Saturday, April 18, 2015

From Enchantment (1948)



The following is an excerpt from the movie, Enchantment (1948).  It had an opening scene set in a city with the focus on a house and the following is part of the opening words:

 
You almost passed me.
No wonder.
We all look a like...
you can only know what makes a house different if you stop.
You must go inside and spend a little time....
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know
Hear what the walls have heard

Listen with your heart

I am more than stone and wood.
Somethings here are the same common to all houses
A doorbell echos in the hall,
footsteps run up and down the stairs,
a piano is played,
windows opened and shut
a tap runs and is silent
A light goes on in a room at night, and then goes off again


But those are the pulse beats, not the heart.
I miss my people 
In me they live


I could not have said it any better.  I heard those first few words as we were flipping through the channels one night.  I did not watch the entire movie...but I did watch for a little bit.  I love those lines:
  
See what the mirrors have seen,
Know what the clocks know,
Hear what the walls have heard