This sentence is a message from Carey Mulligan's sister to her brother Brandon , From the beginning to the end of the movie, my sister is begging my brother to answer the phone. "bad people, bad place" is the sentence that impressed me the most. It turned out that this indulgent and decadent woman still understood their situation.
Shame is such a depressing film. As a fan of Uncle Fa's brain, even though I was just an adult, I still watched this movie with my ID in hand, and it really hurt my heart.
At the beginning of the movie, Brandon played by Uncle Fa lay naked on the bed with a weak face and stared blankly at the ceiling, and I couldn't help feeling distressed about this character. At first, Uncle Fa walked closer and closer to the camera, naked, and I covered my eyes with my hands, not because I was shy, but because I didn't dare to face his pain. Brandon is a sex addict, stalking the subway and masturbating in the office toilet. Also invite prostitutes or something to do special services for him at home. He would say softly and eagerly in an extremely magnetic and deep voice, slowly. He would also eat the Chinese food he had packed home at night while watching pornographic videos on the computer without restraint.
It all seemed unreasonable, and Brandon, at least on the surface, looked well-dressed and refined. He has a decent job in New York, a bright and spacious apartment with white furniture and rows of records and books (not yellow books) on the shelves next to the TV. Just looking at him like this, a man with good taste can't associate him with other wretched and perverted men.
Later, two women appeared, which hit Brandon's world hard, and even Brandon's humiliation was almost given by them.
First, his sister came uninvited. She has a frivolous demeanor, wears heavy smoky makeup, and lives decadently, as if life had no meaning at all, and had a strong tendency to self-destruct. The younger sister should be another extreme version of the older brother, so Brandon hated her so much at first and wanted to abandon her. She messed up Brandon's world, slept with Brandon's boss, and watched Brandon masturbate and watch pornography, which made being a big brother feel so bad. Inspired by his sister, Brandon threw away all the pornographic books and even threw his computer in the trash. He should have had enough of this life himself.
And another black woman, I don't even want to remember her name. Brandon really liked her, they parted at the subway station after the first date. When the relationship between the two warmed up and they finally had the opportunity to rub shoulders on Brandon's large and clean bed, Brandon couldn't. The woman just said lightly, it's OK, and left. And Brandon held his head silently, shaking in pain. It's a great irony for a man to be able to fuck with any woman, but not with the woman he really likes.
He struggled with conflict. He was never happy. I read in a book before that sex is supposed to be a pleasure. Brandon collapsed painfully every time he finished, and the physical vent seemed to be another form of abuse. I don't know if his emaciated body can endure this huge pain. I am afraid every time that all his energy will be drained and only a lifeless skin will be left.
Before, Brandon went to listen to his sister sing in the restaurant. She sang New York, New York. My sister sang very emotionally, and Brandon burst into tears while listening, which is one of the things that bothers me the most. The lyrics are actually about Brandon, pain, failure, and inseparability in New York.
The Brandon siblings, both from Ireland, came to the United States when they were very young. They are like weeds without roots, wandering in a city like New York with no heart. That's why my sister said, bad people, bad place. In this lonely and confused city, passers-by are struggling. Brandon said his longest relationship was four months. In such a big city, Brandon and his sister are just insignificant existences, no one will care about the pain in their lives, and their existence has no superfluous meaning to others.
The movie took a lot of scenes in subway stations and subways. The subway has always been one of the icons of New York. At first Brandon's sister took the subway and stood on the edge of the subway track, maybe she was praying that the subway would sweep her away unconsciously, away from this chaotic life forever. I remember when I first came to the United States, I was very afraid to catch the subway, even standing in a subway station, even if it was far away from the yellow line, I was afraid that the roaring subway would take me away. After I got used to it, I was bored by myself, so I would take the subway to wander around without a purpose, and it didn't matter where I was. Brandon was always sitting on the subway with a blank look on his face, and he didn't know what to do.
In fact, Uncle Fa's body is very sexy and fragrant, but what makes my heart hurt the most is when he is in bed, his face is full of sadness, pain and shame. When he was messing with a bunch of women in the back of the movie, those women had lustful faces, while he stared at the camera, his naked body trembling violently, as if he could no longer bear the physical and mental pain and would collapse at any time, his expression of despair roared silently. write. Brandon has also thought about self-restraint, but the more restraint, the more repressed it will bring him new pain, and the new pain needs to be vented and indulged with the body, which is a bottomless pit.
There were a few places where I really cried. There was a heated argument between Brandon and his sister, who said, I'm trying to help you. There were tears in my eyes. Such a chaotic and decadent woman can't live a good life alone, what can she do to help her brother. As for my brother, he went out and wandered aimlessly, teasing women in front of other boyfriends, smiling in despair, and was beaten so badly afterward, which made me feel bad.
There is also the Nth time that the younger sister committed suicide by cutting her wrists. Brandon cried silently while holding her in a pool of blood. The depressing scene was overflowing with blood - the younger sister collapsed, and the older brother was struggling. It seems that the world has abandoned the two brothers and sisters. - Who the hell cares in New York?
My sister was saved, and life goes on, although I'm not sure if theirs counts as "life". There is a depressing tune that plays throughout the movie, and that tune is called Brandon. At the beginning of the movie he was flirting with a woman in the subway, and at the end he was still the same woman, but after all this, he couldn't laugh anymore. The ghost knows whether his sex addiction has been cured or not, but if it goes on like this, his life will completely rot in this mud. Personal existence, in this city, is what?
Or it was doomed from the beginning, We are not bad people, just live in a bad place.
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