Dual character, two worlds

Ludwig 2022-01-18 08:01:16

In the film industry, there are always some characters that are filmed by the director, and the actors are acting. The audience seems to be insatiable, such as Dr. Hyde, who is said to be like a gentleman at ordinary times and becomes a "beast" after drinking the potion. The transformation of Doctor, has always appeared in movies with a kind of magical charm, and its story and temperament have also been extended to more movies beyond his role and story. "Dr. Incarnation" is a masterpiece by the famous British novelist Stevenson. If his adventure novel "Treasure Island", which I particularly like, wins with plot twists and imagination, then this "Dr. Incarnation" is based on The psychological and social digging deeply makes people high-five. After the publication of this novel, related films have been filmed one after another. From the silent film era to the sound film, from the black and white film to the color film, the charm will never fail. And the recent 1931 version of "Dr. Incarnation" is worth mentioning in terms of plot, character psychological excavation and performance.

The story of the movie is already familiar. The handsome Doctor Jack invented a special drug. Once drunk, he became the ugly and terrifying Hyde. Between the two characters, he lived two kinds of lives, entangled incomparably, and gradually Step into the abyss beyond self-control. In fact, "Dr. Incarnation" is a sci-fi movie, it is also a "soft sci-fi" based on a sci-fi story, and its essence is a psychological thriller with schizophrenia or dual personality. As a film with a dual character, it often needs a bridge between the two characters, just as a dual-world magic film often requires crossing doors such as a station and a closet. Therefore, "sickness" is often the transition of dual character "passing through the door", and the positioning of "sickness" itself is destined to be such a duality that is not as interesting as the story of the dual world. This is also normal. What we often lament is that the surrounding environment and circumstances make us unhappy, depressed and bored, so we should change the world or ourselves. Obviously, more people are willing to change the annoying environment around them, so they yell to another magic. Traveling through the strange, futuristic, and bizarre world is often a pleasant process, even if you travel to another thrilling world, but returning to the real world, feeling the beauty of the moment is also a gratifying ending. But changing oneself is different. Denying others and other things is always easier than denying yourself. Therefore, the switching of self-character is "sick" and painful, and Dr. Jackel's drinking medicine can change his personality. The behavior is even more "seeking disease", and the process naturally "seeking death".

Dr. Jackel’s behavior also carries the so-called "intrinsic self" and "superego", and the contradiction between "consciousness" and "subconsciousness". An upper-class doctor turns into an ugly-looking person who is entangled with low-level prostitutes. the wicked. A prostitute seemed to arouse a kind of subconsciousness, a kind of instinct of this doctor, a kind of trying to get rid of the "yoke" of acquired education and status on him. However, he himself did not have the courage to break free, so the drug became its bond to another character, the "passing door" to another life. Even in real life, we often see social news. A well-dressed upper-class social figure has been exposed to some indecent looking "worry" hobbies. Yes, social class separates the crowd, and naturally brings their own constraints. In different societies, when a person is free from the constraints of survival and economy, he often naturally also brings other constraints of identity. Doctor Jackel is entangled between the two identities. It's hard to say what kind of life he is looking forward to more. A respectful and virtuous fiancée and a charming lady, two women, two kinds of life, pull this poor doctor, He is addicted to drugs into the world of debauchery and conquer, but it is difficult to give up a decent upper-class role. In Hyde's world, he feels pleasure, but in Jackel's world, he is full of guilt. Judging from this movie, Hyde seems to be more representative of human instincts, pursuing sensuality and conquest, full of restlessness and violence. The film has a naked display of Hyde's world, especially in the 1930s that I have seen in his clothes and eroticism. The film has been considered a large scale. And to the world of Jackel, you need to let go of your willfulness and forbearance, you need to restrain your enjoyment and seek knowledge, and after your struggle is successful, what is it for? The conversion of Jackel to Hyde seems to have given such a person a paradoxical dilemma. It is still out of instinct. Jackel is an extreme. There is no hypocritical "two-faced" in behavior, but a direct character "double". This is where Dr. Jackell’s entanglement lies. His identity conflict shows the conflict between two classes, disdainful, isolated from each other, disgusted with each other, and at the same time attracted to each other from different angles.

Both have a "dual personality", which can be very entertaining and deep, and this film is technically based, which makes the film full of social and substituting atmosphere. The beginning of the film uses subjective shots. We follow Dr. Jack's perspective to view the world around him, a kind of courteous life, which makes people feel comfortable. Then, most of the time later, the traditional third-party perspective was adopted, and the life performance and conflict under the two personalities were very intuitive. The lead actor Frederick March gave a very wonderful performance. This dual character role is the most test of acting skills, and it also gives the actors the most opportunity to perform. March interprets the characters of both personalities very well and even better. It is also the gradual sublimation of this sense of conflict and despair until it stops abruptly at the climax. With this film, March was awarded the Oscar in 1932 and the actor of Venice, which is well deserved.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde quotes

  • Dr. Jekyll: My analysis of this soul , the human psyche, leads me to believe that man is not truly one - but, truly two. One of him strives for the nobilities of life. This we call his good self. The other, seeks an expression of impulses that bind him to some dim animal relation with the earth. This - we may call the bad. These two carry out an eternal struggle in the nature of man. Yet, they are chained together - and that chain spells repression to the evil, remorse to the good. Now, if these two selves could be separated from each other, how much freer the good in us would be? What heights it might scale? And the so-called evil, once liberated, would fulfill itself and trouble us no more. I believe the day is not far off, when this separation will be possible.

  • Dr. Jekyll: Sometimes a doctor must hurt you a little to make you well, right?