1. Two Easter eggs
The first is the appearance of Colette in "Antoine and Colette" in the film, which represents the connection of the trilogy. At this time, Colette was married and had children, but Antoine was still single and accomplished nothing.
The second is that Mrs. Tabal and Antoine mentioned "Lily of the Valley." The actor of Mrs. Tabal once played the protagonist of the movie version of this novel.
2. A lens
The most impressive shot of the film is the shot of the letter being put into the letter bucket. I used a lot of camera shooting methods, bold and extraordinary, but I looked a little dizzy.
3. Three times of unemployment
The film portrays Antoine in his youth. Truffaut portrayed him as a young man who is shy, does whatever he wants, does not think about the future, and pursues passion.
When it comes to career, he just asks for a job instead of pursuing the realization of his own value or whether he can have better development. He has experienced three times of unemployment: the first time he was in the army. He was forcibly retired by the army because of frequent resignation. The second time was at the hotel, because the detective caught the rape and was expelled by the boss. For the third time, as a detective, he put a green hat on the client, so he was fired by the boss. When he was in the army, it was more because of his arbitrary personality, completely following his inner thoughts, and unable to adapt to the environment of the army. When he was in the hotel, it was because he was kind and he simply didn't want the consequences of doing things. As a private investigator, it was because he did not seek to improve, and did not hone his professional skills, which led to the discovery and loss of the first two follow-ups. For the last time, he even rolled the sheets with the client's wife.
Regarding feelings, Antoine pursues passion and believes in the power of sex as a prerequisite for love. Therefore, he did not feel shame when he had two prostitutes in the film, because it only solved his physical needs and did not affect his emotional life. For Mrs. Tabal, he was full of passion and was completely fascinated by her. When others scolded her, he would go crazy and would secretly learn English for her, and his face would turn pale when he saw her. The last two people had a relationship in his apartment. But for the childhood sweetheart Christine, he has lost his passion. At first he loved her, so he wrote 19 love letters a week. But then he changed to say in the letter that he thought she had become a friend and stopped writing to her. Because time made him lose his passion. But in the end he was still with Christine, because he was at the bottom of his life, Christine could give him the warmth of his home. At the same time, repairing TV also allowed him to find a temporary passion.
At the end of the film, a mysterious man confessed to Christine and said that she and Antoine will not be long, and he can wait for her. Christine directly spoke of the lunatic, and Antoine hesitated for a while before confirming her affirmation. Because he understands that he has no passion for Christine, the relationship between the two is destined to not last long. He once said to Christine that love should be based on admiration, and he does not admire Christine, which is why he has no passion for her. He has passion for that tall girl because he admires her height. He has passion for Madam Tabal because he admires her looks, figure, and wealth.
At the same time, Antoine has no sense of responsibility. As a soldier, the most basic responsibility is to stick to his post, but he leaves his post without permission. As the hotel manager, his responsibility is not to let others into the guest's room casually, but he gave the key to the detective because of his kindness and recklessness. As a detective, the responsibility is to complete the client's entrustment, but he greened the client on the premise of knowing that he was wrong. For feelings, he also has no sense of responsibility. I apologized to Christine twice, the first time I deceived her in order to continue to follow her, and the second time I thought about the apology line, and because Mrs. Tabal had forgotten it. Director Truffau deliberately uses knocking on the phone and repeating lines to make the audience unpleasant to guide the audience to reflect on his character. He has no passion for Christine, but he still wants to maintain the relationship between two people, which is another form of irresponsibility. This is the second reason why he and Christine will not last long.
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