The stereotypes and roundabouts of English gentlemen have been ridiculed all the time. Stephens has used these skills to the extreme, striving to maintain his own conforming life. Holmes, who is also an Englishman, ignores all knowledge that has nothing to do with his reasoning career in order to save his energy. He doesn't even know whether the earth orbits the sun or not. Stephens also has the same almost paranoid obsession. He has a yardstick for the placement of knives and forks on the dining table, and he turned a deaf ear to the historic meetings that took place in front of him. He will keep his eyes on the best time for the owner to pull the seat away, but he doesn't know whether the owner is in jail or not.
Focusing on the extreme becomes intolerant, and sometimes it can be used as an excellent shield. Wiping and wiping housework can become a sacred and inviolable cause for him to push away all the chores that he doesn't want to face.
So he himself is more and more willing to be overly superstitious in the sacredness of the "rules," "arrangements," and "plans," and unswervingly make many value choices that are absurd in the eyes of others. When Keaton pointed out his father’s fault, he would repeat his job of wiping the appliance and shouldn’t be disturbed. He would be silent for a while in front of his father’s body that had just cooled down, and then told the doctor to make a basin of footwash for the guest and don’t forget to add salt. He will take care of his beloved woman when she hints that he is going on a date with his rival.
Miss Keaton is an Eve who loves and hates, and his God may be called von Neumann.
To go on in life, he must face changes and breakthroughs, but Stevens hates change. The personnel changes brought by his subordinates for personal reasons annoy him, and the extra flowers in the office distract him. If he can compile a set of automatic management of the residence. I believe that he will work out the final program of the game regardless of day and night and does not intend to change it. He was afraid, and he would always feel an uncontrollable anxiety in the face of new changes. Refusing to change so refuses to accept, and refuses to accept also refuses to hurt, and refuses all the dangers that might overturn his life plan.
It is true that these instructions for not being surprised may be cold, but they have not succeeded in suppressing his inner yearning for love and beauty.
The alive Miss Keaton made his system mistakes frequently, and she was helpless. He struggled in his heart, but in reality he set too many shackles for himself, leaving him too narrow room for change, he didn't know what he could become, but he knew what he must not be. To be honest, I still can't tell why the gentlemen of that era were so afraid of this reasonable love. Maybe it was the complicated vision of the world? In any case, real desires and pursuits burned fiercely under the tight mask. What happens if I burn through the mask? He did not dare to think that he had never known himself sincerely, in case... he was not used to being at a loss with certainty, he could only pour real emotions on fictional love novels when there was no one; when faced with the real world At that time, the only way to implement the written program more conscientiously. He couldn't take that risk, nor was he sure whether happiness was worth a fight, so he would rather sacrifice the unknown possibility than he saw it. As long as you don't start it yourself, the program won't run. As long as you don't expect, there will be no regrets.
But the smashed beer bottle revealed his thoughts. The maid's mistake was that he racked his brains to figure out a reason to enter Miss Keaton's room calmly, right? In the film, even his face was not photographed, only one hand holding the beer bottle carefully and the other hand that didn't know what to posture. What's the use of patting his face? It must be that expressionless, objective and calm facial features, his feelings can only be expressed in places that are not noticed. He didn't say a word extra, because he only said instructions and had no attitude all his life.
However, there is a boundless darkness between instructions and attitudes. No one knows what stormy waves are brewing in his heart, just like a lost plane. You don’t know if it has crashed, or if it has changed its course and is working hard. You fly here, and you don't know if you should wait. Hey, poor Miss Keaton. In the game of advance and retreat, she insisted on courage. In her blunt tone, she speculated countlessly, and she was gradually blown out in the senseless waiting.
Has Stevens in despair ever imagined that if love could be like those silent Chinese porcelain dolls in the master's mansion, it would be nice to wait for him to wipe gently with a clean rag to complete all the rituals.
My friend said that this movie reflects a male perspective on love, but restrains depression in the face of the beauty that I want to pursue. I can see part of the resonance in both people. Desire but depressed, pursuit but unavailable, two heavy struggles between the robot and Eve.
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