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the beginning of the film, there are almost no wide-open panoramic shots, and most of them are close-ups and close-ups. The interweaving of characters occurs mostly in the corridors. The corridor was so narrow that it was almost impossible for two people to stand side by side, revealing a depressing atmosphere. In this small space, people's emotions are infinitely magnified.
During the period when their spouses disappeared at the same time, Su and Zhou always shuttled back and forth through the dim and outdated aisle with steps downstairs. It was also a width that could hardly accommodate two people standing side by side. The slow motion highlighted the shape of the two people. Only a single, the intersection is inevitable.
Another main date of the two people is a street with iron fences. The same scene has appeared several times over and over again. It is dark all around, and opposite is an old wall. Nearby is a cold iron fence. They are inside. Walking around, chatting, hugging and weeping, like two trapped beasts in a cage. In the last street scene, the characters' space was squeezed to the corner of the screen by the thick wall. They could no longer pierce the wall, and could only be squeezed infinitely, almost being squeezed out of the screen. This also echoes the Following the farewell, Zhou chose to leave.
Another implied lane is the landlord. Coincidentally, both households live with the landlord, and the relationship between the two landlords is still very good. Where there are crowds, there are ethics. Here, the landlord (especially Mrs. Sun) represents the ethics and is also the watcher of the observer. Always pay attention to the words and deeds of Zhou Su and the two. On the surface, they look like a big family, harmonious and lively, but inside they are two thick ethical walls, even smaller than the narrow corridor gap. Mrs. Sun said to Su Lizhen: When you are young, you should go out to relax, but you must be measured. Su Lizhen took a few steps, and when she turned around, her eyes were full of tears, showing the degree of depression. In social ethics, this kind of ambiguous emotion cannot be tolerated, although the parties have repeatedly emphasized: we will not be the same as them.
Another time, Su Lizhen accidentally stayed in Zhou Muyun's room, which further strengthened the existence of the two landlords as a wall of ethics. Under the attack of ethics, they had to flee in a hurry. The result is that the two are squeezed into a realm that conventional ethics seems to be out of reach - the hotel.
hotel
In fact, there is a deliberate coincidence here. Zhou's wife was crying in the bathtub, and knocked on the door of room 268 with a hand, which obviously belonged to Su Lizhen's husband. The common choice of the two cheating lovers is the hotel, the same is the woman crying because of depression, they have the same fate.
Here, hotels are on the edge of life. The bright red corridor and the large area of dark red in the room are full of ambiguous, erotic, and sexual implications. In fact, at this stage, the mutual affection between the two is inevitable. Writing a novel is just a pretense. When Zhou proposed to rent a hotel to write a novel, Su just said it was too wasteful and did not reject this option. They need a more intimate and private space, but they can't pierce that layer of paper, because then the basis of their relationship is not strong, and then they become "the same as them." This is a reason for them to hang out with confidence , and inside, everyone understands what the hotel means. At this point, their hearts have already accepted this more intimate contact and even sex. Zhou's meticulous hairstyle is a little messy on weekdays, reflecting his madness and anticipation. Su was wearing a red trench coat and hurried to the hotel, nervous, contradictory, and somewhat hopeful. Body language and eyes explained everything.
In fact, their relationship has undergone a qualitative change at this time. In the hearts of countless people, they have rolled the sheets countless times. Maybe in today's relationship between men and women, this is already a fact. But the film is absolutely in the realm of wanting to do it, and each of us has completed countless passionate scenes for the director in our minds. Each of us is the subject of ethics and the implementer of ethics.
However, the hotel is also a cage, and here is an abnormal life. To maintain this relationship, it is precisely based on the normal ethics - "We will not be the same as them." So even a little bit of progress is destruction. They carefully maintained the cage that gave them short-term happiness.
window
When people are depressed or see no hope, they always look out the window. There are also several scenes of looking out the window in the film. Zhou waited twice by the hotel window, the first time on a hotel date and the last time Sue eloped with him. Each time is a turning point in the plot. Finally, Zhou turned off the lights, closed the door, and turned to leave, leaving the room completely dark. In the future of Yiren, the light in his heart is also turned off, which means that Zhou has withdrawn from this relationship. Su finally came late and waited all night (note the difference between the light and shadow of the curtains) I suspect she came late on purpose, because if you really want to be together, the ticket is not a problem. In fact, her decision had already been made before she came, and her arrival may just be to reminisce about those good days.
Su also faced the window twice, once after being hinted by Mrs. Sun. Behind her were the lively mahjong sounds of the neighbors. She stared out the window alone in a daze, her eyes full of helplessness. This relationship cannot find an exit. In the final stage of the film, Su came to visit Mrs. Sun, and she looked out of the window, and she was no longer there, so she could not help crying. This picture reminds me of one of my own experiences: once, I passed by a small building where I lived with my old lover. In the dark corridor, I looked up at the house where I lived. The lights were on, and it was like in the sky far away. Scenes from the past rushed out, and the building was still the same building, but the people who came in and out had already changed their appearances. As soon as he lowered his head, the tears had reached his jaw. Some things seemed to be able to be grasped with force at the time, but as soon as they let go, they were gone forever. Just like Zhou Muyun's hesitant and determined back in the corridor. After all, the era that belongs to us is gone forever.
I think that Su Lizhen's mood at this time is probably the same.
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