On the barrage, many people are discussing whether Qiao scum is not scum, as well as the stalks of rich women and little white faces.
In fact, I think this film is actually a collision of silent film and sound film. Joe can be seen as the embodiment of Norma's film career. Due to the arrival of sound movies (Joe and Betty have been in love for a long time), the film industry has moved closer to sound movies and abandoned silent films (After Joe got used to living with Norma, Betty made Joe rekindle his dream of being a screenwriter, and gradually estranged from Norma)
Norma thought that her love career could usher in a new life, but Joe's departure made Norma see clearly that she had already lost her career, and she never got love, and everything was her own fantasy. Unable to accept her failure, Norma kills Joe in insanity, and finally completes the curtain call in the reporter's camera.
In fact, the main characters of the whole film are people who are immersed in the past: Norma is immersed in the dream of an old movie star, Joe is indulging in his past screenwriting career, the housekeeper is thinking about Norma, who was popular with him in the past, and Betty is in his heart. It was Joe who used to be a screenwriter. Although he didn't say it clearly, Artie was obviously in the past. Betty, the lover he didn't know, had already fallen in love with Joe, and he was still thinking about marrying Betty and going on a honeymoon.
In fact, as long as one person jumps out of the past, he can get peace and happiness, but no one can get out of the past, and Joe is the same. In the end, he seemed to choose to walk out, but in fact he chose to destroy. Norma shot him three times. He didn't shout or struggle, he knew he was going to be killed, and he ended up in the swimming pool he had dreamed of in the past.
Only the wheels of the film industry are rolling forward.
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