Zhuang Sheng Xiaomeng

Summer 2022-10-20 13:01:34

I have to say that Kabylia's image is weird and three-dimensional, extremely vulgar and extremely elegant, sophisticated and naive, timid and brave, born and joined the world. She has a pair of inferiority eyes, timid and timid, but when she looks at her lover, her eyes wander and look bright.

I suddenly thought of Du Shiniang, who was angry with the treasure chest. She had the same background and had completely different choices, but every kind of bravery deserves respect. But I will be more infected by Kabylia, the kind of wildfire that burns out its vitality, despair and hope.

No matter how hard the shell is, a small hole will be cut out by Kabylia's magical tragic fate and character to reveal a soft skin. As the liar Oscar said in the movie: "We can all pretend to be cynical or scheming, but when we face pure and innocent things, the mask of hypocrisy will fall off, and there will be beautiful things in our hearts" . This may be the reason why the liar didn't kill Kabylia in the end, and maybe also the reason why Kabylia laughed at the end...

I have to say that this film is not an exaggeration to call it a classic. It still resonates now, as if Kabylia is an unknown part of herself. The director and actors have a perfect grasp of details, such as music, costumes, objects, makeup, eyes, gestures, movements and so on. Pretend I understand, after all, a thousand people can have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts.

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Nights of Cabiria quotes

  • Heavy prostitute with leopard spots: [in Italian, preening and admiring the shadow of her own full figure on the wall] Look how classy I am!

    Long-haired prostitute: [in Italian, disparagingly] You look like Moby Dick!

  • Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian]

    [to Alberto holding up boiled lobster]

    Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: And what's this? I saw it in a movie once.