A few small insights

Davonte 2022-09-09 03:55:12

1) The wife and mother are real, and the girlfriend has been dating, but they have broken up long ago. It may be that the girlfriend found out the traces of his ring and knew that he was cheating with a scumbag, but he couldn't let go of his passion with his girlfriend. Like fire, or in other words, cheating can bring him passion (such as going to see a striptease), and he has the whole story by playing with the idea of ​​getting better and returning to his family in his heart.
2) Anthony is an early name and personality. Due to desire and game, it is split into Anthony and Adam in the film. It is normal for the two personalities to have completely different personalities and preferences: one is married and the other is unmarried, so as to “steal” A justifiable reason; love is given to a lover and naturally impatient with his wife; stealing away from his wife is naturally short in aura, so Adam has a sense of uselessness, and Anthony pretends to be right in front of his wife. crisis.
3) 6 months ago, Anthony was a third-rate actor. Later, he used the name "Adam" as a history teacher. His wife always knew that he was a history teacher. At the end of the film, he asked "How is school today". But she probably never went to his school and didn't care deeply about his work situation. The wife's pain when she went to school was to find that her husband not only used another name to attend classes, but even had another personality.
4) The game of cheating and a good husband. The half photo of Adam in the title shows that he subconsciously wants to cut off his cheating thoughts and return to the family to be a good husband. Then one of the personalities and the image of his girlfriend who symbolizes cheating must be removed. Chose to sacrifice Anthony, which is why Anthony makes a strange request to be with his girlfriend and promises to leave Adam's life. In the end, Anthony died, and Adam repented and apologized to his wife. This was the closest the good husband game came to success. However, the photo at the end of the film became complete, and the key was re-held in his hand, indicating that the desire to steal fishy was not eliminated and returned to Adam, and the game failed.

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  • Anthony: Control, it's all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession and that's it. In ancient Rome they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept population busy with entertainment but other dictatorships used other strategies to control ideas, the knowledge... how do they do that? Lower education, they limit culture, censor information, they censor any means of individual expression and is important to remember this, that this is a pattern, that repeats itself through out history.

  • Teacher at School: Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Anthony: It's true.

    Teacher at School: No, it's a movie, I saw it a little while ago but um... I remember it was... I liked it.

    Anthony: Hmm. Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Teacher at School: Yeah, that's it. Local film, if you...

    Anthony: I'll keep it in mind.