"The Sheltering Sky" is a road movie and a love story
Its real subject is very simple: Is it possible for two people to share the same dream and to exist as a couple? It's a simple story of two complicated people who love each other deeply, but can't be happy in love
So in the first part of the movie we see how the joy of life vanishes, and in the second part how the joy of death begins
Debra Winger identifies with lead "Kit" passionate and seductive character She, at least, feels the need to communicate At times she feels undesirable, even unwanted and unloved But this isn't easy to do with Port Malkovich has a completely different approach to Port He simply falls into the character In his dark eyes we can see clearly the suffering of the memory and the pain of remembrance Port's illness is an unspeakable solitude He doesn't need anybody or anything to face the challenge of life He feels he's sufficient to the task but we clearly feel his strong attraction to nothingness Kit and Port know that they dearly love each other, but they just feel condemned, condemned to be together forever
Bernardo Bertolucci planned the film in two sections: The solar part belongs to Port and the lunar connected to Kit
Debra Winger identifies with lead "Kit" passionate and seductive character She, at least, feels the need to communicate At times she feels undesirable, even unwanted and unloved But this isn't easy to do with Port Malkovich has a completely different approach to Port He simply falls into the character In his dark eyes we can see clearly the suffering of the memory and the pain of remembrance Port's illness is an unspeakable solitude He doesn't need anybody or anything to face the challenge of life He feels he's sufficient to the task but we clearly feel his strong attraction to nothingness Kit and Port know that they dearly love each other, but they just feel condemned, condemned to be together forever
Bernardo Bertolucci planned the film in two sections: The solar part belongs to Port and the lunar connected to Kit