I have only watched 7 movies in the past month, and I can recommend even less, only this one, "Afternoon Love"; I have also watched a lot of Rohmer's movies, and so far, this is the only one I have empathized with. department.
Last month's movie viewing also included Eastwood's "The Outlaw Josey Wales". The old man is admirable as an actor, and has achieved outstanding results as a director. His private life is wonderful enough to be jaw-dropping. Eight children have been exposed. One, then plus there is no exposure, it can't be more than a football team! Eastwood is a veritable flower-hearted radish, and many of his countless emotions of varying lengths and concentrations overlap in time. Eastwood is quite ruthless to his lover. During the 14 years of dating the beautiful Sondra Locke (the heroine of "The Outlaw Josey Wales"), she asked her to undergo two abortions and tubal ligation operations. The lock was changed, and she was kicked out of the house; the lawsuit between the two lasted for 10 years, and Eastwood continued to refuse to accept the subpoena for various reasons, and even threatened the subpoena; Financially, Eastwood strictly avoids risks and avoids any legal Responsibility... But it's just such a person who actually made films like "Mysterious Boys", "Richard Jewell's Lamentations", "Perfect World" and "Million Dollar Baby" that explore social issues and the value of life With a work of depth and breadth, it can still wonderfully interpret the reporter who reined in his horse on the edge of the taboo in "The Last Dream of the Covered Bridge"? Or is it that when he explores women, he seeks depth and breadth like a movie?
On December 30, 2021, Schwarzenegger was revealed to officially end his 25-year marriage with his wife. It is said that he had at least 14 mistresses during his 25-year marriage, and the closest mistress was their housekeeper. , and had an illegitimate child. No need to sigh that President Kennedy's niece lost to the housekeeper.
I said two things that I don’t seem to want to do, but it’s not that I don’t want to do it at all. These two things made me suddenly enlightened: After men have money (especially a lot of money) and live a happy life, most of them will have a happy and peaceful life in their hearts. Bored, looking forward to encountering passion, just like Frederic, the hero of this film. What's more, life is just a one-way journey, and happiness is fleeting, so is it wrong to pursue happiness, feel life, and experience life? Putting morals aside for the moment, it seems that Eastwood and Schwarzenegger can be understood. It's just that in this film, Frederic was finally constrained by his own moral philosophy and chose to return to his family, which should be the director's choice.
In the film, from Chloe's sudden appearance in Frederic's office, he initially guarded against temptation, evolved to embrace temptation, they developed from meeting in the office to having meals outside the office, and finally came to Chloe's private cabin. Chloe always arrives in well-cut clothes, and Frederic compliments her on her attire. In the office they stand and sit across from each other and talk. Gradually at the dining table they wrap their hands and shoulders. Finally, Frederic enters Chloe's bathroom and backs away from her. Clothes, admiring her ketones...their distance is getting closer, the barriers are removed in the same time, and at the same time, Frederic's second child is born, and the distance between him and his wife has increased from 1 child to 2 children, they are getting farther and farther apart. Until he took off his jumper and wrapped it around his head, he saw himself in the mirror - startled, the last time he put the jumper on his head like this was to amuse his eldest daughter, from what? From then on, he would rather spend time with Chloe than his wife and two children, and then he ran away.
Once upon a time, their afternoons were parallel time and space, and they were free to imagine and act in the afternoon, independent of each other and not interfering with each other, and it didn't matter what each other was doing. For the first time, he and his wife met in the afternoon, and the wife burst into tears uncontrollably. Although the film only depicts Frederic's afternoon, Frederic and Chloe's rendezvous in the afternoon, we don't know how the wife spends her afternoon, but Chloe mentions again that she saw his wife walking with a man in the afternoon... The wife's tears were tears of reflection, the same moments when Frederic caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror pulling up his jumper.
Some people say that monogamy is against human nature. Human nature is fickle. How can we rely on the restraint of responsibility to dedicate to only one opposite sex for a lifetime; perhaps the relationship between husband and wife from fiery to dull is also human nature. At times, it is because the opposite sex attracts each other. Once the love period is over, and it is calm, who is more inclined to get along with themselves, who can openly and honestly face others in their spiritual world? Over time, it fades, retires, and gets bored. It all depends on the bond of responsibility and habit.
I like this movie because I can find the mapping of some of my thoughts in Frederic's monologue, and a little change is my own thoughts, such as
"I like reading books more than newspapers. The important thing is that it can help me get away from the time and space in front of me, away from the current trivial troubles and even pain."
another example
"I love the city, the suburbs and the country frustrate me. Even when it's crowded and noisy, I never tire of jumping into the crowd. I love the crowd as I love the sea, not to be swallowed up or lost in it, but content to be surrounded by water , carried away by the tide. The crowd made me feel safe and refreshed my wandering mind.”
When watching Rohmer's films, everything comes naturally. The narration and the characters are integrated, which is the natural expression of the character, and the audience will not feel abrupt or bored. There is no need for the audience to dig into the details. If you think of something in a certain scene or a plot, that's it. The director is like designing a big park for the audience to walk. As for where you can go, it's all right. a possibility.
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