Obviously, this is a film that reflects Freud's views, and mainly embodies the Oedipus complex.
Although the film is somewhat procrastinated in the narrative process, it can still be regarded as a masterpiece.
The tragic life of Oedipus, the representative of Greek mythology, is full of God's mockery and disdain for human beings.
In this film, the characters: Haarlem as a son, a stepmother and a manageress as a mother, a father and a hotel ceo as a father, and Lucy as the prophet's sister and a hotel luggage minister.
In the movie, after the real mother of his son Haarlem committed suicide, he entered two mothers in her life-a stepmother and a manageress.
The stepmother itself is a step-mother, which means a substitute, and it is a name in the sociological sense. Only marriage will have the role of stepmother, which is different from the birth mother of Haarlem due to blood relationship. The difference between the two is to show that only in the life of human civilization, the stepmother is the mother of Haarlem. Therefore, when the two had a sexual relationship, Haarlem felt guilty and adopted an Oedipus-style self-exile. Here, a very important point is the generation of guilt, because it itself means that Haarlem recognizes human civilization and ethics, and it is also the most basic manifestation of human shame. If there is no such emotion, Na Haarlem It's not a human, but an animal.
The female manager, although playing the identity of the girlfriend, is actually the diffraction of the identity of the mother. The physical characteristics of the female manager can be expressed as two characteristics, one is the desire for sex, and the other is the identity of the mother. The evidence for the above two points is the poor sexual needs and promiscuity of the female manager, and the beautiful face that looks exactly like the mother of Haarlem. The two factors embodied in the female manager are more of the motherhood in the biological sense. When Haarlem and the female manager had a relationship, the two behaved very harmoniously. Haarlem didn't have any sense of shame, because this was a manifestation of biological instinct.
The turning point in the relationship between Haarlem and the female manager actually lies in Haarlem's view of acting as his father's rival in love. Here, since only the existence of sexual instinct is the decisive factor, the fight between Haarlem and the rival is more like the reappearance of Oedipus' father's killing.
Of course, in the process of voyeurism, due to jealousy, Haarlem often put on animal clothes, rejected the nature of human civilization, and returned to the wild state. And once he went crazy, his brooch broke his ears, showing his self-abuse. At this time, the female manager said a get out, expelling the hotel ceo, and the female manager saved the wild Haarlem. Losing the father role played by the rival, the female manager also loses the symbol of mother. At this time, the relationship between Haarlem and the female manager is an ordinary friendship between men and women. In the biological relationship, there is only possession and occupation, and there is no ethics; but Haarlem's possession is based on killing the father and marrying the mother. . Because the above behavior does not involve social norms, Haarlem's stepmother was so surprised when they saw them together.
The climax is when the stepmother arrives, when the sociological identity of the mother and the animalistic mother are combined, and Haarlem is challenged unprecedentedly-especially when there are factors of sex. An angry Haarlem took Oedipus to kill his mother with a sharp sword. In Greek mythology, Oedipus’ mother committed suicide, but in the movie, Haarlem suddenly reflects on it. Because Haarlem's father had already forgiven his son and his wife's cross-cutting circumstance, Haarlem repented because of pity and self-blame.
Lucy and the Minister of Baggage act as guides for Haarlem, guiding him to the light.
Everything just stems from that original sin, i did nothing. Just as Oedipus’ original sin originated from his father, Haarlem’s original sin also originated from his father.
At the end, the moment when Haarlem and his father hug each other tightly, is the moment when father and son compromise, the father's mistakes, and the son's grief are passed on to each other.
When Haarlem returned to the hotel, he had grown up, so he walked on confidently and smiling. Regardless of whether he loves the female manager five years later, one thing is certain, life is already creeping at the feet of King Oedipus.
The gods persecuted Oedipus for a life of tragedy, but they could not harm Haarlem's madness for love.
hallam foe, the foe of Haarlem is also his mother, annie foe, who loves him.
View more about Hallam Foe reviews
