Views : 394,556
Genre: News & Politics
Date of upload: Oct 12, 2018 ^^
Rating : 4.914 (61/2,775 LTDR)
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The song being sung here is a Welsh lullaby, in English it reads;
“Sleep my darling, on my bosom,
Harm will never come to you;
Mother's arms enfold you safely,
Mother's heart is ever true.
As you sleep there's naught to scare you,
Naught to wake you from your rest;
Close those eyelids, little angel,
Sleep upon your mother's breast.”
This is beautifully paired with the over the shoulder perspective of Jim’s mother as she holds him to his chest, we look directly into his weary eyes as he peacefully closes them.
So well done!
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One of the most moving scenes ever and it still amazes me how all three managed not to overact it. Mother slightly trembling, trying desperately not to break down, the father on the brink of tears filled with guilt, and Jamie like a war veteran with a thousand-yard stare, beyond having any tears left. Just absolutely brilliant and real.
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My aunt, after watching this movie all those decades ago, told me I had to watch it. She told me, whoever that kid was starring in it, would be a star one day. And she was right. Empire of the Sun, from start to rolling credits, is a spectacular roller coaster of triumph and war through the eyes of a child like nothing else.
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Every time I watch him close his eyes, all I can imagine him thinking is "Now I can rest", because he's back in the arms of his mother. #makesmeballeverytime
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@dub814
4 years ago
I will always cry at this scene as it sums up so sweetly what a crime war is. It robs people of so many things - time, love, hope, the future. The scene also balances so intimately the beginning when Jaime as the soloist in his choir; and a the end he is lost in a cacophony of lost voices. Only his mother recognizes him for what he is. Her baby boy. Damn, losing it again. Sorry, this scene is very tough for me.
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