2025.05.19
"I loved Sarah, Charles. It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even Sarah didn't have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want."
"But she thought you were pathetic."
"That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you."
We're all one thing, Lieutenant. That's what I've come to realize. Like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.It's interesting that what might be some of the better lines the actual Charlie Kaufman gives to his alter-ego "twin". Or maybe they're not better lines, they're meant to be a little corny or at least facile. Or not! I think the movie promotes that ambiguity. It so incredibly meta. Almost two far eating its own tail for even my taste, but maybe it bears more examination or rewatch.