I understood the momentousness of the sentiment - I want you to audition for that role, he was telling me; it was, more than anything, a declaration of love - yet it made me nervous.

我晓得这话的分量——他是在告诉我：我要你试演那个角色；不管怎么说，这都是一个爱的宣示——但这还是叫我神经紧张。

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Every movie we see, every story we're told, implores us to wait for it, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rules.

我们看的电影，听的故事，都是等待这一刻的到来，不期而遇的爱的宣言，惯例中的特例。

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The third act twist: The unexpected declaration of love. the exception to the rule.

而第三类情况是：无法预知的爱情宣言，游离于规则之外。

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No grander, more foolish declaration of love has been seen, or heard, in recent cinema.

NEWYORKER: Blue Valentine

The film loses its way long before the end, and the climactic declaration of love is embarrassing and pretty unlikely.

NEWYORKER: Speechless

There is no declaration of love between John and his wife.

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