At the beginning of the film, the playwright's wife, Karen, introduced a good-looking girl, Eve, to her friend, the big star Margo. Eve's tragic background and love of drama infected Margo, so Margo kept her by her side. But Eve's pervasive intrusion into her life, studying her own words and deeds, scares her. At this time, Eve was trying her best to seduce the men around Margo, directors, playwrights, drama critics... In an audition, Margo found that her role was replaced by Eve, and she made a scene but Aroused the resentment of playwrights and others. In the subsequent official performance, Eve played instead of Margo, and it was a great success. Eve picks up the Syrah Sidons Drama Award, Margo decides to retire...
Contradiction
One of the great things about the film is the portrayal of the characters. Human nature is complex and terrifying. There are thousands of faces, and one person will have thousands of faces. The shaping of the characters in the film reminds me of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett's courage, fortitude, rebellious spirit and her selfishness, narrow-mindedness and egoism are perfectly blended, making this Literary images have long-term vitality. In the film, the performance effect brought by this contradiction is also fully utilized. Bette Davis' wonderful performance has contributed to the film history a sexy and lazy but youthful, innocent, arrogant and conceited screen classic image; while Annie Baxter portrays a beautiful and gentle appearance, sinister and sinister inside, and a real truth. The woman who has been playing tricks on fate is portrayed to the bones. The use of this contradiction is also reflected in the details of the film. Margo seems arrogant and conceited, but her servant can talk to her on an equal footing; and it is this vulgar-looking servant who meets Eve for the first time. The face showed rare warmth, but she saw through Eve's true face in the shortest time: "She is like studying you, like studying your plays, taking notes, reading your books, studying how you walk. , talking, eating, thinking..." Under such a design, you will find that your first instinct is often wrong, and human nature is elusive, which is also the charm of the film.
Love
Margo to Roy: "Do you think this is funny? Suddenly I have the idea to protect her, she is like a lamb lost in the jungle."
Roy to Eve: "Young man, look at her, Don't let her be lonely, she's a lost lamb in the jungle."
Love isn't the main theme in this show, but that doesn't prevent it from being the highlight. These two sentences between 40-year-old Margo and 32-year-old director Roy may reveal the most ideal state of love. In the eyes of other people, Margo is either charming or arrogant, but in his eyes Margo has the same advantages, but is more like a childish child. And Margo will only reveal her vulnerability and anxiety in front of Roy. So when Roy said, "The rain has stopped, the war is over, calm down!", Margo would respond: "I don't want to be calm." And Roy's answer was: "Then don't calm down." The souls of each other have a deep understanding of each other, and they deeply know what attracts them to each other. Age, misunderstanding, and external resistance will not become obstacles. As Roy said: "We always scream and lose things when the curtain ends, and make it up when the curtain rises again."
The powerful
work "Comet Beauty", although it reveals the high-ranking history of a Hollywood actress, reflects the ugliness of the American money society and the distortion of human nature under money worship. Whether it is intentional or not, in this work, the female characters are distinct and unforgettable, while the corresponding male characters appear pale and thin. But it is these men that determine the fate of women. Eve takes the practice of seducing high-status men to make herself rise quickly. The playwright's wife is worried about the success and loss of marriage, and even Margo, who has always been in a strong position and despises patriarchy, eventually has to give in. "Women's careers are hilarious, the things you throw away on the stairs in order to climb faster, forgetting that you'll need them again when you become a woman again. Like it or not, every woman's career ends. Be a woman Women—what we all do sooner or later, no matter how much we crave something else."
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