choose the forgotten

Destin 2022-04-22 07:01:32

First of all, I like this film very much. I am so surprised that Hitchcock and Dalí work together perfectly. I really like the part of the dream.

When JB started talking about his dreams, those images were surreal like a dream, and Dali said that surreal is a way of escaping reality. In this film, JB is a child with shadows in his childhood. Those things that cannot be vented and accumulated in his mind will naturally be forgotten and transferred to a deeper consciousness when they reach a certain level and time. The memory at this time is not easy to be discovered.

The moment when Dr. Edward fell off the cliff, he unintentionally stimulated JB's deep consciousness, which led to the double confusion of his reality and memory, so he naturally thought that Dr. Edward's fall was caused by him, just as he accidentally pushed his younger brother down when he was a child. .

Naturally, after Edward fell off the cliff, he could not bear this blow again. It is understandable to choose a role to switch. It is better to change his life than to accept the tragic reality. When JB came to the hospital pretending to be Edward, a paranoid patient chatted with him and finally fell ill. JB fully understands his psychology, this patient is a true reflection of JB.

It is true that Dali's creation of dreams has reached a certain level, and Hitchcock, who was born at the same time, is indeed difficult to find such a perfect one if he does not look for him.

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Spellbound quotes

  • Dr. Fleurot: It's rather like embracing a textbook.

    Constance Petersen: But why do you do it, then?

    Dr. Fleurot: Because you're not a textbook.

  • Dr. Murchison: The old must make way for the new, especially when the old is suspected of senility.