Italian director Luca Guadagnino's 2009 film "Io sono l'amore" (Io sono l'amore) can be understood as a modern version of "Mada Chatelet's Lover", sexual The power of attraction and love finally merged perfectly on the big screen, playing a strong treble as shocking as an opera. Emma, the daughter-in-law of the Italian textile mogul Ricky family played by British actress Tilda Swinton, was originally the most conservative housewife, with two sons and one daughter, each with his own merits. Emma usually manages the housekeeping alone, she is the main feeder, and even dines out with her jeweled mother-in-law. She is meticulous in her feminine outfits, she wears FENDI high-end ready-to-wear clothes, and she takes Hermes top bags. But such a worry-free, first-class life is like a modern mansion with square and angular Ricky's family, which is terribly boring. There is no passion between Emma and her husband Tan Kred. If it weren't for the children's various matters to worry about, her personal existence is almost like her Russian real name, which can be completely ignored and forgotten.
What made Emma come alive was the cooking skills of chef Antonio, a friend of his son Eduardo. The movie is full of sensory excitement for Emma's first time to eat Antonio's Provence stewed shrimp stuffed with shrimp! The camera switched back and forth between Emma’s lips, corners of her eyes, and the dishes. A middle shot adopted the lighting design technique of a stage play. A beam of top light hit Emma from top to bottom, and all the people around her faded. In the darkness, the noisy conversation faded away, only to hear the symphony sound like a heartbeat and palpitations. This process is almost the same as Lawrence's detailed description of orgasm and shocking body skin in "Mrs. Chatterley's Lover"!
Of course, tasting food is just a prelude to true sex. Emma finally merged with Antonio in the wood shed on the mountain. The lens also adopted the technique of close-up fragment splicing, white skin, red areola, golden hair, brown soil, blue sky, dark green thick. Yin, as well as flowers and bees, they bombard the audience’s sight and hearing in turn; they cooperate with the slowly climbing notes to strip away Emma’s last class ethics and social constraints, allowing her to blend into the earth and into the sky. Melt into the raindrops; they let her feelings and soul soar freely, let her fly! fly! ! fly! ! !
The liberation of sex is followed by the awakening of love. Emma replaced her high-end ready-to-wear, wearing only the simplest and rough vests and cloth pants; she had her hair cut, facing the ridges of mountains and forests, cooking Russian ukka fish soup for her lover in childhood. What's interesting is that when Emma's daughter Elizabeth finally decided to pursue true love despite family pressure, she also cut her short hair. Here, the hair not only represents the past, but also represents secular fetters and heavy psychological burden. Washing out the lead, cutting off long hair, and putting on trousers are not only a change of external posture, it is also a silent declaration of women's liberation, and a starting point for freedom.
Simultaneously with the awakening of Emma's love came the roar of the times. Ricky's family industry must make a choice under the impact of globalization. It must abandon its tradition and accept external financing in order to continue to occupy a place on the international stage. As one of the heirs of the family, Eduardo, despite his fierce opposition to mergers and acquisitions, faced huge commercial pressures, but he did not know what to do. The film’s treatment of Eduardo surprised me a little bit, but maybe there is no ideal death, no Emma’s final awakening, and the sonorous rush that accompanies the climax of the opera to the true self. .
In the end, sex liberated love, and love finally liberated the human soul. Love is the cry of freedom, and its ultimate goal has never been to make someone a vassal, a bargaining chip for class or a vase of silence. It is not only the release of the heart's voice, but also the sublimation of the senses. It is strong and powerful. It pushes people to open their eyes, open their hearts, rush forward, and rush forward. It allows us to re-perceive the world, re-experience freedom, and finally realize the original self hidden deep in memory.
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