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Narcissus

Not who you're looking for? Others named Narcissus: hunter in Greek mythology · painting by François Lemoyne · Post-hardcore band based out of Canton, Ohio · 1983 film by Norman McLaren

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Narcissus is a 2012 film written and directed by Dovile Gasiunaite. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a handsome young man, so vain that the gods condemned him to fall in love with his own reflection. Nowadays, Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a pathological preoccupation with issues of self-importance, closely connected to ego-centrism. In the original screenplay by Dovile Gasiunaite, Teodore is a handsome and gifted string quartet cello player, who becomes increasingly obsessed with himself. His looks, sensitivity, and talent initially draw people in, but his lack of empathy and self-obsession hurt everyone around him. Teodore abandons his family, career, and friends in his quest for an unattainable challenge. His devastating battle takes place in the dark place of his own psyche. Music The film's music score was written by Giedrius Puskunigis, and performed by actors who are also professional musicians. Amvrosios Vlachopoulos, the leading actor, is a professional cello player. Susanna Perry Gilmore is currently a first violin and concertmaster at Omaha Symphony. Awards and nominations Best Feature Film, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Best Music, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Best Supporting Actress, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Audience Choice Award, Kaunas International Film Festival, 2012

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Notable quotes

“Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.”
— Henry Ward Beecher, Life Thoughts (1858), p. 234.
“Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.”
— Napoleon, as quoted in The table talk and opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte (1868), p. 148.
“Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.”
— Book EX, line 278.
“The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.”
— William Wordsworth, Sonnet. Not Love, Not War, Nor, etc.
“And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.”
— Robert Burns, The Chevalier's Lament.
“Her heart was a passion-flower, bearing within it the crown of thorns and the cross of Christ.”
— Jeremy Taylor, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 397.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Narcissus: hunter in Greek mythology · painting by François Lemoyne · Post-hardcore band based out of Canton, Ohio · 1983 film by Norman McLaren

Overview

Narcissus is a 2012 film written and directed by Dovile Gasiunaite. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a handsome young man, so vain that the gods condemned him to fall in love with his own reflection. Nowadays, Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a pathological preoccupation with issues of self-importance, closely connected to ego-centrism. In the original screenplay by Dovile Gasiunaite, Teodore is a handsome and gifted string quartet cello player, who becomes increasingly obsessed with himself. His looks, sensitivity, and talent initially draw people in, but his lack of empathy and self-obsession hurt everyone around him. Teodore abandons his family, career, and friends in his quest for an unattainable challenge. His devastating battle takes place in the dark place of his own psyche. Music The film's music score was written by Giedrius Puskunigis, and performed by actors who are also professional musicians. Amvrosios Vlachopoulos, the leading actor, is a professional cello player. Susanna Perry Gilmore is currently a first violin and concertmaster at Omaha Symphony. Awards and nominations Best Feature Film, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Best Music, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Best Supporting Actress, Nominated, Silver Crane Awards (Lithuanian Film Academy) Audience Choice Award, Kaunas International Film Festival, 2012

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.”
— Henry Ward Beecher, Life Thoughts (1858), p. 234.
“Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.”
— Napoleon, as quoted in The table talk and opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte (1868), p. 148.
“Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.”
— Book EX, line 278.
“The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.”
— William Wordsworth, Sonnet. Not Love, Not War, Nor, etc.
“And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.”
— Robert Burns, The Chevalier's Lament.
“Her heart was a passion-flower, bearing within it the crown of thorns and the cross of Christ.”
— Jeremy Taylor, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 397.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.