In terms of overall structure, I feel less refined and musical than the first episode.
Because the director used a lot of classic literature, music, and philosophy elements in it, and the VOL in the title clearly shows that he really wants to use the undulating rhythm of a song to unfold. But in the second episode, after following the structure of the narrator and the listener, the story narrated seems to be the heroine's search after losing her senses, but it is more of an action that is pushed away.
From the screenwriter's point of view, we can naturally imagine that after starting a family, there will definitely be conflicts within the family, that is, the female protagonist's dissatisfaction and the male protagonist's powerlessness, so she can only go out to find excitement. From the exotic style of black 3P as a springboard, she inevitably embarked on the road of SM, through abuse and violent physical stimulation to restore the sense of no return. And this road is destined to end in ruin.
What should I do after that? When the line of family is missing, it must be the line of work. The boss suggested to her to seek the help of a psychological construction team, so she also tried abstinence with a bunch of hypocritical duplicity. The home was wrapped into a mental ward, and eventually she found that she was different from them, and she faced her fate more frankly. So continuing along the line of work, she found L, the boss of the debt collection organization. After using the sadistic techniques she learned from K, she managed to master the knack of the job. In fact, the story can end here, but the thrust is still not enough, so the screenwriter thought of a way to add a successor to her. This led her to the direction of cyclical destruction. The girl with a defective ear was quickly subdued, but the coincidence of fate (the screenwriter's arrangement) made them go to Jerome to collect debts, so the ending was already guessed. arrive. The girl fell in love with Jerome, this is an almost satirical crit on the heroine, so no matter if she is beaten by Jerome or pissed by the girl later, there is no betrayal. This blow comes directly and seamlessly connects to the previous episode. the beginning of .
But what I didn't expect was that after convincing the heroine to regain her calm, the cold old man would actually think about raping her in reverse. This is actually because human nature cannot be pushed through, and it is a bit designed for reversal, so in the end That shot of the , sounded so weak to me.
In general, how can we live without desire in this world? Addiction is ultimately a problem of self-control, and the heroine's history has fully paved the way for her loss of control. Think about it from another angle, just because she is a woman, all these actions are so unforgivable, in this gender unfair society, it is really sad.
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