Starting from a very oblique angle, but could this short sketch actually encompass the central theme in Youth without Youth?
Was Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly or is he now really a butterfly dreaming that he is Chuang Tzu?
Is there something that we can know 100% for certain? No.
WELCOME TO THE BUTTERFLY DREAM.
If you would like a brief overview of the book, as a adjutant to the rambling garbage that we purvey, THIS isn’t bad.
HERE is an interesting article/interview which draws a parallel between Ford Coppola’s film of “Youth Without Youth” and his earlier film ,(and one of Gav’s favourites) “The Conversation”
Here’s Ford Coppola doing press for the film…
…and here’s a slightly more revealing interview with Tim Roth.
Finally, although the film is quite close to the book, one or two things are different and somehow, the Comte de St. Germain ended up on the cutting room floor, but who was he?
…and Gav is convinced that the whole thing is a Rosicrucian parable, but who were they? It is such a privilege to be in the presence of so many juvenescent ripe minds!
My final parting gift to you all is not a third rose, but Roger Moore’s greatest role. This video gives a good overview of a really marvellous film that should be much more widely known.
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Youth Without Youth