After reading the book and then watching the movie, I feel that the director wants to restore the original work with high quality, but unfortunately... the director's personal tendency to be forced is too serious. Just like Carroll's feeling, the literary and artistic pretense, and the inner drama is covered with a mist that is detached from reality.
Reading George in the original book gave me the impression that a man in his 60s looks plain and even a little bald... He lives in a slightly deserted wooden house (far less advanced than the one in the movie). After the death of his lover, he was like a deserter from the world, and he even became a bit sloppy and lived a life of walking dead. I don't know if it's my reading ability or something. The male protagonist in the original novel didn't seek death, he just spent the rest of his life bored. Occasionally, he decides to drive to the mountains, and he usually drives along the coast to work.
The male protagonist in the movie (although I like Colin a lot) is a bit arrogant and overly pretentious... In my heart, it can't help but lose the authenticity. However, I really like a sentence in the movie, thank the director for adding this.
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