Finding Light in a World of Shadows
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In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
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Seeing Beyond Sight
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You don't need eyes to see.
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Desire for Connection Amidst Tragic Awareness
Jeff:
Why did you have him? You knew he would have the same disease as you.
Selma:
I just wanted to hold a little baby... just in my arms.
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Conflict Over Maternal Responsibilities and Sacrifices
Kathy:
But he needs his mother, you know, alive, no matter where!
Selma:
You don't understand! He needs his eyes!
Kathy:
He needs his mother!
Selma:
No!
Kathy:
Yes! Alive!
Selma:
NO!!
Kathy:
Listen to reason for once, Selma! Selma...
Selma:
I listen to my heart...
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Dreaming of Joy in Quiet Moments
Brenda:
Why don't you try to think of something nice, all right?
Selma:
It's just so quiet here.
Brenda:
What's that got to do with it, Selma?
Selma:
You know, when I used to work in the factory... I used to dream that I was in a musical... Because, in a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens.
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A Conversation About Perception and Understanding
Jeff:
You can't see, can you?
Selma:
What is there to see?
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Musicals and the Nature of Expression
Jeff:
Look, I don't understand. In musicals... why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? I mean, I don't suddenly start... to sing and dance.
Selma:
No... You're right, Jeff. You don't.
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Nostalgia for Endless Films and Childhood Memories
Selma:
You know when the camera goes really big and it comes up out of the roof, and you just know that it's gonna end? I hate that. I used to cheat on that when I was a little girl back in Czechoslovakia. I would leave the cinema just after the next to last song, and the film would just go on forever. It's lovely, isn't it?
Bill:
That is lovely.
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Facing the Reality of Blindness
Selma:
Would it make you feel better If I told you a secret?
Bill:
What secret could you tell me?
Selma:
I'm going blind. Not yet, but... soon. Maybe sometime this year.
Bill:
Blind...
Selma:
It's not as bad as it sounds. It's, uh... It's a family thing.
Bill:
But, blind?
Selma:
I've always known it. From... when I was a little girl, I knew.
Bill:
And you're okay?
Selma:
Well, I came to America because in America, they can give Gene an operation.
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Concern and Frustration in a Difficult Situation
Selma: [in the cinema, asking description of the movie because she can't see]
How is she doing?
Kathy:
It's when she cannot keep up, and she's going to faint. Ah, she fainted.
Angry man:
Please be quiet.
Kathy:
Oh, give us a break. She doesn't see that well.
Angry man:
I paid good money to see this film.
Kathy:
Well, so did she.
Selma:
I love it when they dance.
Angry man:
For Pete's sake, it's a musical. Of course they're dancing!
Kathy:
We know that!
Angry man:
Oh, you're so smart.
Kathy:
Yes.
Selma: [laughing]
I think you made friends, Kathy.
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A Name That Holds Meaning
Selma:
You're fantastic. You just have to listen to your heart, Cvalda.
Kathy:
I don't want you to call me Cvalda.
Selma:
You're Cvalda to me.
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The Illusion of Musicals in Dreams
Selma Ježková:
I used to dream that I was in a musical coz in a musical nothing dreadful ever happens.
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Finding Music in Everyday Sounds
Selma Ježková:
Clatter, crash, clack! Racket, bang, thump! Rattle, clang, crack, thud, whack, bam! It's music, now dance!
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Finding Music in Hardship
Selma Ježková:
I've got little games I play when it goes really hard. When I'm working in the factory... and the machines, they make these... rhythms... And I just start dreaming, and it all becomes music.
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Dreams of America in a Tin of Candy
Selma Ježková:
In Czechoslovakia, I saw a film, and they were eating candy from a tin just like this. I thought to myself... how wonderful it must be in the United States.
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