A section of the back cover of Hmolpedia, Volume 1, of the 2016 10-volume print set of the online version of Hmolpedia [EoHT.info], showing three cogent reviews, name by: Steven Pierce (2009), Yuri Tarnopolsky (2011), and Inderjit Singh (2015), from seasoned reviewers, namely people who have worked on the same problem, aka the "riddle of existence", as Singh referred to it in 2016, independently, for 2+ years. |
“Many do not see the battle between morality and passion within Elective Affinities.”— Johann Goethe (1809), in response to critics, mid Dec; in: Tantillo (pg. 6) (FA 2, 6:616-17)
A depiction the 1934 Balzac feelings and affinity dialogue, by Honore Balzac, which cogently pits the "feelings" and "emotions" view side of the fence against the "equations" and "realism" side of the fence. |
“With all that is happening under the surface, the plot of the film is somewhat simple: Two couples spend a weekend together on a getaway. Arriving on a Friday and leaving on a Sunday, they dine together, go boating together, sun themselves at the pool together, watch a show together and in more ways that you can anticipate and imagine, have sex. And there it is: There is a lot of sex in this movie. Affinities can certainly be considered a part of this genre of picture, but it is also much more. In a press conference for Affinity, Cruz explains that while this is a movie much ado about infidelity, it is also just as much about the individual. He states: “We are only trying to meditate about the human being and their complexities, facing emptiness and the lack of rational explanation for many of the problems of the contemporary world, sometimes appearing that the only way out is to take refuge in instincts.” He goes on to say that the instinctual impulse ends up being sex. No wonder why the movie carries with it such an overwhelming feeling; this is a lot to convey in 90-minutes of film, no matter how well made. Adding to everything is the political dimension: Cuba is still under US embargo. Whether intended or not, the feeling of claustrophobia in Affinities seems to carry with it room to at least ponder just how deep the complexity goes. And if things weren’t complicated enough, Goethe is brought up. For those interested in seeing how deep the rabbit hole goes, there is a nod to Goethe’s Elective Affinities. While it will provide more place for traction, it will certainly be without solace for the questions brought up in Affinity, with or without Goethe, bear the mark of great art: They keep the conversation going.”
The following as a 28 Apr 2011 feed posting, at WrongPlanet.net, an online community resource for people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, by ryan93, an aged-19 self-defined "creationism denier" and strident atheist, who considers human chemistry as a lot of BS, but wants to know if the entire website is a "pisstake/new age rubbish" or if it is genuine: [6]
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