The protagonist of "Bow" has no name, let alone language, but everything is in the midst of worry, joy, smile and anger. Kim Ki-duk has always been extremely stingy with his lines. The heroine in "The Drifting Room" is a dumb girl, and the hero is taciturn. In "The Empty Room", the hero and heroine still have no dialogue. Only at the end of the film, the woman said "I love you", which is shocking. And the girl in "Bow" didn't say a word, just grinned happily when she saw the boy coming. The girl is like a hibiscus out of water, her quietly blooming smile is so pure and charming, she faces everything with a smile, even in the face of threats from tourists who are greedy for her beauty, she is confident and draws the bow of the old man with a smile, but really Beauty is all sad. With the strengthening of the old man's desire for control, as the girl's heart is filled with the youthful and friendly image of a college student, her smile is decreasing day by day, and her face is more filled with deep sorrow and expectation. As for the control of the old man, he would silently but resolutely resist, his eyes were full of stubbornness and anger, and his expression was very similar to the mute girl in "The Room of Drifting Desire", so sad and so fearless, after the successful resistance There is also the pleasure of revenge, but in the face of the old man who has raised her for many years and has been caring for her, she is more deeply saddened and unbearable.
However, trying to comfort the old man, she received countless slaps from the old man. She slapped him, he raised her for so many years, he loved her deeply, and he looked forward to marrying her so much... So she silently endured his slap. However, he still can't stand his increasing suspicion and control, can't stand his secret manipulation on the calendar, and even the thoughtful boy he loves, no longer wants to let the old man bathe him, no longer wants to let him go to bed when he sleeps. The old man held her hand. However, in the night when the wind was blowing and the waves were rolling, there were only the old and the young who depended on each other on the boat. At that moment, only the embrace of the old man was warm and safe.
However, I still have to leave. The world outside is very fresh. There are boys who love deeply holding hands, parents who are waiting for their daughter to return day and night, and everything I have never seen before... But she is such a kind and great woman, and she is about to escape from this place. In the boat, she turned around in the face of the old man's suicide. Although the old man was ready to cut the rope and give up suicide at the last moment, he could not see the knife he hid under the mat, or even if he saw her, he would have no hesitation. Getting married, leaving the boy on the sidelines to watch this deserted but spectacular wedding, his expression changed from regretful to incredible to relieved, he was moved by this wedding. As for the girl, throw away all distractions, smile, and be a happy bride. After the wedding, the old man shed the wedding dress for the girl, leaving only the white skirt. Then the old man climbed up the high mast and pulled up the erhu made of a bow, so the desolate piano sound that has been pervading since the beginning of the film sounded. The girl lay down slowly in the music and fell asleep, so pure and white.
I kept wondering what the girl was thinking during that long tedious wedding scene, she just smiled, firmly. Will she take her own life by jumping into the sea in the middle or at the end of the wedding, or will she be with the old man for the rest of her life? And her heart aches for the boy standing silently behind the boat? Seeing the scene where she lay down peacefully, her dangling heart finally let go. At this moment, she was still happy, in the soulful sound of the old man's piano.
After the song was over, the girl fell asleep, and the old man rushed to the sea. At this point, the old man has completed the sublimation of his personality, which has swept away the hatred and anger I had for him before. Looking back, his tyranny is more out of the depth of love (although not many people recognize the love of such an old man), and the girl also enjoyed being under her protection at the beginning. Until they met the college student, the old man immediately sensed that his real opponent was coming, and rudely drove away, the sword on the bow shot the boy mercilessly, for the sake of the beloved girl, he had to do everything he could. However, all this could not stop the boy and the girl's feelings. The girl protected the boy with her own body, and the old man's bow had to be lowered. The boy is determined to win and asks the old man to tell his fortune. The girl sat on the swaying swing, and the old man bent his bow and arrows, with a complicated light in his eyes. This was a gamble, and he failed. Did he really let that kid take her away? No, I can't get it myself, and I can't let others get her, but this pure and weak girl, she is defenseless, she has been waving on the swing countless times, smiling like a flower, she is so trusting in herself, a relative who depends on each other Ah, we used to be so close, the old man's arrow aimed and aimed, stared at the girl beside the Buddha statue, one arrow, two arrows, rubbed the girl's neck and fixed it on the Buddha statue, but couldn't let others she! The third arrow flew out, hitting the girl directly. The boy, who had been trembling all the time, saw the old man's intention long ago, and pulled the swing before the deadly arrow reached the girl.
Like the previous fortune-telling, we still can't know for sure the result of this fortune-telling. Judging from the complicated expressions on both sides, the matter is far more than "you marry her" or "I will take her away", it is probably difficult for them both. Understand the result, we all know the result later, he married her, and he took her out of the sea. All of this depends on the old man, but also on the girl's choice.
After the end of the erhu song after the wedding, the old man bent his bow towards the girl. At that moment, his heart was like a taut string. Fortunately, his bow was slowly raised to the sky, and the arrow disappeared into the horizon. Because of his hatred for the old man, the scenes where he threw the ropes from the boat around his neck to save the girl didn't really shock me. I even thought that he would just die like this, but now I can't think about it that way. You can't let a girl carry the cross for a lifetime. She is not the girl in "The Drifting Room" who is desperate to remove obstacles in pursuit of love (even that girl is painful and sad after she accidentally kills her), her love is boundless, and she is extremely tolerant. to anyone. I think in Kim Ki-duk's movie world, in "Bow", love finally surpasses hate, although beauty is still cruel and sad, but we can't save beauty by hatred. Thanks to this girl, it's time for me to stop writing about The Bow.
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