Of course, everyone's interpretation is very subjective, and my views can only represent myself, to provide you with a different idea and perspective. But as a premise, we need to ask you to remove a series of preset positions such as "Wong Kar Wai's style" and "Wong Kar Wai's creative technique". Let's go back to the film itself and sort out their inner and emotional changes only from the behavioral logic of the characters in the film. Let's see what else we can find out:
Let's talk about Lin Qingxia first (the name does not appear in the film, and the actor's real name is used as a proxy), why she is placed in the front, and I will talk about it later.
Brigitte Lin's emotional clues in the film did not explain directly, but was hidden behind her "first story" of "from the failure of her drug trafficking plan to evading pursuit", and presented it in the form of a "hidden story": she told the story in a bar After the monologue "People can change, he likes pineapples today, and he can like other things tomorrow", the camera switches to the passionate passage of the foreigner and the bartender. From this, it is not difficult to infer the emotional experience of Brigitte Lin and the foreigner. , this "hidden story" is actually the story of foreigners' empathy. Looking back at this time, you can infer her previous behavior logic (line: The date on the can tells me that I have little time left" is forcing myself to make a decision to "break"), and analyze that in fact she Her heart was in a situation of "emotional trauma", and after she killed (erased) the foreigner, she took off her blond wig (blond hair is a foreigner's habit, so wearing a wig showed her inner "submission" and "no". She "represents no self), revealing the original black hair, it shows that she really puts down this person and finds herself in her heart.
Judging from the date of the canned food, He Zhiwu gave herself one month, while Brigitte Lin only gave herself one day.
The film not only hides her emotional story (the intention is to convey her inner "avoidance tendency"), but also wraps up people, and analyzes the meaning behind these designs from her styling features: 1 Sunglasses and raincoats ( Hidden, paradox: afraid of rain and sun) wig (camouflage: symbol, submissive: pleasing lover) high heels (bond: symbol, sexy paradox of "desire and repression"), other features include: no name, less words taciturn, cold attitude, etc. Therefore, the character characteristics of this character have already emerged: be wary and guard against people, distrust, be good at concealing and disguising, try to "repress" his feelings, and never allow his emotions to "get out of control". In fact, what Brigitte Lin represents is the type of people who choose to "excessive self-protection and refuse to invest in new feelings" after suffering trauma.
From the story level, her complex character comes from her identity as a drug dealer. From the emotional perspective and the established context that the film subjectively wants to convey, it can be considered that she herself is such a personality and emotional model. And it is precisely because she is a person who is used to "repressing emotions", so she can only express her inner changes through another method, which is to use "visible stories" to describe "invisible emotions"—— Since this film is based on the perspective of inner emotional logic, you might as well imagine boldly in terms of the story logic that is a bit magical in itself: from "starting the drug trafficking plan" to "finding the third brother", and then to "kidnapping small children." Can the story line of "the store owner's daughter" and "dodging from pursuit" also be understood as a figurative depiction of the emotional process of "from falling in love to falling out of love", which includes "plans before the start and The process from "looking forward" to "bewilderment after loss" to "attempting to coerce to restore" and then "suffering pain and running around" and finally "making a decision: letting go of each other".
Presumably many people have sighed that "love is a drug" in their broken love, so the background of the identity of "drug dealer" is set to reasonably convey the emotional model of this character, and it is also a metaphor. In Lin Qingxia's heart, "love is a drug". , love is dangerous".
There is a kind of person in this world who always looks calm on the surface after suffering trauma, but suffers from serious conflict and pain in the heart. Once they find signs of injury in their relationship, they will immediately take action to suspend their relationship. I think many people have had the experience of this kind of emotional repression, and Brigitte Lin's role actually interprets such a person.
She rejected He Zhiwu. On the surface, the huge gap between the two gave her full reason for rejection: one was a drug dealer, the other was a policeman, one wanted to stay and the other wanted to leave, and there were many differences in social and emotional backgrounds between the two. But in fact, the seemingly rational choices are often made under the coercion of their own emotions. When we stand from Lin Qingxia's own emotional perspective, her "avoidance" is more from the new feelings that may affect both parties. The "fear" of causing harm (this type of person is very observant and empathetic). The bigger difference between her and He Zhiwu is also the difference in emotional model - when He Zhiwu chooses to "enter a new intimate relationship" to ease the pain, it is likely that she just intensified her defensiveness. Therefore, the two themselves are not the same kind of people, and their fate can only be like this. It is impossible for them to be together in the film.
After the two spent a night together in the hotel, He Zhiwu helped Lin Qingxia take off and wipe her high heels, which was equivalent to helping her to understand the "shackles" in her heart, and generously gave her the emotional need of "being needed and respected", so this time. Taking off her wig after killing her old lover means she has completely cut off her past emotions and also completed the process of "self-reconstruction and acceptance".
The formation of Lin Qingxia's emotional model can be considered that she has lost the ability to "re-engage in feelings". It can also be said that this is a "defect" of her emotional model. It can also be understood as a result of avoiding pain and quickly A "self-protection mechanism" evolved to heal itself. Here we call it "urban affective syndrome", with a high incidence rate and insignificant clinical cure effects. The more serious problem lies in the divergent views of patients: some people think that it is a "terminal illness" and must be treated. However, some people think that it is "enhanced immunity" and does not require treatment. In fact, it's not really too good or too bad at all, it's just a normal state that exists in complex human nature from time to time.
We can summarize the role of Brigitte Lin as an "avoidant" personality who desires to "stay away from others" to relieve pain.
Let's talk about He Zhiwu again. Let
's review a detail. In the scene of the frame-drawing scene in the film, Lin Qingxia successfully avoided the pursuit, but Kaneshiro Takeshi caught the prisoner. The intuitive feeling brought to the audience by the frame-drawing scene of the film is "Irritability, anxiety, struggle. ", is imitating the feeling of lovelorn, that is to say, when faced with pain, Brigitte Lin is the kind of person who chooses to "run away", while He Zhiwu represents the person who chooses to "get into the next relationship quickly".
He Zhiwu's "windbreaker, shirt, tie" is similar to Lin Qingxia's style, and we noticed that his ex-girlfriend May never appeared in the film. I think the reason for this design is mainly because of the film's desire. It shows that He Zhiwu is subjectively avoiding her. That is to say, He Zhiwu "did not dare" to see her. Emotional disapproval did not mean that he could not intellectually recognize that the relationship was irreversible. Therefore, the first month was the most difficult month for him, because "can't get it" and "" "Can't let go" is often the most uncomfortable, let's sort out his various behaviors and inner changes in the past month:
think that breaking up is a joke, save a month of canned food, and explain it as "give the other party a chance" (do not accept the reality, self-deception). Blame the convenience store clerk, blame the operator, blame a friend, blame the dog at home, blame the cans for expiring (inner anger). Eat all the canned pineapples and drink (self-blame, self-punishment). Wants a date, pursues Brigitte in a bar (craving pain relief from a new "intimacy"). Finally, I spent one night with Brigitte Lin Hotel, and received Brigitte Lin's birthday wishes the next day (accept reality and rebuild myself).
He Zhiwu's inner changes basically completely restored the different psychological stages a person needs to go through after facing "emotional trauma" for the first time: disbelief-anger-self-blame-seeking release-acceptance, this process took He Zhiwu a month, while Brigitte Lin It only took one day, because he was not as mature and complicated as her.
The purpose of his meeting with Brigitte Lin was to "fall in love with a woman again". It is often said that "the best way to say goodbye to a relationship is to enter a new relationship". This is probably what many people think. Obviously, this method is unwise. of. A large part of the pain caused by losing the other person comes from a denial of "self-expectation", and investing in new intimacy in the process of "self-rebuilding" can indeed produce "needed" and "respected" feelings. Feelings, or "hallucinations," using "intimacy" to relieve pain may work, but it doesn't solve the underlying problem. Because a prudent relationship includes not only "intimacy" but also "trust." If "intimacy" is a cheap illusion, then "trust" is a luxury that costs time, so blindly entering a sloppy relationship is not wise, but jumping from one fire pit into another It's just a fire pit, and it's a cycle of failed romances, which is another common disease of the urban people's emotional model. After receiving the birthday wishes from Brigitte Lin, He Zhiwu's heart was moved from expressing concern and respect for the other party, and at the same time helping him to complete the most critical step in "rebuilding himself", that is, "recognition from the outside world", and then Only then did he complete the process of "rebuilding himself". Therefore, in the first half of the story, it can be considered that Lin Qingxia and He Zhiwu "healed" each other in the most appropriate and warm and powerful way.
We summarize the role of He Zhiwu as a "dependent personality" who desires to "get close to others" to relieve pain.
At this point in the story, He Zhiwu's healing story should be over. In fact, it is not over. In fact, I personally think Wong Kar-Wai played a trick. He changed the actor to continue the healing process of He Zhiwu. That's right, it is 663 played by Tony Leung. In other words, only from the clue of the film's inner portrayal, He Zhiwu and 663 showed the same man's "the whole process from falling out of love to investing in a new relationship". That's why I wrote the two together. But from the story level, it should be regarded as two different stories, because these two people are not the same person, and they also interpret different choices of entering a new relationship.
As soon as 663
663 appeared, he explained the emotional background of breaking up with the flight attendant's ex-girlfriend, and he didn't show as much pain as He Zhiwu. But it does not mean that 663 has completely walked out of the haze of lovelorn. In the film, 663's house is used to interpret his heart. In this story, when facing the various traces of life left by his ex-girlfriend (aircraft model, flight attendant uniform, etc.), he will still have intermittent heartache (recollections from time to time). , hope, talk) The shadow of the other party always jumps out to stimulate myself, and I dare not open the letter left to myself. In fact, this process is also very uncomfortable. The He Zhiwu stage takes a month, but the 663 stage film is given He spent a whole year, and this whole year was a process of "complete healing".
Let's see how he and A Fei started their new relationship: when A Fei broke into 663's house again and again, it means that A Fei has entered 663's inner world little by little, and A Fei also left his ex-girlfriend behind. All traces have been replaced, which means that the psychological ex-girlfriend has been replaced by A Fei step by step. Although 663 himself may not have noticed this process, it all happened naturally. When A Fei broke into his house with a "fish" (symbolizing desire), he was found when he touched A Fei's sexiest part - his calf, and at this time he had fallen in love with A Fei (driven by desire). When A Fei broke into 663's house for the last time, 663 could not find A Fei when he entered the room, which means that he had started to "miss" A Fei. It was only at this time that he made up his mind to date and saw that he was He started to act only after he had really made his mind clear, unlike He Zhiwu who was blind and hasty.
Cousin A Fei suggested that he should not wait any longer and change his taste. He said, "If you want to change it, take your time." A Fei asked him if he likes to play around. He said: I don't care, I can go. Don't go. This shows that 663's attitude towards feelings is actually slow and casual. In the healing process, he did not avoid or interfere with his own pain too much, but chose to leave the pain to himself, face his own feelings, listen to his heart, and bear it naturally. During the process of his inner world being gradually replaced by another person, he was unaware of it, that is to say, when he was passively "waiting for time to heal himself", he was actually silently healed by another person. . It was this attitude that made him finally fall in love.
And maybe this is what the film wants to express through 663, one of the most sensible and healthy ways to heal oneself.
Finally, the way
Afi Afi expresses his feelings is more like a girl's first love stage: dreaming all day long, reading letters, taking the initiative to create encounters in the market, and breaking into 663's home. It can be said that she has always taken the initiative to create opportunities for herself without looking ahead. She is different from Brigitte Lin. Brigitte Lin is a "woman", but at this time she is still a "girl".
So she gave herself a year to go to "California on the other side of the ocean", and when she came back, she had already put on "sunglasses" belonging to Brigitte Lin and "high heels" belonging to Brigitte, but she did not put herself on Wrapped tightly: It shows that she is no longer a "girl" but has grown into a "woman", but she is not a "vulnerable woman" like Brigitte Lin, so she has the ability to "grasp" a real relationship , also has the ability to "enjoy" a real relationship. Let's review a detail. In 663's memory paragraph, 663's ex-girlfriend did not wear the flight attendant uniform that he cherished so much, so this dress does not refer to his ex-girlfriend, but He is a symbol of the "ideal partner" in his heart, and Affi's symbol of the ideal partner is the "plaid shirt" secretly put into the wardrobe of 663. In the end, the two reunited, wearing flight attendant uniforms and plaid shirts respectively, representing that both of them became the best look for each other.
That is to say, at this time, 663's admiration for A Fei is no longer the feeling brought by the "little flame of desire", and she has become the almighty goddess who symbolizes "perfect love" in 663's heart. At this time, 663 also took the initiative to move into the space representing A Fei's inner world - waiting for her in the "street shop", which means that 663 took the initiative to enter A Fei's heart, and it indicates that he will stay in A Fei forever. heart.
In the final reunion with 663, when 663 has not expressed, A Fei turned around and was about to leave. The fruits of "confidence and self" gained in her growth gave her the ability to make choices. Continue to refuse shyly, and everything is fine. This is the most beautiful setting for a woman.
This is the most reasonable attitude towards love that the film conveys through Afi.
Conclusion:
Many people see the fast food emotions of urban men and women when they mention the movie "Chongqing Forest". The process of falling in love, falling in love and falling in love has become the norm in urban people's feelings. In the face of emotional setbacks, there are some People choose confrontation and self-isolation, and some people go into the cycle of pursuit and being hurt again and again, and some people heal themselves step by step and then re-accept their feelings.
Maybe different emotional patterns exist in each person’s personality at the same time. We are both avoidant and eager, active and passive, dependent and repulsive, just like Brigitte Lin who is wearing a raincoat and sunglasses at the same time, Contradictions enveloped him heavily. Sobriety and rationality just suppress the real needs in the heart. Not everyone is good at knowing themselves and willing to listen to their feelings and pursue them bravely. Therefore, when we think that happiness may be just ahead, he may always be just a mirage That's it.
Compared to Brigitte Lin and He Zhiwu, 663 and A Fei's attitude towards love is always contingent, letting everything happen naturally, without human intervention and breaking strange things, without excessive avoidance or overdependence, no need to look ahead and be honest. Yes, fight for it bravely, and then accept it naturally. Perhaps this should be the most correct and ideal way to open a beautiful relationship.
Written at the end, in fact, the comparison of the two stories before and after the film is to tell the audience what is the "wrong way to open love", what is the "correct way to open love", and what kind of talents can be truly " Harvest love", because this conclusion is inconvenient to write in the front, it is only suitable as a conclusion, so it is summarized at the end.
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