In one case, the director is loyal to the original work, first understands the author's creative intention, and then re-creates himself on this basis; in another case, the director borrows the original work and imposes the intention he wishes to express into the framework of the work. It has nothing to do with the original author. "Lust, Caution" is a typical example of the former. Li An must have carefully studied Zhang Ailing's works. Zhang asked himself the question countless times, and Li must have asked it more times. "Struggle" belongs to the teaching material in the latter. In fact, when I watch this film, I don't need to think about how Ma Weihao interprets Shi Kang. I only appreciate it as a brand new work, regardless of whether it is faithful to the original.
As for "Anna Karenina", since I haven't read the original book, I can't say more. But one thing is sure to fail, that Anna's affair with Vronsky was filmed as symbolic as any other love story.
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