here's a still frame taken from
'stardust
memories,' which is one of woody allen's somewhat lesser-known films. i can't really say too much about the movie, because i've never seen the whole thing. well, if i have seen it, i don't remember too much about it. except this shot. if i remember correctly, its close to the end. woody's charcter is rapt in some kind of reverie, and he looks over and sees this breathtaking blonde girl on a train. she turns, looks right into the camera, then smiles a smile that shoots through you like an arrow. her eyes are dazzled with joy, optimism, light, and hearbreaking spontaneity. pulsing with life, she blows a single kiss. i don't think anyone who has ever seen these few seconds of film has forgotten it. in those few seconds, she symbolizes irretretrievable innocence, and the platinum 'something' in life that always seems an inch beyond our grasp. in those few seconds, this brilliant actress manages to personify nothing less than immortality. the girl is sharon stone.
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