"Total eclipse", the 1995 movie, I like its Chinese translation very much, whether it is "Total Eclipse Crazy Love" or "Total Eclipse of Heart".
At that time, Leonardo was still two years away from filming "Titanic" and became famous, but he was more handsome at this time.
For the label of this film, the word homosexuality must be indispensable, but it seems a bit narrow to summarize this film as a film that expresses homosexuality.
We can see Rimbaud's dazzling talent, and in contrast, Verlaine is an old, ugly, lecherous drunkard, the only thing worth mentioning is his beautiful hands. Verlaine, who was less than thirty, had a beautiful wife, loved him, and loved him too—or so he thought. But he was captivated by the talent of the sixteen-year-old Rimbaud. It is a kind of mutual sympathy, and even people can forget about the other and just say that it is the mutual radiance of the two poets.
Rimbaud said that selfishness will exist, love that is beneficial to oneself will exist, and self-satisfaction will exist, but love does not exist. It was just such a sentence, which easily pierced Verlaine's infatuation with his wife Mathilde, and made Verlaine, a conservative poet, a little deviant and began to reject his existing life. He left Paris with Rimbaud and went to Belgium. The sea Rimbaud had always wanted to see, they kissed in the sound of the waves. But Verlaine's rebellion was not thorough enough. Mathilde went beyond Rimbaud's imagination. Rimbaud's sarcastic comment said that she understood and catered to Verlaine's needs, and used her body to call back her husband, just a little bit Marty When Derek was about to get her wish, everything she paid was nothing compared to Rimbaud's inadvertent whistle. In this way, Verlaine easily returned to Rimbaud's side again, leaving behind the plot and leaving only the skeleton. This is almost a story of two lovers fighting for the wind and jealousy to grab a man. With the addition of flesh and bones, Rimbaud's uninhibited charm can last forever. , Looking at Mathilde's stunned face, Rimbaud's smile was so bright that he lifted his weight lightly.
While Verlaine was anxious about his life during the hard days in London, Rimbaud grew rapidly by writing. Verlaine could not bear to abandon Rimbaud and leave London. For Rimbaud, who was crying after chasing after the pier, Verlaine had left him forever. But he still went to Belgium. When Rimbaud finally decided to leave, Verlaine's begging was meaningless. He was close to collapse and shot Rimbaud in the palm of his hand. The story seemed to come to an abrupt end, Verlaine was imprisoned, and Rimbaud returned to his hometown alone. During that time, he completed his own collection of poems, A Season of Hell, and then stopped writing poetry.
Two years later, the two met again in the Black Forest. Rimbaud was much less wild and unruly. Verlaine said that they could have been together. It was easy, why did the easiest thing not come true. So Rimbaud gave Verlaine two choices, his body or his soul, and Verlaine chose the former. In Verlaine's concept, the soul is eternal and can have a lot of time to love, but the body will age quickly. So Rimbaud laughed, Verlaine did not change. They broke up and never saw each other again.
Later, Rimbaud went to Africa, where he often dreamed, to find the sun.
He keeps saying that there is no love, only that love does not exist. But that old alcoholic who seemed to us sleazy, that brilliant melancholy poet, was his true love.
In Europe at the end of the 19th century, this love affair was still torturous, and there seemed to be an irreconcilable contradiction between them. And then the movie just allows time to polish it all. The ending of the movie is very tender. From 16 to 19 years old, Rimbaud took his life to understand Verlaine's love. When the old Verlaine sat in the bar and ordered two glasses of bittersweet, he could clearly see it. The young Rimbaud was sitting in front of him, with golden hair and clear eyes, and he was still talking like the dialogue many years ago.
Tell me, do you love me?
You know I like you very much. Do you love me?
Love you.
Rimbaud did not say love as before, and as before, he told Verlaine to put his hands on the table, palms up. He took the knife across his palm as before, but instead of piercing his palm like before, he just gently kissed Verlaine's palm.
When the camera is zoomed out, Verlaine is sitting alone at the table, with no one on the opposite side. He still keeps his palms up. Whether it is lonely or empty, the feeling is indescribable. I just suddenly remembered a monologue of Li Yaohui in "Breakthrough": I finally came to the waterfall, I suddenly thought of He Baorong, I felt so sad, I always thought that there should be a couple standing here, and it should be the same for me. emotion.
I found ity
what?
enternity .where the sun mingled with the sea.
Verlaine and Rimbaud, they have been together for three years, but I don't know how long they have been in love. Perhaps it is eternity, and between them, perhaps it is the mutual reflection of the sun and the sea.
2009-1-20 22:10
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