This Michael Haneke masterpiece, even if I don't like some of its heroine's actions, doesn't prevent me from seeing it as a great work. It is a pity that such works often lose a lot of style after being deleted by the Celestial Dynasty. It was supposed to be a 131-minute movie, but I only saw less than two hours of content. Perhaps this is also an important reason why we often struggle to understand many classics.
Isabelle Huppert, a woman who, in my opinion, is not very beautiful, of course, plays a 40-year-old woman. As for women in Europe and America, I always thought that no matter how beautiful they were when they were young, after reaching a certain age, they were like withered roses, which would be deplorable. Fortunately, the best of them know that only by cultivating a certain temperament can save themselves at this time. And this French woman, even though I could see her skin was no longer smooth and white, I still thought she was attractive.
The twisted piano teacher who was interpreted by such a woman made me think for many moments that she was "she" - Erica. Despite being dignified on the outside, because of her mother's tyranny and work pressure, she has become a person who pursues perverted lust, and even vents her inner unwillingness and anger through self-abuse and self-mutilation. Think about it, a 40-year-old woman who still lives with her mother doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
Erica, before she met 18-year-old Walter, was it ruined? She abused herself with a razor blade in the bathroom and peeped at other people's sexual behaviors... But, after meeting Walter, this man's patient pursuit and seduction of her finally made the beast in her heart no longer under any control... She longed to be abused by this man, but when she explained the truth to this man, she was cast aside and rejected. Yes, such a perverted request will not be regarded as normal! But Walter still loves her, or can't let go of her, they are entangled, and finally, he can't stand such a day, and finally treats her like she asks, violence, sexual abuse... But, this is Does she really want it? I still don't know.
At the end of the film, she put a knife in her bag and took it to the concert hall. I also don't know whether she wanted to hurt others or herself... This woman is cold, cruel, and calm on the surface, and the man who was obsessed with her because of love at first sight, Gentle, patient and cheerful. But in the end, he finally did what she once said she wanted, and I was thinking, if he had been destroyed long ago, should it be satisfaction? However, she also felt that she always had a softness and expectation, expecting to be truly loved and protected. Even though she used to despise Walter's love for her so much, she would still be jealous, and she even used broken glass to destroy the hand of a schoolgirl who was close to Walter.
I have to say, the one I dislike the most in all the pictures is this one: If it has been destroyed, are you willing to destroy another person who can be redeemed? If there is still hope, wouldn't there be a trace of intolerance for others? Of all human weaknesses, the most heart-wrenching one is jealousy, especially when one woman is jealous of another. Jealousy, there is no kindness and beauty, and there is no perverted extreme aesthetics, it is really a sticky sludge that makes people struggle and sink more and more.
Let's go back to the end, Walter just politely walked past her with a smile, and I saw that with tears in her eyes, she stabbed the knife into her chest. Then, walking out of the hall, outside the door, there is an endlessly noisy world.
I think she didn't get what she wanted, no matter what it was. Some people say that maybe, she will still come back and continue to be her piano teacher and continue to live with her mother.
It is also cruel, but I appreciate "Piano Teacher" far more than "All About Lily Zhou". It's just because it's real enough. That kind of deep realness is not a plausible expression, nor a simulated imagination, but a depiction of the true heart of women, or of human beings, even if it may seem distorted. Ruined heart.
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