The only thing that is certain in this film is that the male owner of this family, who is also the only guardian of the two children of Miles and Flora, is a person who is not responsible for the family. From the beginning of his conversation with the tutor, it can be seen that he completely regarded the two children as a burden, and was unwilling to spend a little time on them, but as their guardian, he was responsible. Looking for a tutor is largely to share this responsibility. He hopes that the tutor can take care of the two children completely on his own, so that he can be completely at ease and don't need to invest a little energy in this area. Later, after receiving the letter from the school, he simply sent it to the tutor without dismantling it and let her take care of it...
Because of such a guardian, you can imagine what the two children, Miles and Flora, can become. At this time, what they needed most was someone who could accompany them often, but they found the most suitable candidates for them. Whether it is Quint to Miles or Jessel to Flora, due to the lack of love from their loved ones, these people spend most of their time with them, not only making these people the best friends of the two children, but also making these people Miles and Flora are the most indispensable. But the problem is that Quint and Jessel are not the kind of people who pay attention to their own behavior, which also leads to their bad influence on the children, and this influence is the real reason for the two children to become what they are today. .
The death of Quint and Jessel later meant the loss of the most important person in their hearts for the two children. At this time, some of their abnormal behaviors were precisely caused by missing their most beloved person. It may also be considered that Quint and Jessel were resurrected with the help of the bodies of two children.
This female tutor gave me the feeling that her imagination is really good, or in other words, her brain supplement ability is superb. In any case, she didn't know anything about the past of the two children before, but it was really admirable that she could conceive so many things in her mind based on what the butler told her. But she wanted to be the savior again, hoping to save the two children entirely on her own. However, the problem is that her understanding of the situation at the time was not based on her own understanding of the facts, but through imagination. As a result, her actions on this matter were not sensible. Because there is no rational analysis, just relying on this three-point real and seven-point fantasy situation to judge, the tutor could not prescribe the right medicine according to the crux of the problem, and in the end she touched the minefield instead-her behavior was not only ruined. Having two children, she herself went crazy because of the great emotional stimulation...
If you only consider these three people, in my opinion, the main problem lies in tutoring. Even if the two children are indeed the kind of "problem children", this does not mean that irrational methods can be used against them. If psychologists (real) treat these two children, they will choose a correct and sensible way to solve the problem. However, this tutor is not a person who understands psychology, and because of her own reasons, the way she handles this kind of problem is also problematic. As a result, she can only develop things in a worse direction.
In order to understand some of the background of the film, after watching it, I also found the original "The Turn of the Screw" to read the film. In fact, as far as I am concerned, I don't like this kind of story, but I also found that the adaptation of the film is still very good. The more sensible way for this film is to basically leave some uncertainties in the original work. This may be the reason why this film was successful. The one exception here is the episode of the very adult kiss that Miles gave the female tutor. This episode was not based on the original work and caused a lot of controversy at the time.
Later, around 2006, a short documentary about the film was released in the UK, where Christopher Frayling led the audience to visit the filming location of the film again. There are also two actors who made this movie back then-female tutor Deborah Kerr and Flora actor Pamela Franklin. Pamela Franklin, who is now over half a hundred years old, is really unrecognizable compared to his childhood appearance. It is a pity that Miles's actor Martin Stephens did not appear here, but mentioned it through Pamela Franklin's memories.
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