{"id":8544,"date":"2009-03-21T19:45:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T03:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2009-03-21T19:45:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T03:45:13","slug":"the-dying-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8544","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Dying Animal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s my video review of the movie &#8216;Elegy&quot;:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RO2EByo5xAY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RO2EByo5xAY&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>CTBatBoy comments: What struck me as laughable was the moment where David puts his hand on Consuela&#8217;s wrist and strokes it while they are sitting at the piano. His gnarled, wrinkled hand on her smooth young skin was horrifying and the contrast of that one moment&#8211; his decaying body furtively stroking her taut body -summed up the whole pathos of the film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s my video review of the movie &#8216;Elegy&quot;: CTBatBoy comments: What struck me as laughable was the moment where David puts his hand on Consuela&#8217;s wrist and strokes it while they are sitting at the piano. 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