One position question: above or below?
Sex is an important theme in "The Unbearable Lightness of Life". Thomas’s sexual relationship with a woman runs through, but several important sex locations and positions require our special attention. The first love scene was in Sabina’s studio. In Sabina’s big bed, Thomas, who was about to leave, pressed on Sabina and entered her. Sabina moved to the bed and tilted her head back. Looking at the mirror, groaning watching Thomas crisscrossing himself. Here is the missionary style, the male superior. The first love between Thomas and Teresa was at Thomas's house. Teresa pressed Thomas under her body. Thomas' head was leaned back by the bed, groaning and watching Teresa riding in the mirror.
These two sex scenes where men and women have changed positions are not accidental. They contain hints from the director: Sabina is the most negative, Teresa is the most positive, and Thomas lives in it. He usually asks women to come. At home, but they are not allowed to spend the night, only when facing Sabina, because Sabina is more passive, so Thomas went to her studio to have sex with her. The same is true from the posture point of view, Teresa is riding on Thomas, and Thomas is riding on Sabina.
Second, escape or face?
Yes, Sabina is more negative. She is always avoiding and always fleeing. She is more unable to bear the responsibility and commitment of these heavy things in life than Thomas, so in the face of Franz's sincerity and actions, she can only do it again. get away. At the same time, Thomas was also faced with a choice. Because Teresa had to rely on Thomas because she couldn't stand everything, she brought her bitch Karenina back to Prague under the control of the Soviet Union. She said in a letter to Thomas: I can't stand your face. For the lightness of life, life is very heavy for me, but very light for you, your freedom, your lightness, I can’t stand it, I am not that strong, I am weak, I can only return to the weak The kingdom of the person. Thomas did not escape this time. He returned to Prague. Even if the border guards had confiscated his passport, even if he understood that he would never leave Prague again, he did not back down. He gave up his freedom and lightness and chose Responsibility and commitment have chosen the most important part of life.
At this time even the posture has changed. The time when Thomas returned to the apartment in Prague and Teresa re-entangled, it was no longer Teresa's female superior, but Thomas's missionary style. This is actually a hint that Thomas began to actively face love and life.
Three Mephisto’s Contracts
The pig named Mephisto in the film did not appear by accident. It is an ironic signpost that secretly points to Goethe’s "Faust." In "Faust", Mephisto signed a contract with Faust, as long as Faust is not satisfied with the status quo, he can have life forever; and this film has two Fausts, one is Sabina , One is Thomas. The former Faust received the news of the death of the latter Faust, and then the flashback as the finale of the film points out the cause of Thomas’ death: Teresa asked him, what are you thinking? He said, I was thinking, how happy I am. Faust said to time "Stop it, how beautiful you are!" He felt satisfied with his life at this moment, so he lost his life according to the contract, and he will also lose his soul (of course in From Goethe, God finally violated the agreement with Mephisto and robbed Faust's soul), Thomas was also satisfied with his life at that moment, and after that, the car overturned and died. Sabina was not satisfied, so she continued to roam, and America was not the last stop of her life. So, are her tears for the death of another self (alter ego confidant), or for the wandering that she is destined to be unable to stop?
Four only this moment is our happinessThe
truck is about to tip over. Here we heard the Faust and Epicurean motto: Only this moment is our happiness. This is the end of the movie. This sentence is the final word. At this time, we understand that the truly happy person is not Sabina, who will continue to go to heaven in the United States. It is not from portrait play to stitching and from stitching to airbrush painting. Sabina became more abstract and lighter, but returned to Prague and went to hell, and this moment was about to usher in the heavy Thomas and Teresa.
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