Male: What I regret is that we screwed up long before I became a woman.
. . .
Female: Would you like to have some'down to earth'?
Male:'Down to earth'? Is this what you said? Did you hear what you said? Stop talking about it, this is an insult to both of us! I don't want to be'down to earth' and I don't care at all! ! We fly so high, I don't want to fall down!
Woman: Then stay there.
. . .
Through this conversation, I found that Laurence's transgenderness was not the reason that he and Fred could not be together in the end. The real reason was that they were no longer the same kind of people: one wanted to live a down-to-earth life, and the other wanted to fly high and never land. The three views are different, how can love continue? Regardless of whether the two parties are of the same sex, opposite sex, or drag queens, the conditions for love to occur and disappear are the same.
Laurence's transgender change was just a change in appearance. He didn't lose himself because of the transgender and completely became a woman. It is vividly said that he just got a plastic surgery. He is a man who lives as a woman as a man. That's why he still loves Fred deeply. Although this result is not in line with reality, it is written like this in the script. In fact, it was Fred that really changed. She was not so eager to fly in the air as she imagined, and living'down to earth' was what she hoped and yearned for. Therefore, their separation is also natural.
The end of the movie reproduces the first meeting of the two, the phrase'C'est Laurence Anyways. 'Not only did he click the question, but also heralded Laurence's extraordinary behavior. In my opinion, this is the best line of this movie.
Many movie fans are dissatisfied with the director's excessive use of slow motion and close-ups, but in the eyes of someone who has no professional film knowledge, this is precisely the presentation of his style. His style is to use slow motion and close-ups, music and even special effects to amplify every inner feeling, such as: longing, sadness, epiphany, helplessness, etc. Use feelings to promote the development of the story. If these feelings are only presented through dialogue and acting skills, they will be pale, feeble, and easily overlooked. It is the superposition of one detail after another that makes the film two and a half hours long. It is not that the director is narcissistic and unwilling to cut, but that the director makes sure that the audience does not miss every detail. This kind of magnification is sometimes more memorable and harder to forget than lines.
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