"Eclipse" is the last film in the "Emotional Trilogy" filmed by Antonioni in the early 1960s. Like in "Adventure" and "Night", the protagonist of the film also loved so-and-so, but now he does not Love him again, and fall in love with another person for no reason. The film describes the emotional changes of the protagonist, but does not explain the reasons and endings of this change. However, from the narration and depiction of the film, the audience can experience the spiritual emptiness and emotional change of the protagonists, and the inability to communicate with each other, and thus appreciate the deformity and absurdity of the society composed of these separated people.
Vittoria and her fiancé Riccardo are already living together, but she suddenly proposes to break up with him. It was she who offered to break up, which naturally caught Riccardo off guard and was also very sad. However, we can see from the film that Vittoria is also very uncomfortable. She shows a look of exhaustion, not a decisive expression, and even admits that "this night is also very uncomfortable for me." of". This ambivalence aroused the audience's interest, making them wonder what the reason was. Riccardo will naturally raise this question. Vittoria's answer was that she also "don't know", she didn't even know when she didn't love Riccardo. Did she fall in love with someone again? Vittoria still replied: "No, I told you hundreds of times, it's not like that." Then, as Riccardo asked, "There must be a reason?" The truth is, no. . If there is anything, the audience can only explain to Vittoria that the feelings have changed, and the reasons cannot be explained clearly because the feelings are difficult to explain. In the end, she resolutely walked out of Riccardo’s house, showing the kind of comfort after being freed, but as she later explained to her friend Anita and others, it was a “sad, frustrating, and depressing In the long night that is bored and uncomfortable, she lamented: "Everything is so complicated, even love is as complicated."
Vittoria returned home, but felt very empty again, so she went to her mother, but her mother was trading stocks on the exchange, and she asked Vittoria "What are you doing here?" Not allowing Vittoria to explain, her mother turned around to look at the quotation board, and then was busy buying and selling stocks with Pierrot, leaving her daughter who wanted to be comforted in the cold. The mother also seemed to feel that she was too unenthusiastic towards her daughter, and she had nothing to talk about. She seemed to want to talk to her daughter about some topics that her daughter was interested in, but the topic she found was actually: "'money' means that a certain stock can make money,' 'It means that the stock situation is not good..." It can be said that she has nothing to do with her business. She only has money and stocks in her mind, and nothing else. She also saw that her daughter was eager to tell her something, but she still insisted, "Will you wait for me for a while? It's about to close." At this time, her mind was completely invested in the transaction, and she was completely in the eyes of money. . After walking out of the exchange, the mother did not ask her daughter if she had anything to tell her, but asked her daughter: "Do you want to know how much I earned today?" At this time, Vittoria made up her mind to talk to her mother. Regarding the matter with Riccardo, she finally said: "I want to talk to you about something..." But before she finished speaking, her mother turned around to buy fruit, and competed with the peddler for 20 lire. It is hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of lire. Now she is thinking about the 20 lire, because all she thinks is that "the wealth of the family is also accumulated every cent." With such a mother, what can Vittoria, who is full of thoughts, say? How can their mother and daughter exchange ideas and feelings? If this is the case between mother and daughter, isn't it even more impossible to communicate with others? Therefore, when her mother bid farewell to her and kissed her, she showed an unbearable expression and quickly left.
These depictions of Vittoria’s mother are closely linked to the activities of depicting the exchange. This part occupies a large proportion of the film. These depictions are different from Antonioni’s other films: here are more involved. In order to understand people’s social activities, we can see the nature of these people and the nature of the society that these people constitute. Just like Vittoria's mother, these people only know how to make money, and the six relatives don't recognize them. They focus on market display cards, rushing between brokers, throwing away when they fall, and buying when they are bullish. They only know that they have money, but they don't know that there is affection. There was an episode in the film: the chaotic trading floor suddenly rang loudly, and people fell silent. Obviously, this was an announcement of major news. This news may immediately make some people rich in an instant, and others suddenly become paupers, so people hold their breaths and no one speaks out. However, the announcement was that "our esteemed colleague Viterotti Domenico was tragically killed in a car accident this morning." This is obviously not the news that made people rich. Pierrot even whispered to Vittoria: "You see how like a suspension of a football game." This untimely joke surprised Vittoria. She couldn't help but ask Pierrot if he knew the deceased. Pierrot replied brazenly: "Of course I do." She also added: "But, do you know how many tens of thousands of lire are lost and earned for every minute here?" In the minds of these people, a life is not as good as "a loss and gain of tens of thousands of liras", even if this person is his own colleague. When Pierrot made money for his clients, everyone was fine. However, the stock market is constantly changing and risks continue. Naturally, everyone has a loss and a profit. After the loss, Pierrot's client was reluctant and entangled. And Pierrot had his own way to deal with them. He said to an elderly woman: "This time you lost it, it was my fault. But what about those things in the past? You never looked for me in the past, you Always pick up the money and leave.” This is not only a powerful rebuttal, but also a profound exposure of the qualities of those investors who are crazy chasing money. This is not only the case with Pierrot’s customers, but also with other investors. When they saw the money they got flying again, they complained and protested, yelled at each other, and fought with each other, even Vittoria’s mother. Picked up a thick phone book and applied it to the broker, and dared to admit that it was not one but two. Why would these people lose everything? The answer can be found in Pierrot’s evaluation of one of his clients. Pierrot said to the man who started his family with only 200,000 lire: "In just two years, I thought you made seven or eight million lire. Later, I told you to stop, but you don’t Listen, your appetite is a bit too big. "Insatiable greed, this is the root of their bankruptcy. To be fair, this is not the entire source of their bankruptcy, because the market not only has these small investors, but also large investors, and the stock market's rise and fall are all controlled by these large investors; they Turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands into rain, the small investors became their victims in this wind and rain, and they became the target of their swallowing. From Pierrot’s words to a person on the phone, we can see that the stock market is quoted. It was indeed manipulated. He said, "Hey, I finally found you... You are such an amazing guy. You really made the market plummet by doing this. "One of Pierrot's clients also complained in his office: "I bet that someone must be involved in this matter. It may be Italian financiers, maybe even people in the government. "Alcoliy asked quietly on the phone: "Did you get some inside information from Mr. Senator?" "It can be seen that those who manipulate the market are extraordinary. In such a market, the small investors are naturally driven around and swallowed by the big players like small fish. Therefore, Vittoria told Pierrot She said that she couldn't figure out what kind of place the exchange was, "Is it an office, a market, or a boxing ring?" "It should be said that this is a battlefield. However, Pierrot likes this place, he said to Vittoria: "You have to go often to understand it. Once you get used to that place, you can't do without it, it will fascinate you. "Pierrot has become an integral part of that place, and he really "cannot do without it." Driven around by big households, swallowed by big households. So Vittoria told Pierrot that she couldn't figure out what kind of place the exchange was, "Is it the office, the market, or the boxing ring?" It should be said that this is the battlefield. However, Pierrot liked this place, he said to Vittoria: "You have to go often to understand it. Once you get used to that place, you can't live without it, it will fascinate you." Luo has become an integral part of that place, and he really "cannot do without it." Driven around by big households, swallowed by big households. So Vittoria told Pierrot that she couldn't figure out what kind of place the exchange was, "Is it the office, the market, or the boxing ring?" It should be said that this is the battlefield. However, Pierrot liked this place, he said to Vittoria: "You have to go often to understand it. Once you get used to that place, you can't live without it, it will fascinate you." Luo has become an integral part of that place, and he really "cannot do without it."
Vittoria was angry at what Pierrot said, and her answer was: "fascinated...what fascinated?" It can be seen that she doesn't like that place. However, she fell in love with Pierrot, which cannot be said to be a bit inexplicable. The relationship between them has no root, but it develops in contact with each other. At Vittoria's mother's house, Pierrot refused when he wanted to kiss her. Later, Pierrot's car was snatched by a drunk and fell into the lake. Vittoria came to see Pierrot. She knew Pierrot’s time was precious, so she asked him if she wasted his time by looking for him, which shows that she still feels strange to him. Later, they walked together and went to the coffee shop together. He called her in the middle of the night, and finally he came to her house, hugged and kissed each other, and both lay down on the bed. This shows that although Vittoria and Pierrot are not the same people, their emotions gradually approached in getting along, and finally reached the point of falling in love. This emotional change is difficult to explain, and it is difficult to tell its ins and outs. It can only be said that she fell in love with Pierrot and could not tell the reason, just as she no longer loved Riccardo and could not tell the reason. Human feelings are so complicated, so difficult to understand. Pierrot also said to Vittoria after falling in love with Vittoria: "I really don't understand whether you and your original fiancé can understand each other." Of course, he was not sure about the future of the two of them, so he went. The question was asked: "Can we get along well?" Vittoria's answer was "I don't know either." It can be seen that their love is still the same as Vittoria and Riccardo fell in love at the time, and it may end soon, and they will break up at any time, and each other. This kind of love can be said to come without a trace, without a trace, everything develops and perishes unconsciously. The relationship between people is unpredictable, and the emotions between people are changeable. The reason is that people cannot explain the root cause of their own emotional changes, cannot explain clearly to others, let alone communicate with others; the reason is that these people in modern society no longer have any ethics and moral constraints in their minds, and they only have so-called so-called freedom of". This kind of human-to-human separation, spiritual emptiness and spiritual "freedom" are the root causes of the volatility of people's feelings, as well as the roots of moral decay and social disintegration. These emotionally variable people will lead to the collapse of social life, and the emotional changes of these people are caused by social life. In this sense, they are also victims of society. What Antonioni wants to tell the audience through this film is his philosophical thinking.
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