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Raphael 2022-01-20 08:01:41

British Masters Exhibition, Tianshan Theater Hall, 2k restored version, 8.2 points +

1. The aisle mirror on the wall that the host repeatedly appears in the camera is like the "front view and reflection of Fengyue Baojian" in the Dream of Red Mansions, insinuating that the characters in the film are humans on the front and ghosts on the back. The cat looks at himself in the mirror, unable to distinguish which is true and which is false. The men in the movie are like animals possessed by nature, unable to distinguish which is the master and which is the servant.

2. The second half of "I am loving you alone" turned out to be "please grant me death"; having a woman together turned out to be the best "medicine" to eliminate class differences, so the superficial level difference in crowns is really ridiculous

3. The position of the indoor camera is indeed wonderful, but we cannot ignore the same excellent first half of the restaurant scene, the two couples/pairs of friends/pairs of priests who constantly switch shots. The number "four" also corresponds to the two men in the film. Quartet relationship between two women

4. The language of the lens is also quite distinctive. Two impressive points: When Barrett called his lover in the phone booth, the sexual hints of the four girls in the short skirts outside the booth were obvious: Tony and Vera met each other at night , The unclosed faucet drips, like a character’s heartbeat, full of tension

5. Fox as a rookie is really like David Bowie, so beautiful. Dankworth's weird soundtrack adds a lot to the whole film

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Extended Reading

The Servant quotes

  • Tony: He may be a servant but he's still a human being.

  • Hugo Barrett: I'm not staying here in a place where they just chuck balls in your face.

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