Julian's sexual behavior appeared three times. For the first time, Mai tied his hands and masturbated to him. Here, there was the illusion of Chang cutting off his hands. The second time, Mai was sitting behind the bead curtain in the corner of the private room and led his hand between his legs (it feels like it was earlier, the first time I met?). For the third time, Julian saw the dead mother, cut the body with a knife, and put his hand in. Julian's hand is a very important symbol in this film. It appears many times, at least in sex, almost as a substitute for the penis (Julian has sexual dysfunction?).
Julian is obviously Oedipus, not just being obsessed, saying that attachment may be better. Crystal is very strong, and at the same time encourages his son's fascination with her (I don't know if she has an indecent relationship with Billy). Several details have appeared. When the mother and son met for the first time, he was obedient like a child and kissed his mother. The way was very sensual, Crystal stroked his arm with her finger; after the dinner broke up, Mai angrily said that he shouldn't let his mother treat him like this, causing Julian to furious.
Julian's father killing, if I remember correctly, the original words were with his bare hands, so Julian used these hands to kill both his father and her mother. Maybe after his father killing, these hands became his penis that he could really erect, even when he had a relationship with Mai. (Billy is both the mother's lover and "has a bigger jb". It should have more or less replaced the role of the father, making Julian a little boy again, but the film did not say about this, and it is not important.)
Chang chopped off his hand once during the ruling, and then dug out his eyes and cut his ears when torturing Crystal's men. Chang is not just killing people, it is really a kind of judgment and redemption. In this way, only God can forgive, and this God is Chang. (Is this God God in the Western context, Buddhism, or God in a broader sense? Is it an extreme patriarchal symbol?)
Finally, a close-up of Julian's hands was given. God castrated Julian, or the trial forgave Julian. As repeated before, Julian’s deepest fear is being chopped off/castrated, but the final chopped hand seemed to be very calm (meaning to be forgiven?) In
the end, Chang sang pretty well.
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