This has always been spooky for me because some of this was filmed right near where I lived in Brooklyn, and it was a horribly run down place at that time, going through a horrible recession. A very sad movie during a very sad time.
This is one of the greatest movies ever. No one should compare this movie or scene to the Titanic or the pedantic Schindler's List - OK I was bored at times but Steve S just knows how to bore. . OK I am overstating my case and boring some.
Of course the haunting melody with the poem increases tenfold the impact of this scene. I am not really overstating my case here .. this is probably how I mesmerized I am...
i loved this poem ever since i saw this scene. i'm sure it's a wonderful movie as well. i'm technically here cuz of meryl streep tho-gotta luv her! ^-^
My ex-wife committed suicide on Wednesday the 18th of August. The next day I woke up with this poem in my head. And then I remembered that we saw the movie together in the late eighties and cried in each other's arms afterwards. It's a brilliant scene. My ex-wife looked just like Sophie in the bed. Except that she was all alone. Unutterably sad.
I've never been as impacted by a movie as I have by "Sophie's Choice". The entire film is a masterpiece. However, the end is...perfection. I sob every time I see this film.
She needed him to make her forget being in the death camp and having to sacrifice her children. Even though he was a nut case, she needed him to forget. And died with him because only his love could make her live with the awful memories. Such a sad movie. So thought provoking though. The music was beautiful.
They died. He stole cyanide and gave it to the both of them. Saddest most thought provoking movie I ever saw. And the music was just wonderful. I just ordered the CD. Hard to come by. This movie should be shown to kids in school like "To kill a mockingbird was" great movie. Up there with Shawshank Redemption!
This has to be the most touching scene out of the whole movie. Makes me cry everytime. I try not to watch Sophie's Choice to much. I beleive I only seen it twice. Way to sad.
@Noralaura.i have.when rose let go off jack in titanic,when scarlett o hara swears to God in gone with the wind.shophie s choice is great.a tale of ordinary people made into a cinema classic,who needs megabucks movies!?RIP Alan Pakula.
That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard ... I have often thought of the bed referred to in this poem to be an ultimate resting place where no sunlight's yellow noice can interrupt that ground.
Your parents rest together. That is a beautiful and fitting end to a great love.
Thank you for sharing this. This movie teaches much from sacrifice, to tolerance for the sick who often have beautiful sides, to the power of love and friendship, to the harshness of reality.
Thanks! It's great to have a new channel, this one is so different from my first one. I haven't seen Sophie's Choice either, but now I want to. I'm not a big fan of Dickinson, but I love the simple yet powerful way this poem is delivered.
This has always been spooky for me because some of this was filmed right near where I lived in Brooklyn, and it was a horribly run down place at that time, going through a horrible recession. A very sad movie during a very sad time.
slobomotion 3 months ago
This is one of the greatest movies ever. No one should compare this movie or scene to the Titanic or the pedantic Schindler's List - OK I was bored at times but Steve S just knows how to bore. . OK I am overstating my case and boring some.
Of course the haunting melody with the poem increases tenfold the impact of this scene. I am not really overstating my case here .. this is probably how I mesmerized I am...
11xzxzxz 5 months ago
and so ended my voyage of discovery in a place as strange as Brooklyn
mazanylisak01 9 months ago
my most favourite death scene in movies....second: The English patient
inaz1992 1 year ago
excellent and fair
suzycreamcheesez 1 year ago
i loved this poem ever since i saw this scene. i'm sure it's a wonderful movie as well. i'm technically here cuz of meryl streep tho-gotta luv her! ^-^
jecjec91 1 year ago
My ex-wife committed suicide on Wednesday the 18th of August. The next day I woke up with this poem in my head. And then I remembered that we saw the movie together in the late eighties and cried in each other's arms afterwards. It's a brilliant scene. My ex-wife looked just like Sophie in the bed. Except that she was all alone. Unutterably sad.
oscarmalaika 1 year ago
one of my favorite poems in one of my favorite movies. thanks for this!
KellyWritersHouse 1 year ago
This movie was just amazing... Everything about it from the screenplay, direction, acting and the musical score were perfection.
Shimmeringsmiley 1 year ago
I've never been as impacted by a movie as I have by "Sophie's Choice". The entire film is a masterpiece. However, the end is...perfection. I sob every time I see this film.
EmmaLoveJen 1 year ago
Emily Dickinson was she really an anti-socal bitch?
Great poet however
AustinJohnson07 1 year ago
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loudenm 1 year ago
Emily Dickinson--overrated and sexually repressed.
jeffreyorich 2 years ago
Really? and how was she overrrated?
loudenm 1 year ago
@jetsetjenny02...I also think this should be shown to everyone who commits a racist act
Tigger1776 2 years ago
She needed him to make her forget being in the death camp and having to sacrifice her children. Even though he was a nut case, she needed him to forget. And died with him because only his love could make her live with the awful memories. Such a sad movie. So thought provoking though. The music was beautiful.
jetsetjenny02 2 years ago
They died. He stole cyanide and gave it to the both of them. Saddest most thought provoking movie I ever saw. And the music was just wonderful. I just ordered the CD. Hard to come by. This movie should be shown to kids in school like "To kill a mockingbird was" great movie. Up there with Shawshank Redemption!
jetsetjenny02 2 years ago
Did they die or are they just asleep? I've never seen this movie but I love Meryl streep! I'm gonna try and watch it.
StrawberryDolly 2 years ago
What? And spoil it for everyone? Watch the movie...it's one of the best ever.
Brooklynguy169 2 years ago 2
This has to be the most touching scene out of the whole movie. Makes me cry everytime. I try not to watch Sophie's Choice to much. I beleive I only seen it twice. Way to sad.
aprilwearsgucci 2 years ago 3
I have never been more touched by a scene in a movie in my life.
Noralaura 2 years ago 13
@Noralaura.i have.when rose let go off jack in titanic,when scarlett o hara swears to God in gone with the wind.shophie s choice is great.a tale of ordinary people made into a cinema classic,who needs megabucks movies!?RIP Alan Pakula.
diztanguy 1 year ago
The most beautiful scene EVER.
LunaTheLoony 2 years ago 5
I was so moved by this scene that many years later, I read AMPLE MAKE THIS BED at the gravesite of my parents at their burial.
Chatham50 2 years ago 12
That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard ... I have often thought of the bed referred to in this poem to be an ultimate resting place where no sunlight's yellow noice can interrupt that ground.
Your parents rest together. That is a beautiful and fitting end to a great love.
Thank you for sharing this. This movie teaches much from sacrifice, to tolerance for the sick who often have beautiful sides, to the power of love and friendship, to the harshness of reality.
rolandesteva67 2 years ago
Please can anyone tell me the whole text of AMPLE MAKE THIS BED ? i dont really get the words properly....please help me
wargastoto 2 years ago
Ample make this bed.
Make this bed with awe;
In it wait till judgment break
Excellent and fair.
Be its mattress straight,
Be its pillow round;
Let no sunrise' yellow noise
Interrupt this ground.
AANDE5 2 years ago 4
@AANDE5 , thanks u very much my friend, i really like this movie and i already watch it more than 5 times, thanks for the words
wargastoto 2 years ago
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loudenm 1 year ago
i saw this movie on tcm (turner classic movies) it was at night so i almost fell asleep when it was in german or w/e but i absolutly loved it!!!
robinscute12345 2 years ago 3
Beautiful! I haven't seen Sophie's Choice yet but I know I really should; my mom has praised it to me so much!
I LOVE this new channel idea of yours! Thanks for sending that bulletin! ^_^
FinnLass88 3 years ago 8
Thanks! It's great to have a new channel, this one is so different from my first one. I haven't seen Sophie's Choice either, but now I want to. I'm not a big fan of Dickinson, but I love the simple yet powerful way this poem is delivered.
FilmPoems 3 years ago