Looking at the title of "Stealing Beauty", it is easy to think that the film is full of fragrance and style, and there are indeed many scenes of provocative "bed scenes". However, in Bertolucci's lens, the originally overflowing desire has gradually diminished. His expressions tend to be more personal, and the older he gets, the more "youthful" he becomes. Especially the protagonist Liv Tyler, the performance is clean and bright, finding a delicate balance between greenness and temptation
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The title is well explained in the first few frames of Stealing Beauty. There has always been a cultural and sexual identity in the film, and the idyllic countryside depicted by the director is a microcosm of a colonized society: Brits, French, Italians, Americans live here, displaced and lonely. And come together, through this setting, Bertolucci explains that his departure and return are equally painful, and attaches this completely to the film and its theme. In the film, each character seems to have a fixed role, limited to a very purely symbolic function, and is bogged down by some repeated scenes from time to time, even the protagonist Lucy looks just like the audience. Bewildered, these are all manifestations of Bertolucci's wobbles under various influences. The film has been battling cultures, emotions, and generations in a spinning top, and its churning mix of images and sounds seems increasingly hollow. Perhaps the creator of Stealing Beauty was looking for a truth, a truth he could never reach. He tries to find a shortcut but loses his way, like the lost Italian military police in the film, and it is this that makes up the few unexpected but truly successful moments in
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