"Venus in Fur" is really the true story of Thadism. Although the erotic story was eventually played by the old man into a very happy satire, the aberrant relationship between the two sexes has long been one of Polanski's films. It can always get a very unique and artistic satirical expression. "Venus in Fur" inherits the poison-like erotic temptation of "Bitter Moon", but compared to the cruel and extreme "Bitter Moon", " The joyful irony and teasing of "Venus in Fur" does not seem to reduce the film’s keen insight into gender and power issues. All this looks like an interesting game of a wise man, which is brought about by endless chattering and dialogue. The powerful dramatic tension that came has unscrupulously demonstrated Polanski's dramatic talents, and it is clear that Polanski's proficiency in stage plays has greatly enhanced the film.
The transformation of the power posture of the two characters in the film can be divided into several stages, and the posture transformations of these stages are perfectly integrated into the drama dialogue, leaving no trace. At the beginning, the director Thomas has mastered it in the real world. Domination, the heroine Wanda is at a disadvantage in reality. After starting the play, Thomas had a re-examination of Wanda. At this time, Wanda began to attract Thomas, but at this time in the drama, Thomas still mastered the initiative. , And after that, the dominance of the two began to reverse, and there was a period of smooth fighting between the two. It seemed that there was a script dispute, but under the performance, the struggle between reality and the dominance of the drama was implied, and Thomas gradually began to deprive him of it. Under the appearance of a polite coat, at this stage in the drama, Wanda began to take the lead, but in reality Thomas still had a weak advantage, and in the end, Thomas fell sideways in reality, and the drama and reality began to blur. In an indistinguishable mass, Wanda completely gained the upper hand, and finally tied Thomas to a huge penis like a pillar of shame. The whole complex and dramatic transformation is completed in the casual fill-in light, position shift, and flesh-and-blood dialogue, so that the role of Wanda gradually begins to break away from reality and blur without any sense of disharmony, pretending to be Venus. Wanda danced the dance of Bacchus, the stroke of the gods, and the enlightenment.
The subjective scene of the film beginning with Wanda's vision and the ending of the exit are also very interesting. A Polanski enters the theater as a spectator to examine the entanglement of the sexes, that is, the sense of vision, and why it is Wanda's vision, which may be feminist Judging from his vision, aren’t men tied to a huge penis and can’t move? The film's continuous transition between drama and reality keeps coming out and entering the drama quietly, but the desire is not interrupted but is gradually escalating. In the end, it is out of control. The reality and drama under desire are actually tight. After practicing as one, the male protagonist completely fell into the two. The spirit of Bacchus originated from ancient Greece, and together with the spirit of Apollo, the spirit of Apollo and Apollo, which was originally prudent, rational and orderly, was gradually destroyed in the film, and the spirit of Bacchus based on primitive desire is here. Time has completely gained the upper hand. This kind of spirit similar to primitive religion has been exaggerated into a frantic desire at this moment, rather than a passion based on natural beauty. And in the power and control relationship between the sexes, the original desire based on the Bacchus spirit actually played a dominant role, but in the concrete inner quality under the surface, the control and the intergrowth described in this film are controlled in disguised form. Polanski is preconceived from the paradoxical perspective of feminism. Men are ruthlessly reduced to hypocritical power animals, flattering and hypocritical like demons to offer their dominance. In fact, everything is an illusion manifested by a distorted desire for control. The swelling desire surging under the current is like this huge penis towering into the clouds, trapping the man on the hard self-made shame pillar.
The old man is really full of self-defeating spirit. Not to mention the cultural attributes of the role, even the male protagonist also looks for Amarek, who has grown so smart when he was young. Based on the various sexual performances of the old man in his long life, it makes people real. I have to suspect that this is part of the inner reflection of the old man himself. The 81-year-old man is becoming more and more obsessed with stage drama. This is similar to the limitations of propositional composition and it is indeed a challenge to the creation of film drama conflict, but drama is the ancestor of film after all. The old man is right. Humanity's insight and artistic expression ability did not show any cramped feeling when displayed here, which is worthy of the name of "master". In the film, the heroine changes from the original vulgar girl to the lethal Venus goddess. The whole art transformation and changes are also true and false, which makes people not aware of any sense of contradiction, and the grasp of details is extremely precise. , In addition, the film’s paradoxical soundtrack is like a little devil, jumping, teasing, and fanning, making the movie soundly appealing.
In the dispute between sex dominance and feminism in the patriarchal society, Polanski is on the side of feminism, and Polanski’s feminism is always a bit paradoxical. This great man who loves love The director’s defiance of feminism like this, is there a tendency to tremble in cultural interest? I still don’t try to figure out the old man as well... Venus’s frantic Bacchus dance has become an inflated ultimate fantasy under the patriarchal vision. However, the director in the movie is obviously unbearable in the end. In this fur, there is desire, and the fear of reversal of feminism by patriarchy... the authenticity and measurableness of the coexistence and restraint of power and desire. For the time being, value can only be a puzzle.
Finally, I wish you a long life for 80 years.
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