Maybe everyone has this kind of magic in us, and we all at some point, somewhere, hope to become a completely different person, living a life we have long admired. So we see in Ripley the evil hidden in our hearts; and this evil originates from human nature; because of the nature of human nature, we will have compassion. No one doesn't think Ripley is pitiful, living in his own lies all his life, going back and forth between ego and a character killed by him, without friends, haunted by nightmares, and without a home. Mingora amplifies the bitterness of this humanity, and he doesn't have to punish Ripley at the end of the film, because everyone sees what he's getting. Mingora's ability to grasp the script has reached a certain level. The film also fully showcases the talent of director Minghella, who was no-one when he cast the film's four leading actors, but soon after, they were all prosperous.
For Preley, the most cruel punishment is to kill the one he loves. When we kill Dicky, we see his helplessness. His hands are covered with the blood of his lover. Love hurts more than death. He hugged Dicky's cold body tightly, and the only time, the last time, was floating in the blue Mediterranean like this. No one will remember his love, and in order to cover up Dick's death, and to be able to live like Dick's life forever, Preley embarks on his own journey of disguise and deception to truly become Dick.
The film is defined as a thriller, and it is more about the impact of the ugly side of human nature on the audience; there is not much blood and violence, but it is unknowingly surrounded by bottomless darkness. The human heart is a bottomless pit. How deep and how long the nightmare is, I don't know, so I am more and more afraid.
Preley finally lived the life he wanted, but he no longer had any friends, no lover, no self...
forget himself and be someone else.
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