Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Elio's Father's Speech at the End of Call Me By Your Name!

If you haven't seen Call Me By Your Name starring the ever charismatic Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, you can now own a piece of it by ordering it on DVD and via digital copy on March 13!

Here's the wonderful speech of Mr. Perlman's (Michael Stuhlbarg) to his son Elio during the latter part of the film!

via Sony Pictures Classics

When you least expect it, Nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot. Just remember: I am here. Right now you may not want to feel anything. Perhaps you never wished to feel anything. And perhaps it’s not to me that you’ll want to speak about these things. But feel something you obviously did.You had a beautiful friendship. Maybe more than a friendship. And I envy you. In my place, most parents would hope the whole thing goes away, to pray that their sons land on their feet. But I am not such a parent. In your place, if there is pain, nurse it. And if there is a flame, don’t snuff it out. Don’t be brutal with it. We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster, that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything ― what a waste!

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