Young Love (2002) 4.7

Martti: Who took my pencil? Antti, you know in China a fruit monger can leave his cart in the middle of a square overnight and when he comes back in the morning, not a single fruit will be missing. If one of you should ever finish school, I hope the one grasps the nobility of art. Martti:

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Very good, excellent! Let's take a couple a bit closer. But I can't be done without light. Everything is based on light. Even colors are made of light. There are no colors in the dark, only black and white. A lens can bring you close to distant things. It is easier to approach a person that way too, isn't it? You must understand what you're shooting. You have to find the soul of your object.

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Jukka: I thought you didn't believe in souls. Martti: Only in photography. Just as there is a dark side to every soul, every picture craves shade. Martti: My father was a fervent preacher who never approved of me, but he didn't abandon me either. Sometimes I hope I had even a drop of his courage. Martti: Did you know that a man is truly in love when he wants a baby? What a fool I was. Jukka: I don't think it's silly at all. Martti: It is! Love makes you do silly things, like running around at night smashing cameras. Did you even take any pictures? Jukka: A little something. Martti: A little something? I just don't tolerate with such modesty! You either shoot out of passion or you don't shoot at all! Photography is about seeing things others can't see. Martti: What is God like? Jukka: I don't know. But I think He loves all people. Martti: But you aren't sure. Jukka: Mom taught me that when I was little. Martti: God bless all the middle-class mothers! I wish I could believe it too. Jukka: Who says you can't? Martti: What would my old comrades say if I suddenly started to believe in God? Jukka: I bet they wouldn't say a word, because they aren't here. Martti: I have underestimated your wits. You are the only one who's good enough.