny to buy a large Victorian house, and then taking in lodgers to supplement her income.
SOURCE: “Catherine Cookson” from Wikipedia
I see..., she had a quite unique life story to tell, didn't she?
Yes, she did... That's why she wrote another Cinderella story, I suppose.
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【Himiko's Monologue】
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I like the real Cinderella story, which is quite romantic.
How about you?
Have you ever seen one of the movies?
Here it is:
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Cinderella 1997 - Full Movie
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In any case, I'd like to meet my "Romeo"---a decent man in my future life.
How come I'm always a loner?
I wish I could meet a nice gentleman at the library in my town as Diane met Kato.
Well, they say, there is a way where there is a will.
I hope Kato will write another interesting article.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
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(To be followed)