As the carrier of all oriental wonders, it is the Butterfly Lord himself. His frowns and smiles, his enchanting charm, the Peking opera he sang, the French he wrote with a brush, the decency he demanded during sex, and his spy status were all specific and mysterious Orientals. In fact, when Rene met Butterfly for the first time, through the discussion of "Madame Butterfly", Butterfly had already revealed this oriental spectacle: To Westerners, the opera "Madame Butterfly" is so moving, In Madame Butterfly's pure, self-sacrificing love, and in the fact that a submissive oriental woman fell in love with a cruel white man. It is a pity that Rene is not a cruel white man, he is an honest, curious, sometimes timid man who will sit silently beside his wife with a plate when others push him at a party. His deep affection makes the story of "Mrs. Butterfly" turned upside down in this film text.
The point of view of the film has always been on Rene's side. Along with him, he was attracted by Hu Die, approached him, conquered him, saved him, and finally sacrificed himself. A political conspiracy and a man who has been alienated by a political struggle brutally exploits his love. I sympathized with this French man and even shed tears for him. Thanks to Jeremy Irons's godlike performance, when Rene first saw his Hu Die in the form of a man in court, he laughed nervously, then fell into an indescribable hollow expression, I know, he The wonders of the East were shattered. Later, in the prison car, he faced his lover without anger or collapse, and asked as if he was still uncertain: "Are you my butterfly?" When he was awakened from this dream, he fled with his love and dignity. The root of the tragedy is that he loved him no matter what, and will continue to love him.
I cry every time I watch a Jeremy Irons movie. He was born tall and thin, with gentle and melancholy eyes, deep nasolabial folds, thin lips, always gentle but accidentally caught in a forbidden love: the male spy in Butterfly, the girl in Lolita, the fire Lover's daughter-in-law. However, his erotic desire is very clean, and all kinds of indecent things do not arouse people's disgust at all. It wasn't the sex hormones that engulfed his sanity, it was the desire to mingle with his infatuation.
Zunlong's performance is also amazing. Some people denounced his blunt and pretentious performance, which made people appear in a play at first sight, less than 1/100,000 of Leslie Cheung's performance of Chen Dieyi. I found him to be very convincing. Chen Dieyi is crazy, he has recognized his daughter's identity, Leslie Cheung can let go of the mentality and image of playing his daughter. But Butterfly Jun knew that he had a task at hand. From beginning to end, he was acting to seduce a man. He used the psychology of one man to guess the psychology of another man. His charm, gentleness, humility, and mystery must all be made, so Zunlong put it away when he performed it. And when he recovered his true body, he acted in a relaxed manner, showing a man's indifference, disdain and cruelty. Zun Lung's acting has a degree of relaxation and clear boundaries, which is amazing.
The story told in the movie is true. I saw a photo of Pei Pu's Peking Opera appearance as the prototype of Butterfly Jun, and he is also very beautiful. In the real story, the relationship between Shi Peipu and the French diplomat is not legendary enough, not beautiful enough, but not so cruel and dark.
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