Love can be premeditated

Spencer 2022-01-13 08:01:56

This is the first time I have seen Almodovar's work.
There are many ways in which love occurs, such as love at first sight and love at first sight, but Almodovar chose a premeditated way. Through the rope, the emotional elements are slowly fermented, and finally the love is flaring. The famous Almodovar has to choose a different way even when it happens.
When Rich found Marina, she was performing in the studio. In this in-play, Marina's identity is the female number one in a horror film. She was going to die in the play, but the director arranged for her to strangle the killer with a phone cord. The red tone that Almodovar is good at began to be extravagant from here: the curtains are red, the killer's robes are also red, and Rich, who is hiding from the side, is also wearing a red shirt. In Almodovar’s works, red is said to “symbolize the power of life, the thirst for love and irresistible desire, and it is also the representative of female images”. The killer in the play is eager to get the love of Marina, and in reality Rich is also eager to get the love of Marina. Through the red clothes, the metaphor is transferred. The difference is that the killer is dead, but Rich is loved.
Rich followed Marina, broke into her house and knocked her out, begging her to love him. In case Marina was afraid to ask for help, he tied her up. At the beginning, the rope that Rich used to tie Marina was a light green rope that was rough and hurt her hands, and the sealing glue was the kind that made people very painful. As the two people get along, the rope becomes a soft red rope, and the sealing glue becomes soft and easy to tear. During this process, the change of binding tools has become a hidden meaning of psychological changes. Think about it carefully, love for others is indeed a bond of heart. Or put it this way, bondage is the essence of love, and this movie just visualizes this bondage relationship. Also a symbol of love is the box of heart-shaped chocolates-at first, this box of chocolates was secretly put in Marina’s bag, during which Marina threw it on the table. At the end of the film, she held it. The box of chocolates was pulled away by my sister.
On the night that Rich went to the square to search for heroin, before leaving, he tied Marina to the bed and opened the canopy on the ceiling, saying: You are looking at the stars while waiting for me to come back. The camera first focused on Marina, then moved to the TV, and then to Rich's smiling face. At this time, a film was being shown on the TV. The title of the film was "Night of a Half-Dead Man". This scene hinted at Rich's half-dead night-he was beaten up by the drug seller so much that he could hardly return home. It’s also on TV. At the director’s house, half-lengthed, he looked at the woman on the TV who was masturbating on TV, and then called Marina to tell the story of the matador-this paragraph explains his relationship with Marina. , Destined to only wait and see and obscene-Almodovar's merciless mockery.
In fact, they are both lonely people. Marina had a toothache and walked into the bathroom. Rich followed him. Next to it was a cabinet of medicine. She said to him: No one, the tooth is about to break due to the pain. After Rich was injured, Marina cleaned the wound for him. He said: I think of my parents. They used to take care of me in the same way. These two people knocked down together, and what should happen seemed to happen. So I was very pleased to watch the love ceremony performed by Rich and Marina on that "half-dead" night. In the reflection of the ceiling prism, the entangled figure of the two people quietly bloomed.
"My life is a subway map. Before you, my life was abnormal. Except for running away, I went back to the mental hospital. But when I met you, the judge said I was cured and I could be free. Mine The final stop is Marina!" Richie said. I admit that after watching this movie-even if it is only one, I have already fallen in love with Almodovar. Except for him, I don’t think anyone will ever say that the end of my life is you! This kind of purity and paranoia is more than just an instant hobby. And this "Tie Me, Tie Me" also reminds me of "Last year in Marion Bard". Of course, the two movies are different, but they have one thing in common that love can be premeditated— -Regardless of the final outcome.

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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! quotes

  • Ricky: Will you run away if I don't tie you up?

    Marina Osorio: I don't know. You'd better tie me up. Tie me up.

  • Lola: You're crazy! How can you love a kidnapper who ties you up? You think that's normal? You must be in shock. You can't be that kinky!