At the beginning of the film, Claude's family environment was introduced. When his mother left home when he was young, he took care of his disabled father by himself. And this background also implements Claude's behavior throughout the play, the complex of Oedipus and Electra, curiosity and desire for a normal family, and desire to control.
Because of curiosity, Claude chose Raphael, and since then, the Raphael family has become his hunting target. Watercolors in the hallway, clothes in the bedroom, desires in the dark. He saw his lack of fatherly love in the vulgar and ignorant male master, and saw the long-departed mother in the empty mistress. Claude observed, peeped, invaded, step by step, began to integrate himself into this normal family that he mocked and disdain at first, and now he found what he wanted from here.
And the teacher, I thought he was a facilitator. See Claude's talent and guide him on the road of literature. But looking at it later, I found that the two people are more inclined to be accomplices. While the teacher led Claude to write, why didn't he instruct Claude on how to enter the room? At the same time, the literary dream that he had abandoned and the image of his son were also reborn in Claude. So he would steal the exam papers for Claude, knowing that Claude's behavior had crossed the line, and deceiving himself that it was a fantasy, and even further attempted to further deepen the conflict between Claude and the Raphael family, in order to achieve the literature in his heart.
And Claude also sees the needle, quietly infiltrating the teacher's family, guiding the teacher's behavior, thoughts and desires. The original picture of the teacher guiding Claude's writing has also been transformed into how Claude tells the teacher what he thinks and shows his hidden desires.
It is ironic that at first the teacher wanted to lead Claude to the "right way" - the way of those great writers, so he taught Claude to walk into others and not to observe others negatively. But later, for the perfect story conflict in his heart, Claude began to not want Claude to give his heart, and hoped that the 16-year-old boy would give up the love in his heart.
For this film, one of my deepest memories is that Claude peeped at Raphael and his wife making love. The intertwined bodies in the dark night became more and more hidden under the faint light. And Claude sat aside, watching everything with a curious and excited look. At least in my opinion, Claude is curious about many things, such as the Raphael family, such as Jenna, such as a lot of eroticism and voyeurism. Many times I really feel that Claude is like a beautiful boy full of curiosity and sin, approaching all desires, and finally becoming him. The last time I felt this way was Bern Anderson in "Soul Broken Venice."
Perhaps due to family reasons, I always feel that Claude has a desire to control, not to mention the control of the Raphael family, and the same is true for teachers, from stealing the test paper to the final resignation, no job, family, Only Claude was by his side. At this time, Claude, who left the Raphael family alone, completely formed an alliance with the teacher, one helped enter the room, and the other told the story the other party wanted. Guide each other, and lead each other to the perfect ending in their hearts.
The film revolves around voyeurism and lust. The desire for voyeurism, the desire to control, the desire for lust, and the desire for money are intertwined, and no one can escape from it. The protagonist, Crowe, invades the lives of others, peeping at the desires of others, so as to satisfy his own desires. The teacher pinned his desire on Claude, and eventually fell into the abyss, and the two became accomplices.
To be continued.
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