The desire and love of him and her

Jesse 2022-01-13 08:02:13

Compared with the Chinese title, the English title of "Fire Lover" "Damage" can express that the pursuit of erotic desire goes against the social morals and eventually loses all his family and career, and spends the rest of his life alone. It's like a moth fighting a fire, which comes from the desire of nature, but at the same time it destroys itself.

Because the film is full of a lot of explicit passionate actions, it gives the illusion of a high-level pornography. The director deliberately does not present the sex scenes in an aesthetic way according to the usual practice, in order to express that when people's desires far exceed the weight of love, even human beings are just like animals, with only animality remaining.

The protagonist (father) and the heroine of the film rarely have verbal conversations. They only met at the first banquet of the film. They had a deep and eager gaze, as if there was no one else in the world. In addition, they didn't have much spiritual communication. Every time they met, their reason was always overwhelmed by the desire that swept over them, and they fell into the abyss of sin repeatedly.

The male protagonist always wears a suit every day, but the suit always only fills the outside, and the lack of psychological level cannot be satisfied. Once the desire is spurred, the over-sized emptiness will turn into an impending passion, carrying the family and son’s passion. Fiancée fornication, in addition to the "infidelity", there is a sense of excitement of "incest", but the higher the climb, the greater the price you have to pay. After the scandal is exposed, you will lose everything around you. But he doesn't wonder whether this unethical relationship is worth paying a huge price, and even when there is no so-called true love (just an illusion of desire) between him and the heroine, what kind of compensation can be obtained for these losses?

Looking at the whole film, the male and female protagonists don't talk very much. From the point of view of "action", it is obvious that "lust" controls the importance of "emotion". However, when the story progresses to the time when the heroine is renting a room outside and meeting the hero in the afternoon, instead of the previous passionate and almost crazy plot, the camera deliberately travels slowly through the flowers, curtains and the bed, and the sun shines through the window to fill the room. Trying to construct a bright and hazy tone to create a dreamlike situation, only then can people feel that they are actually "in love". However, the good times in love do not often bring the plot to a climax, that is, the actor’s son witnessed his father’s derailment with his fiancee, and fell to his death after being frightened. At the time of the original culprit, the great grief made him wake up from the nightmare of love and face the serious consequences of his pursuit of stimulation, like a sinner exiled by social values, wandering alone.

At the end of the film, there is a huge photo on the wall of the actor's home. It is a group photo of him, his son and the heroine. The eyes of the three people in the film are talking about their own thoughts. It also metaphors that the three are ambiguous and entangled in this film. Relationship.

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Extended Reading

Damage quotes

  • Anna Barton: Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

  • Anna Barton: What would you win by leaving Ingrid?

    Dr. Stephen Fleming: You. I'd win you.

    Anna Barton: Then you'd win something you already have.