The screenwriter himself is a director, drama director, one of the representatives of the famous British absurdist drama, and also won the Nobel Prize. However, very few of his works can be found, which may be the attitude of our country towards the absurdist drama. Absurdists must have acerbic social criticism, which obviously does not meet some requirements.
Su Mu's "Honor" focuses on the analysis of this movie, but after watching it, you will still be confused about the plot. Confused about how Sarah's story about a French lieutenant works in the film. What does that non-existent lieutenant mean to Sarah? Sara is obviously not a lunatic, but the staged performance in the 19th World section made everyone take a tune, which made people seem a little neurotic. Lieutenant is Sarah's wish? fantasy? Or is it a metaphorical symbol set by the author of the novel? Just waiting for Charles to play? Sarah, who clearly knew her lieutenant couldn't exist, told Charles after he had sex. She wants the existence of "Bad Knight" to fill the blank heart, which is my understanding of "Lieutenant" in Sarah's heart. As for the "Lieutenant" being in the movie, that's another question for my existence. Because the movie has another half of the plot, which is the modern part, the "love" of Anna and Mike. The two had an affair because of the movie. Did Anna play Mike's "Lieutenant" in real life? Or be each other's lieutenants.
I don't fully agree with Mr. Su's analysis of the theme. It's not just about love, love, and desire. Maybe there should be a more secret woman's psychology. In the 19th century part, Sarah made up a "bad knight", found a real knight, disappeared again, and contacted him again three years later~~ In the real part, a pair of male and female protagonists are cheating. Women know their needs clearly, while men are loved Since I lost my head... I'm
sorry I haven't seen the original work, I can't quite understand the movie from the original work, let alone the analysis of the adaptation.
The movie audition skills are amazing. This adds to the fact that nothing in a movie is taken for granted in the sound picture, everything is well thought out. The long shot when the opening credits appear is fantastic! ! From the beginning of playing the board, Anna was in place. With the movement of the camera, Anna gradually became Sarah, a mysterious woman in black in the stormy seas going back a hundred years ago. This shot is reminiscent of Angelopoulos' "The Wandering Entertainer", the slow-moving long shot stops, and then the German army car of World War II is drawn, going back ten years.
Along with the plot, there is a strict counterpoint between the 19th century part and the modern, from the music, the pictures, the style, the language, the plot... Nothing but wonder. The skills of the different transformations of the two time and space should be remembered, similar composition, familiar characters, similar scenes, similar plots...not only make people obviously different, but not too jumpy. Digression, we are now over-familiar with montages trained by MTV and commercials, and have become numb to that kind of delicate conversion skills. Analyzing a movie is probably the process of restoring the sense of taste. It is too difficult to taste the nuances of steamed sea bass after eating too much fast food.
The film is also full of symbolic rhythms. The mirror image appears four times, the small mirror where Anna puts on makeup at the beginning, Mike gets up at night and his face is reflected in the window, the 19th century Sarah is self-portrait in the mirror, and at the end, Anna is looking at the big mirror in the dressing room... every mirror Appeared, the fate of the people in the mirror changed. The first time, Anna then walked into the 19th century and became Sarah, the second time, Anna called out her husband's name in a dream while Mike stared at Anna, the third time, Sarah was fired for Charles' help, the fourth time , Anna did not wait for Mike to leave in the dark.
Movies are born out of complex and thoughtful thinking, and it's a chore.
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