The Virgin and the Vase-Two different "Mrs. Douville"

Gloria 2022-10-26 20:30:54

"Dangerous Relations" is a long epistle novel written by French writer La Cloaux. It tells the story of the Marquise of Melteuil and the Viscount Valmont, two veteran lovers who have dealt with in Parisian social circles. They used each other to achieve their respective goals. Set up the game, play with the dangerous relationship of deception, temptation, and betrayal, and finally the relationship breaks down and the story is self-destructive. There are many versions of this film. Compared with the US version in 1988 and the Chinese version in 2012, the 2012 version has been bombarded by many film critics and netizens. They all agree that it is the worst adaptation. In my opinion, it is a big one. The reason is that the latter did not really enter the hearts of Viscount Valmont and Madame Douville.

In the dangerous relationship of the 88th edition, the romantic Viscount Valmont wanted to chase Madame Deuville not only because of Madame Deuville's beauty, but more importantly because she was pure and pious. As the wife of the president of the court, Madame Duville is also religious. She is an Athena-like indestructible goddess who integrates faith, morality, law, chastity, beauty and temperament. Under her approachable gentle appearance, she is Unbreakable and supreme "tradition" and "authority". The reason why Viscount Valmont dismissed the seduction of the young girl Cecil was because the conquering of the white girl could no longer satisfy his sense of accomplishment and vanity, while the noblewoman Duville was like a bright and hard. Compared with the physical, emotional, and spiritual conquest, the diamond of the diamond is the conquest that leads to the soul, the conquest of the soul, so Valmont will target Madame Douville. At this point, both versions of the movie have the same performance. The difference is that the 88 version of Madame Douville does not see the pain of losing her husband. At the beginning, she was peaceful, leisurely, cheerful and loves life, and the 2012 version of Zhang Ziyi played Yufen's Yufen started with a melancholy temperament, exuding a look of loneliness from time to time, and made people have the urge to love and affection. This gave Xie Yifan, played by Zhang Dongjian, an easy gap to break into, thereby weakening the chasing and pursuit of the two. The emotional tension of confrontation. The 88 version of Madame Duville is pure and kind, not only by nature, but also by the firm support of faith. She is a complete spiritual individual. However, in the 2012 version of Zhang Ziyi, her performance has a tendency to pretend to be pure and facial. Every shot of her is beautiful, but just like a painting or a flower in a vase, the audience can't see the color of her soul. In this version of the movie, Zhang Ziyi does not look like the heroine, but like a vase. She and Zhang Dongjian were not equal in the beginning, only the relationship of pure chasing and being chased.

Speaking of Madame Deuville’s fall, there is a very important point in the 88 edition, because Viscount Valmont took advantage of the kindness of Madame Deuville’s soul, aimed at Madame Deuville’s refusal, "smeared" and provoked, deliberately The words were radical to induce the kind-hearted Madame Deville to keep explaining and reflecting. In this process, the hard protective layer of Madame Deville was broken little by little. In response to that sentence, the advantages of human nature are the weaknesses of human nature. At the same time, in response to Mrs. Duville’s criticism of Valmont’s bad reputation, Valmont made a renewal. In order to regain her image as a prodigal son, he and Mrs. Duville formed a kind of good teacher and bad student. , The spiritual bond between the Virgin and the believer, there is a platonic love of redemption and redemption beyond ordinary emotions, this is Valmont's brilliance-he sees through Madame Duville and knows how to take advantage of her weakness. Dig her hard heart from the inside. On the other hand, in the 2012 edition, Zhang Dongjian’s method of capturing Zhang Ziyi is much more monotonous and shallow, like a cheap love story. The lone man relies on sweet words and cheap love actions to warm the cold and dim heart of the widow. The difference is only in the use. How long is it? Zhang Dongjian didn't find the key to Valmont to truly open Madame Deuville's heart, but Zhang Ziyi only relieved the stubborn look on her face step by step according to the needs of the plot, and finally fell into Zhang Dongjian's embrace according to the established design.

In the 88th edition of "Dangerous Relations", Viscount Valmont’s pursuit of Madame Deuville, extreme malice and entanglement with extreme kindness, finally, Madame Deuville’s death influenced Viscount Valmont’s evil, good and evil interact with each other. Fusion has the religious power of Christ to sacrifice himself to redeem believers, thereby sublimating the tragedy. In the 2012 edition, at the end of the story, Zhang Ziyi was not dead. When she recalled Zhang Dongjian in class a year later, she was full of young women’s memories of the vicissitudes and relief of the young first love who died without a disease, and everywhere exudes "forget about the unhappiness of love," The chicken soup flavor of "welcoming a beautiful new world" is tragedy turned into a positive energy drama, like dewdrops left under the leaves after rain, shining brightly under the shining of the sun.

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  • Vicomte de Valmont: Be careful of the Marquise de Merteuil.

    Chevalier Danceny: You must permit me to treat with skepticism anything you have to say about her.

    Vicomte de Valmont: Nevertheless, I must tell you in this affair, we are both her creatures, as I believe her letters to me will prove. When you have read them, you may decide to circulate them.

  • Marquise de Merteuil: When it comes to marriage, one man is as good as the next. And even the least accomodating is less trouble than a mother.