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Claire's Knee

The number of ways Guadagnino rewatched this to recreate the dance scene and morning breakfasts to create 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦 𝘉𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦. Here, I think Rohmer was looking for ways to insert himself or take himself out. To touch the knee or not. To beat around the bush of morals. Do or do not. Trying exists within the limitless imagination flared by desire. The heart wants what it wants. Or do we let it want what it wants? Either or, we do what we have to do in the way that we have to do it. We reach the end of the film to get to the title, which is the very beginning of the film. Perhaps we make ends meet to uncover beginnings we didn’t know we began, with or as.