Male and female desire and redemption

Fatima 2022-10-24 19:48:25

The metaphors in many places in the film are very interesting. Compared with the religion and redemption that other film critics have said, what I see is not quite the same.

When most people call that the union of men and women is the only law to keep the balance in this world, the director has a unique opinion. In his movie world view, men and women are the relationship between the prey and the hunter. The two are born with irreconcilable contradictions, which have nothing to do with sensibility. Why isn't Jesus, the hunter's instinct, nailed to the web of the spider woman?

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The 4th Man quotes

  • Gerard Reve: I've seen you before.

    Herman: Oh yeah?

    Gerard Reve: At Amsterdam Central.

    Herman: That's possible... or someone else. I have a very plain face.

    Gerard Reve: It was you. I don't forget a body like yours.

  • Herman: I like you Gerard.

    Gerard Reve: Really? A dirty old man like me?