Port of Shadows (1938)
Robert Le Vigan: Le peintre
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Quotes
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Quart Vittel : What could be simpler than a tree?
Le peintre : A tree. But when I paint one, it sets everyone on edge. It's because there's someone or something hidden behind that tree. I can't help painting what's hidden behind things. To me a swimmer is already a drowned man.
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Le peintre : I painted flowers, women and children. It's like I painted the crime right into them. I'd see crime in a rose.
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Le peintre : You have to be an idiot to go on living with such discontent, such anxiety.
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Le peintre : Some people go fishing or hunting or go to war. Others commit crimes of passion. Some commit suicide. You have to kill someone.
Quart Vittel : That's life.
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Le peintre : I'm going for a swim; the sea is rough and it's foggy.
Panama : What's that?
Le peintre : Just telling it like it is: The sea is rough and it's foggy; and that's just fine. I'm no great swimmer, but I have a hunch I'll end up very far out.
