Steven and Keaton both worked together in the mansion of a British politician. At that time, around World War II, many famous politicians and diplomats were guests here, including the then British Prime Minister Churchill. This requires the housekeepers and servants to have a very high overall quality. Steven, from the beginning to the end, is a good steward with due diligence, doing every job calmly and methodically, never making a single mistake, and doing his best to obey the master's orders (including the master's godson - Hugh. Grant plays the journalist to describe nature), but sadly he never followed his heart, never, never in his life. Keaton is also a competent housekeeper and a caring and sensual woman who picks flowers from the garden and puts them in vases in Steven's room every day; she is furious for dismissing two Jewish maids for her master. But it is a pity that all her kind wishes and tender emotions were buried under Steven's pretentious cruelty, and she could only live her pale life with helplessness and pain, and what was left to Steven was only one rainy night. Blurred silhouette.
They fell in love, and they fell in love with each other after a long time together, but how terrible and vague is this love? - No, what a terrible and vague man this is! Steven! He was such a good housekeeper. Even when his father died upstairs, he was still busy taking care of the house full of guests downstairs without shedding a single tear. "Mr. Steven, I'm sorry, your father passed away a few minutes ago." "Oh yes? But I'm not free right now. Miss Keaton, please take care of me first." Steven! ! He is really a good gentleman. Just because the last butler was fired because of his love affair with a maid, he would not even say a word to Keaton. As Keaton said, as a butler, he would never Will look at other maids more, and never even hire beautiful maids. After Keaton agreed to a marriage proposal against his will, he pretended to be indifferent. When Keaton was crying secretly because of his coldness, he was always cautious and broke the wine bottle, but he just walked to Keaton silently. , tell her which corners downstairs have not been cleaned of dust. . . Well, Steven! ! ! Does he not love his father? Doesn't he love Keaton? Do not! He loved it, but he wanted to do his housekeeper's job well, and he wanted to maintain his image as an English gentleman. "He had boundless enthusiasm in his heart, but he buried it with reason."
"Sit still and hold the reins." This is Mr. Rochester's assessment of Jane's overly rational appearance in "Jane Eyre", but this woman, who is jokingly called "Quaker woman", also has " Emotions are overpowering and praying to be the master of it all". And Steven, he didn't even bother to give a loving look. Speaking of which, characters like this kind of self-denial appear endlessly in Western literature, such as Jane's cousin in Jane Eyre, the missionary St.John, "You're right, when she enters the room, I will be all over my body. Trembling, but this is not allowed, my heart is still cold." Another example is the hero Ralph in "Thorn Birds". "Magee, I love you, but I love God more." You might say, these are the images of missionaries, priests, who are bound by religion, by faith (I think ambition is more right), and Steven wasn't. Well then, let's come to Steven, who has the self-denialism of a traditional English gentleman. Speaking of a gentleman, we always say that it comes from the Western classical spirit of knighthood, and a gentleman like Steven, this kind of Western gentleman in the 18th and 19th centuries, we must also see the "Bible" in him. The spirit of self-denial and service of the gods in "The spirit of self-denial and service, which shows that the formation of the Western gentleman's spirit is not only the chivalrous spirit of ancient times, but also the absolute influence of religion. This sounds like a good thing, we can't and can't say it. Religion does not take into account human desires, but when everything goes too far, there is an intolerable dryness. I'm not quite sure what Charlotte and Colleen's attitudes are to their two "paradigms of self-denial", but I--can't understand or don't want to understand St. John and Ralph. As for this movie, I can't understand and forgive Steven. It was him who made the beautiful and kind Keaton have to bury her desire for love with tears; it was him who made Keaton have to walk through the darkness with regret (originally It can be as beautiful as the sun, and she deserves such a beautiful life. As for himself, I want to say that all his grief is his own fault. Even if he "wanted to make up for the mistakes of the year" in 20 years, and planned to reveal his heart to Keaton when he returned to work, he would still be no match for him. Fate's trick, they can't be together after all. including St. John and Ralph, they forcibly plucked out the good things from their hearts for their beliefs (ambition), and everything they paid in the end was what they deserved. Am I being too harsh and vicious? Did I see the tears in Steven's back and hear that sigh, am I totally unmoved? No, it's not that I'm harsh and vicious, I'm just talking about love. I saw a film review titled "Real Love Is Restrained and Restrained", I can't agree with this view. Love should have been Jane Eyre's passion for Rochester "as long as I have a breath, I must love him", it should have been Catherine in Wuthering Heights to Heathcliff "I'm so much like him, I'm Heathcliff. "The heart-to-heart relationship should also be Alec's candid love for Maurice in "Morris", "When I first saw you, I thought: It's good that he is mine." And the love in "Farewell to the Lovely Heaven" is a tragedy under heavy mental pressure. If this is love, then I can only sing Lin Xi's song: "Don't be sober when talking about love, you will be frightened by the emotional crystallization. The IQ of hatred is higher than the back, and only the eyes are wet."
May all good love never be let down again. Fenghuaxueyue refused to wait for anyone, and offered a kiss if she wanted to.
(Another: I actually watched it for James Ivory and Hugh Grant. James likes to use EM Foster's novels to shoot, such as "Morris", "A Room with a View", And it has been tried and tested, and they are all excellent films in the history of British film. Although Hugh Grant has not many scenes in this film, it is a blessing to be able to see the perfect acting skills of Hopkins and Emma. Emma's emotional performance is really Adds a lot of color to this slightly depressing film.)
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