Siempre me gusta pensar que muchas cosas están conectadas... En cine es común encontrar referencias cruzadas, entre otras películas fundamentalmente, pero también cada tanto con libros o hechos reales (pasa tanto para un lado como para los otros).
Actualmente estoy leyendo este libro: The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition y justamente me encuentro en el capítulo 5 "Advice from a Caterpillar". No pude leer más que la primer página porque encontré una frase que conozco de memoria:
"you will someday."
Digo que conozco la frase de memoria, porque es la frase final de la película de Sam Mendes, Belleza Americana, que debo haber visto alrededor de 20 veces. Son las última palabras de Lester Burnham luego de morir y el texto completo es el siguiente:
"I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday."
En el caso de Alice, se trata de una parte de un texto donde Alice le intenta a responder al caterpillar la pregunta "Who are you?" explicandole que es muy dificil en el estado actual de las cosas que ni ella sabe quién es (Hace solo 4 capítulos que está en Wonderland). El texto más o menos completo es este:
[...]
“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversa-
tion. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, sir, just
at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this
morning, but I think I must have been changed several
times since then.”
“What do you mean by that?” said the Caterpillar
sternly. “Explain yourself!”
“I can’t explain myself I’m afraid, sir” said Alice,
“because I’m not myself, you see.”
“I don’t see,” said the Caterpillar.
“I’m afraid I can’t put it more clearly,” Alice replied
very politely, “for I can’t understand it myself to begin
with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very
confusing.”
“It isn’t,” said the Caterpillar.
“Well, perhaps you haven’t found it so yet,” said Alice;
“but when you have to turn into a chrysalis—you will
some day, you know—and then after that into a butterfly,
I should think you’ll feel it a little queer, won’t you?”
[...]
Entiendo que se puede encontrar un link entre la frase de Alicia y la frase de Lester, quizás es muy rebuscado y estoy mandando cualquiera, pero bueno, por eso tengo el blog, para escribir estupideces :D
Habrá querido Sam Mendes citar a Lewis Carroll? O será una casualidad? Me gusta pensar que si, y que nadie lo vió antes que yo, pero seguramente es una idea mía y me faltan años para poder entender algo de algo, pero espero hacerlo algún día...
