Meeting the right person in the right state is like watching the right movie at the right time. To say that this film is a literary and artistic film that is not easy to be appreciated by the public, I think it is not necessarily true. The title is frank, the whole article has no metaphors, the characters’ dialogues and emotions are straightforward, and even the rain at the end of the film has no deep meaning. Unpredictable yet deeply resonant dramas, sex that talks about sex without any deep psychoanalysis.
The first resonance occurred when Ann and Graeme were initially trying to understand each other. Ann said, you mean I shouldn't take the advice of people who haven't slept with me? Graeme answered in the affirmative. Reminds me of "Annie Hall" Woody Allen said to Annie on the way to her first dinner, let's kiss first, so we don't get too nervous, and I don't know when it's better to kiss you later, come on kiss After a while, I can digest better after eating. Many times when you meet another person for the first time, you know that the other person is the same person as you, and perceive this attraction, which also makes the atmosphere start to become tense with anticipation, maybe kiss and sleep first Really a good idea before starting the follow-up development. So what is the difference between the advice of "people who have slept with you"? Thinking of that old joke, the little daughter-in-law pointed to the rice jar shyly on the wedding night and said, "Look at the mice eating your rice, the next day." In the morning, my daughter-in-law smashed a slipper on the rice jar: "Damn rats, dare to steal my rice?" Maybe, that's the difference.
The second resonance is the climax, where John angrily runs to the hut and plays a video of his wife in front of Graeme. With John's face turning blue and red, Ann admitted that she had never been satisfied in sex and love with him. Have you ever thought about sleeping with anyone else, Graeme asked. After hesitating, Ann said yes, but didn't. Graeme asked the reason, Ann's answer was brewing in her mouth, I stared at the corner of her stubborn mouth, and she spit out, "Because Cynthia thinks so, the reason why I don't want to think about men is because she thinks so. Yes." I was stunned, pressed the stop button, and reminisced for a long time. Ann was afraid of not being able to dispose of the garbage, so she compulsively cleaned. Her stagnation came from the blockage of her emotions. Sex was only one of the reasons, and it was also a blocked outlet. Compared with sex, emotion was a more important part. It is also the essence of distinguishing Ann and John as distinct persons. And Cynthia is actually not like John. Although she is arrogant and open on the surface, she has always kept in touch with her conservative sister Ann on the phone to exchange life and mood. Especially at the end, when her sister held a potted plant to congratulate her on her birthday, she smiled secretly, and her sister became Strong women who have their own careers and who are separated from their failed husbands, including the male bar guest, when she laments that Ann is a good woman, she is really happy for her sister, and she is also proud of her. Although the two of them are walking different routes, they are both sincere and honest. He looks down on people like John for his emotions and his "problems".
The third point burst into tears: Graeme asked what kind of man do you want, Ann said, I am thinking of you, have you ever thought about me, Graeme said, and Ann couldn't help laughing. Both of them are "kind", conservative people who value feelings over pleasure, the people who should be the least hurt and the most easily hurt. The attraction between them is inevitable, praiseworthy, and pure. Graeme said I also want to see what you look like when you orgasm, it's the longing and anxiety that happens when there is love sex, I want to know what the person I love looks like, I want to give me love "But I can't, because I don't want to." Only then did Ann reveal the "problem" of Graeme, and he couldn't let go of Elizabeth, the pure phantom he thought he had, for nine years, it could be seen that he Perseverance and affection. Later, John tells the truth about Elizabeth's impurity with a little revenge, and we sympathize with Graeme's "kindness".
Graeme said that I was more normal than you and Cynthia, but Ann exposed his last line of defense, you also have a "problem", Graeme said it was my own problem, Ann said "No you think it's you. But everyone who walks through your door has become part of your problem, and I can't get out of it." Seeing this, I really burst into tears, as I said before, you shouldn't listen to discord Advice from someone you've slept with, which means that only people who have sex with you at the right time in love can give real advice and reveal their true heart. In other words, those who are willing to give you advice and help you get out The person who asks questions and confesses his heart is not the person who has fallen in love with you. The question is, are the people who walk through your door, the people who are willing to be your tapes , based on pure sex , love like me , or lies that sex wraps love ? Finally, in the happy ending, we see that Graeme and Ann embrace true love, so they also have normal and harmonious sex, and no need for video tapes anymore.
In "Bitter Moon", Oscar reluctantly said before shooting, we are all greedy, men covet more women, and women covet everything a man has. Graeme doesn't want more videotapes, I also want to find someone who can trust each other and value love over pleasure.
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