Many dialogues in the film show people's true thoughts and feelings about dreams. Dreams, things that can’t be grasped like smoke, curiosity and natural desire urge people to get involved, but when they are truly in a dream, they can’t bear the nakedness of dreams, the reality of dreams, the fear of dreams, and they fall into wanting. The dilemma of fleeing but unable to extricate itself.
The film begins with a peaceful Christmas, but the warmth that floats on the surface can hardly be concealed by the nightmare they have experienced to show the essence of human nature in just a few days.
The rich private doctor Bill, the beautiful and sexy wife Alice, their appearance is so glamorous. They have an enviable family, an angel-like daughter, a desirable appearance, and a greater vanity than others.
Victor's ball is surprisingly similar to the mysterious ball that Bill has experienced, or it is the same, the only difference is the latter's mask and explicit scenes. Everything is repeated. The master Victor, the pianist, the men and women of the aristocratic class, and the Bill who does not belong to this class but desperately want to get involved, Alice feels the reality of the mysterious party in her dream.
The whole film is a kind of restless performance, for emotional adventure and the pursuit of nature. This is true in dreams, and so is life. Alice wears a sexy evening gown. She buys and sells art in the gallery, and sells herself at the prom, or she herself is a work of art. This ball is empty, empty dialogue, empty eyes, empty flirting. Alice enjoys this free state, as if in a dream, when the dream is awake, the dance party is over, and everyone has to return to their own lives. Bill is a symbol of money. His desire is money, and his desire is to spend money. From the beginning of the film, Bill looked for a wallet. He paid prostitutes for decent, rented expensive clothes, and did not hesitate to tear off a hundred dollars. He spent nearly a thousand dollars this night, but only got one adventure, endless fear, Or get nothing at all.
At first, it was an impetuous marriage. Tired of marriage, the restlessness and suspicion in my heart became more and more obvious. After smoking marijuana, Alice expressed her inner thoughts, her different understanding of marriage, and her desire for dreams, and she also moved to the edge of trust. At this moment, the dream began, a real dream. Bill believed Alice's dream about naval officers. Whether it was revenge or jealousy, worry about marriage pushed him into another dream. This conversation between the husband and wife in bed is the turning point of the film, and it hits the soul. Kidman also said in this scene that this conversation made her feel more about marriage and made her love Cruise even more.
This is a nightmare, extremely symmetrical. Bill came to the Rainbow prop shop (similar to the secret place at the prom), the prop shop put on him an evening gown, put on a mask, and walked into the nightmare. Since then, the film has been shrouded in a gloomy and treacherous atmosphere, the classic of which is the soundtrack. The warm music of the previous paragraph no longer exists, instead it is the alternation of piano low and high pitch, the same melody and different scales are repeated constantly, echoing Bill's mood. This piece of music has appeared five times in total. The first time Bill was seen through at a mysterious party and was taken to the hall where everyone was gathered. When facing the verdict, he was helpless and terrified; the second time Bill came to the mysterious mansion again and received a warning letter. He was nervous and nervous. The piano strikes; the third time Bill was walking on a deserted street on Christmas Eve, and found himself being followed, pretending to be calm but unconcerned; the fourth time Bill saw that the former beauty queen was published in the newspaper. In an accident, I truly feel that I have been involved in a mysterious and powerful organization, and I am shocked by fear; the last time Bill returned home tiredly and saw the mask next to his wife’s pillow, surprise and fear were entangled, and the notes of jumping vigorously Percussive, with exciting high and low bass, he finally collapsed at this time. So, the dream woke up.
He confessed everything to his wife, hoping that his wife could save him and let him return to the real world before. Bill and Alice are actually very similar. Alice woke up from the nightmare, confessed everything to her husband, and expressed her fear of the dream. At that time, Bill had just entered a nightmare, a reappearance of Alice's dream. But Bill thought he could get out of the dream, but found that he could never get rid of this nightmare in his heart, and finally he could only ask his wife for help. I cry because of dreams, confess because of dreams, and risk indulgence because of dreams, and finally cherish love even more.
The film ends with a conversation between Bill and Alice. After experiencing nightmares, they understand that "the authenticity of one night is far less than a lifetime," and they are thankful that they wake up because of those "just a dream".
In a society of money relations, everything can be bought and sold, including children; everything can be tried, including dreams, as long as you are willing to spend money. Beginning in peace and ending in peace, everything seems to have not been experienced before, death and sacrifice are just an illusion. And dream, can it really escape easily?
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