"Butterfly Dream" movie review

Clovis 2022-04-21 09:01:44

This is the first black and white movie I've ever seen. Before writing the review, I also read some professional commentary. Not only did I read traditional film reviews, but I also saw some commentaries from new perspectives. This is also a practice of looking at problems from multiple perspectives, giving me some new ideas. This movie made me think more about the relationship between the hero and Rebecca. If starting from the movie, their relationship is undoubtedly very bad. On the surface, they love the husband and wife, but in fact they hate each other. In the candid conversation between the male and female protagonists, the male protagonist even said that he does not love Rebecca at all. He said that Rebecca's flirtatious, chaotic private life, etc., made her a heinous woman. She may or may not be. Because the plot of this movie (adapted from the novel) is actually told from the perspective of the female protagonist, it will undoubtedly bring a filter of perfect character to the male protagonist. And the male protagonist's feelings for Rebecca are most likely due to love and hatred. I think that the male protagonist wants to get enough and 100% love and investment from women in himself, which can be felt in the plots where he confirms with the female protagonist whether she loves him or not with a skeptical tone several times. In my opinion, if Rebecca, a female role hundreds of years ago, is placed in modern times, it can actually be understood as an independent woman who is not bound by marriage and has her own career and pursuit. She will not put marriage, this Men are the whole of their lives. Of course, I didn't cover up the series of unethical things about cheating in marriage, but the housekeeper who has been taking care of Rebecca - Mrs. Denniver's words touched me deeply: "She regards love as a game." And there is a small foreshadowing in the movie that also affects my view of Rebecca. Her master boatman said during the trial that she always went to sea alone, so she would not make such a low-level mistake. Going to sea alone, will she be a brave woman who pursues freedom in my imagination? There are many interpretations of this movie. This is also the most fascinating feeling that reading novels and movies brings us: "There are a hundred Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people."

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Extended Reading
  • Jaydon 2021-11-12 08:01:24

    Hitchcock's version of love suspense. 1. Personality decides fate, the little secretary is really incapable of holding the queen's aura, if Scarlett, she would never be abused like that. 2. People who can't find themselves can only get lost or trapped in the shadow of others. Later, when the heroine becomes stronger, it is also on the basis that the hero has the handle and the two sides are equal. 3. The three auspicious treasures of a good wife: breedings, brain and beauty. 4. The brain fan is too terrible, so be careful when choosing a housekeeper

Rebecca quotes

  • Mrs. Danvers: Oh, you've moved her brush, haven't you?

    [moves it slightly]

    Mrs. Danvers: There, that's better. Just as she always laid it down. "Come on, Danny, hair drill," she would say.

    [picks up the brush and goes through the motions of combing the second Mrs. De Winter's hair, without actually touching it]

    Mrs. Danvers: And I'd stand behind her like this and brush away for twenty minutes at a time.

    [lays down the brush and looks at the portrait of Maxim]

    Mrs. Danvers: Then she would say, "Good night, Danny," and step into her bed.

  • Mrs. Danvers: [brings out a negligee from under the bedcovers] Did you ever see anything so delicate?

    [motions the second Mrs. de Winter over]

    Mrs. Danvers: Look, you can see my hand through it!