At the Venice Film Festival in 1987, the young and energetic James Welby and Hugh Grant in "Morris" jointly won the best actor crown. That year, the whole world was moved for this film that challenged taboos. Time has passed, thirty years have passed, and this movie has become a classic in the hearts of fans. Although the protagonists of the movie are no longer as beautiful as they used to be, Cambridge Park has also changed batches of people, and even once Heinous same-sex love is gradually understood by the world. Looking back on it today, there is still an illusion of going back in time, as if returning to that conservative era, once again falling into sincere, hard and passionate love, and exploring the philosophical question of love and being loved. "Morris" is adapted from the British author Foster's novel of the same name. It was in 1914, less than 20 years after the great writer Oscar Wilde was sentenced to prison for "indecent conduct", and the whole society tolerated homosexuality. The degree is basically 0. Therefore, the novel was not published until after Foster's death. Foster once said: "In a fictional world, I am determined to make two men in love anyway, and to make their love last as long as the novel allows." This is also where he wrote "Morris" original intention. "Morris" is adapted from the British author Foster's novel of the same name. It was in 1914, less than 20 years after the great writer Oscar Wilde was sentenced to prison for "indecent conduct", and the whole society tolerated homosexuality. The degree is basically 0. Therefore, the novel was not published until after Foster's death. Foster once said: "In a fictional world, I am determined to make two men in love anyway, and to make their love last as long as the novel allows." This is also where he wrote "Morris" original intention. The story begins at Cambridge University. Here is where the red-lipped Clive (Hugh Grant) meets the handsome blond Morris (James Welby). Maurice, who was going to go to Leslie (Clive's roommate), bumped into Clive in the room, fate was born at this moment, and since then they have been sticking together, talking about Greek philosophy, playing chai Kowski's piano music seems to have endless words. At the beginning, Clive took the initiative and Morris was passive. The former attacked Morris like a hot air balloon with hot and inflated love, saying: "I love "you" is enough to sink Morris. The latter is like a cistern, and as soon as the floodgates are breached, there will be a huge burst of energy. Clive is the wire of Morris's emotions, which completely detonated Morris and made him not He suppressed his heart again and completed the transition from passive to active. The good times did not last long. The aforementioned Viscount Leslie was sued for his indecent behavior in public, and his future was ruined. This incident hit Clive. Very big, he began to run away. His retreat made Morris squeeze even more. Clive said that there can only be a Platonic spiritual love between men, which is his bottom line for Morris, although The adventure was started by him. He was frightened, fainted at Morris's house, and left in a hurry the next day. Morris, who worked at the securities office, anxiously asked his family to hold him back just to see him. Clive went to Greece Traveling, deliberately cutting off contact with Morris, unfaithful, silent, and suddenly visiting Morris's home one afternoon, it felt as if he had finally plucked up the courage to break up with his lover. Leif, so happy that he could fly to the sky, he hugged his old friend excitedly, trying to make up for the absence in one night. Clive still confessed that he thinks each other should try to have girlfriends instead of Allowing this relationship to destroy the future of the two, at this moment, he is terribly rational. But Morris can't, he can give up everything, fame, status, money for Clive... Compared to Clive, this world is nothing Forget it. He kissed Clive hard, biting his lip, he wanted him to know that it all happened, it existed, and their love was not misty. When Clive slammed the door away from him, his heart Broken Morris sat in the chair like a lost child, murmuring "what an ending! what an ending! "It happened very quickly, Clive got married to a nobleman's daughter, we don't know if this kind of love is what Clive really wanted, or if it was just a compromise, for his own sake. The future, for the family. In September, they met again, and Clive kissed Morris' hand, politely rejecting it, at least not as embarrassing as the last time they met. Morris was suffering from orientation pain, he watched countless times The doctor, hoping that the latter's therapy will cure his "deformity" and make him fall in love like a normal person. The doctor told him to go to France or Italy, where homosexuality is not a sin. But as Morris himself said , he is more suitable for England, so he can only hide his love. From this point of view, Morris, like an ascetic, can't be as free and easy as Clive, in love, he is destined to be tortured. Maurice accidentally fell in love with Clive's hunter, Scudder. If Clive was a graceful swan, then Scudder was a hare. He came from the bottom, and was completely different from Morris, the talking gentleman. The same class, let alone talk about obscure classical literature and poetry with Morris like Clive. But a certain vigorous hormonal smell in him deeply attracted Morris, and his madness was given by Clive step by step. No. Scudder climbed into Morris's room on a stormy night, and later, Scudder gave up going to Buenos Aires for Morris, choosing the former between his lover and his future. Now think about it, for people with fire signs like Scudder and Morris, the future of losing a lover may not be very good. They are free by nature and will go all out for the most precious emotions, because they cannot live without love —The most abstract and most concrete thing in the world. In this sense, Scudder is more suitable for Morris than Clive. Will Morris be happy? At the end of the film, Clive stands by the window and looks out, Back in time, Maurice stood on the lawn in Cambridge, beckoning to him in a big bachelor's uniform. Forget it, some love, after all, can't come. Then Scudder is a hare. He comes from the bottom, and he is not of the same class as Morris, who is a talking gentleman. He can't talk about obscure classical literature and poetry with Morris like Clive. But there was a certain thriving hormonal vibe in him that attracted Morris, a madness a step-by-step Clive couldn't give. Scudder climbed into Morris's room on a stormy night. Later, Scudder gave up going to Buenos Aires for Morris, choosing the former between his lover and his future. Now think about it, for people with fire signs like Scudder and Morris, the future of losing a lover may not be very good. They are free by nature and will go all out for their most precious emotions, because they cannot live without love—the most abstract and concrete thing in the world. In this sense, Scudder is a better fit for Morris than Clive. Will Morris be happy? At the end of the film, Clive is standing by the window looking out, and stepping back in time, Morris is standing on the lawn in Cambridge, beckoning to him in his large bachelor uniform. Forget it, some love can't be forced after all. Then Scudder is a hare. He comes from the bottom, and he is not of the same class as Morris, who is a talking gentleman. He can't talk about obscure classical literature and poetry with Morris like Clive. But there was a certain thriving hormonal vibe in him that attracted Morris, a madness a step-by-step Clive couldn't give. Scudder climbed into Morris's room on a stormy night. Later, Scudder gave up going to Buenos Aires for Morris, choosing the former between his lover and his future. Now think about it, for people with fire signs like Scudder and Morris, the future of losing a lover may not be very good. They are free by nature and will go all out for their most precious emotions, because they cannot live without love—the most abstract and concrete thing in the world. In this sense, Scudder is a better fit for Morris than Clive. Will Morris be happy? At the end of the film, Clive is standing by the window looking out, and stepping back in time, Morris is standing on the lawn in Cambridge, beckoning to him in his large bachelor uniform. Forget it, some love can't be forced after all.
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