Why, yes, another fanmix for these two from me. The title of this fanmix, L'ampleur de notre guerre, is from the French version of Portishead's Only You, and it translates to The scope of our war. It's fitting for Fredrick and Shosanna, I think. While I could sit here and try to articulate the reasons and motivations for making this one, I'll leave to these three quotes, which have been rattling around in my brain:

From Mélanie Laurent:

“When the movie starts, she is like a little animal – very young and scared. She’s alive, but dead inside because she has seen her whole family murdered in front of her. She buys a cinema – what a great place to hide! Then, when she meets the Nazi soldier, she starts to change. She becomes a vengeance-crazy woman – really obsessed with this one great idea to destroy the Nazis. She’s an amazing character because of these evolutions. She’s a child, a survivor, and she becomes a heroine.”

My favorite line from the scene in the projection booth, which leads Shosanna to reach out to Fredrick as he lay dying on the floor:

"The Face on the silver screen breaks the young girl's heart..."

And, of course, because of Quentin:

"I see them as my tragic lovers: my Romeo and Juliet. His only crime is being attracted to her under the worst possible circumstances. Any other time it might have worked."

Hopefully, I have been able to capture their conflict, anger, and ultimately, love.

01. The Black Angels - Young Men Dead

The trees can't grow without the sun in their eyes
And we can't live if we're too afraid to die

02. The Dead Weather - So Far From Your Weapon

Right away from the get go the bullet was cursed
Ever since I had you every little thing hurts

03. Nick Cave & The Badseeds - (Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For?

As you've been moving surely toward me
My soul has comforted and assured me
That in time, my heart, it will reward me
And that all will be revealed

04. Shannon Wright - They'd Kill The Actor In The End

Let's stay as long as we can
Everything must come to an end

05. Kunek - We Have Become

As soon as I can chain this burning heart
It will be just like we have arrived
We have become

06. Portishead - Only You (French Version)*

It's only you
Who can tell me apart
And it's only you
Who can turn my wooden heart
*The chorus is sung in English, the verses in French

07. Broken Bells - Mongrel Heart

Drawn by your mongrel heart again
If they don't answer, would you want to be found out?

08. The Cardigans - It's War

No, don't sleep tonight, I'm hurt and ready for fire
Don't leave me up alarmed and ready to die

09. Moby - New Dawn Fades

Oh, I've walked on water, run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore

10. Devics - Don't Take It Away

Now don't take this away
I could do that too
Don't take this away
I could finish you

11. Unkle ft. Ian Astbury - Burn My Shadow

Fate's my destroyer
I was ambushed by the light
And you judged me once for falling
This wounded heart will rise

12. Mikael Karlsson ft. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed

I'm naked
I'm numb
I'm stupid
I'm staying
And if Cupid's got a gun
Then he's shootin'

13. Foals - What Remains

So how can love bear to see you, bear to see you go alone?
Black and blue, this beating heart's got the same blood as your own

14. Múm - Show Me

The murky lights leave home
They leave me in the dark
I'm waiting here for you, waiting here for you
To show me, show me

15. Editors - The Weight Of The World

Every little piece in your life
Will add up to one
Every little piece of your life
Will mean something to someone

16. Clint Mansell - Together We Will Live Forever

Instrumental

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