I watched Kazuo Ishiguro's "Scars on a Long Day" for nearly three hours in a cold, haha private theater.
The actors, soundtrack, plot, lighting and shadows are just right. Stephens is not completely loyal. Stephens' father is. The responsibility of the housekeeper is better than life, and he has a kind of obsession. Stephens is a kind of reluctant transition. In the midst of historical evolution, regime change, and changing times, he is tangled and paranoid to perform his duties. Outside his duties, he only allows himself a little panic, shame, self-blame and nostalgia. Once he finds his emotions When there is a trace of incompatibility, he feels uneasy and ashamed, and feels that he has blasphemed his duties as a housekeeper.
The godsons of Kenton, Lewis, and the Duke of Darlington played the same role at different times, adding some elements that disrupted the original order to the old, dogmatic, stereotyped, and rigid, and made the audience feel a little abrupt and reasonable.
From what Stephens did when his father died, it was doomed that he would hold on to certain things until the end, and he would feel reassured by putting his duties above his feelings, even if it was painful. This is also a kind of persistence. Therefore, the male protagonist is destined not to follow freedom, not to reveal his heart to the female protagonist, and it takes a lot of effort to express his emotions in a subtle way. Excluding all difficulties in my heart, hey, it is really difficult. So it's destined to end like this. However, I am afraid that the heroine was also attracted by this pivotal style at the beginning, and sadness is inevitable. It can only be said that the male protagonist is a born housekeeper and a destined loser.
But at the end, Stephens and Lewis let go of the pigeons, which is a kind of hope and consolation for themselves. Although he played "Fool Loyal", it is worth remembering and appreciating, just like Lewis finally came to Darlington Manor to live and lived the life of a hypocritical gentleman and an amateur politician in his mouth a few years ago. This kind of mentality is a bit like the ancient scholar-bureaucrat who was framed by a minister and still felt that death for the monarch was a supreme honor. Confucianism itself has such a willing ability, so is the persistence of the steward, but the novel is magnified in a specific situation. Many times, it will become so profound.
The movie is so well-drawn. The actor is great.
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