Although it is very subtle, it still feels like a story full of love.
Mark's wife didn't like the fact that Mark went out with Kurt. Maybe Kurt had a negative impact on Mark. Whether or not, or why, the movie left the audience to guess for themselves. Although Mark is a responsible person (he is mentioned in the conversation later on doing things for community service), he did not obey the objection of his pregnant wife, but agreed to go to the hot springs for Kurt, which shows that he has a deep friendship with Kurt. Of course, there may also be reasons for releasing pressure. In the first shot of the opening scene, Mark should be sitting and meditating.
On their way to the hot springs, Kurt pointed the other way, causing them to take the wrong route and spend an extra night. Was this accidental or intentional? During breakfast, Mark reiterated that I never doubted you (don't know the way) on the way back, so would Mark suspect that Kurt deliberately led the wrong way?
The heart-to-heart talk before sleeping in the tent at night explained that Kurt is a eccentric person, suffering from not being understood, only mark is regarded as a confidant by him, and somehow there is a estrangement. Later, when he was in the hot spring, Kurt gave Mark a massage. When he put his hand on Mark's shoulder, Mark was very restless and nervous, very sensitive to physical contact, very unlike the reaction between the hair and the small. Did kurt have some kind of overdone physical contact with mark many years ago that led to their later estrangement.
The next day they ate at the restaurant, waitress said that the destination was coming, kurt said that we can have a good breakfast, don't panic, probably think that it has been delayed for one night, so Mark doesn't have to rush home, is this all right? Did he expect it? However, after receiving a call from his wife, Mark ordered the meal before the call. Mark went out to answer the phone, and kurt ordered almost the same thing as him. On the one hand, it may be because of the desire to be close to him psychologically. On the other hand, it is the same order, which is convenient for the restaurant to save cooking time. So that you can go home that day. At this time, the camera gave a close-up, and Kurt looked at the mark on the phone and looked unhappy.
Mark brought the family dog, and it was a bitch. For kurt, lucy is the intervenor in the intimacy that the two form during their journey, suggesting the existence of mark's wife or mark's family. Along the way, the dog is in different positions in the picture. At night, it is in the same shot with them, and then the two and one dog sleep in a tent, and Kurt and Mark have no time alone. The next morning at the restaurant, with the dog locked out, Kurt and Mark get a step closer, although their intimacy is broken again by a phone call from Mark's wife (the first time was while driving, and Mark answered the phone). At the end of the hot spring, in a panoramic shot, the dog was outside the hut, and the two people were soaking in the hot spring in the hut, and there was no interruption of the phone. Kurt carefully guided Mark to enjoy the massage in a persuasive manner. At first, Mark was nervous, disturbed, and resisted. Finally, under Kurt's superb technique (gentle offensive), the hand with the ring slipped into the water, and they finally reached the most intimate and relaxing moment. . So far, the movie has given the audience an expectation that the old joy of the two is back. However, when he was finally going home, Kurt suddenly dropped his backpack in frustration before getting into the car. Maybe kurt tried hard to hint or try something through the horse and the chicken, and finally found that the relationship between the two sides was still standing still, neither returning to the past - before the estrangement occurred, nor any new changes he expected - the estrangement disappeared.
Finally, after a trip to the hot springs, Mark returned home, and perhaps the problem of mental stress has also been solved. And Kurt came to the acupuncture and physiotherapy pharmacy owned by the Chinese in the middle of the night alone, but had a closed door, and the subtitles played old joy, showing a more bleak reality.
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