even after all these year and this remain a perfect movie for me . i still remember sit for a long time in the theater after it be over and stun by the experience and overcome by emotion . i own the dvd ( of course . ) be see at least once a year . it incomparable and i can not add much to have already be write about it excellence and beauty . so glad others love it as much a i do . a note represent the author of the book on which it base michael ondatje be enchant with the film and be quote a say he wish he have think of some of the lovely scene write purely for the movie . the way kip invite hana to his side with a trail of small candle and and the way he arrange for hana to view the fresco in the ruined medieval church .