old Kubrick used his sharpness as always to remove the well-dressed and respectful masks, let us "open our eyes" and see our pure, beautiful and sinful and degenerate body.
"Loyalty" is such a noble word, but when we understand the nature of human beings, we will feel the strong irony of this word-this is the ugly decorations made by humans themselves, shaking and unbearable. If you haven't noticed the irony of the word yet, look at this film by old Kubrick and understand it, and you will suddenly see.
Don’t rush to scold me for despising nobility. In fact, many, many years before “morality” was defined by people, and many more years before “marriage” was invented. At the moment when people appeared, primitive The desire of you was born, and it has been hidden in this body. As long as the life goes on, this desire will move around, tease you, wait for an opportunity to cause trouble... Haven't you seen it yet? Or do you ignore it and avoid it? Or face it? If you are willing to face it, how do you place it?
At the time, Tom and Nicole Kidman, who were still husband and wife, played the male and female protagonists in the film, a standard western middle-class family, a stable career, a high income, a happy family, a smart and lovely child, everything looks so perfect , There is no unstable factor. However, all of this can't stop the eager desire to make trouble. In her mind, she once madly wanted to have sex with a strange officer. The thought at that moment made her willing to give up everything-to her husband. When she told everything, she laughed unabashedly, almost mocking. In his mind, scenes of his wife having sex with a strange officer...
that night, in this city that he was familiar with during the day, he saw ubiquitous desire.
One of his patients died. He went to condolences to his family. When the patient’s daughter met him in front of his father’s bed, she had great desire and sadness. She couldn’t help kissing him and told him excitedly that she loved him even though she was about to Married her fiance and left the city, but she loved him madly... Then, her fiance came back, she put away her excitement, and sent him away with her fiance-is this familiar? Irony?
After he left, the scene of his wife making friends with others still appeared in his mind, and he didn't want to go home. I chatted with the prostitute on the side of the road and went to her residence. It was an attempt. This time, he did not do it, paid the negotiated price, and left.
Then, he accidentally heard a mysterious party from his classmates playing in the bar. At the party, there were "so many beauties you have never seen before." It's just that not everyone can go in this party and tell He, everyone who goes there must wear a cloak and a mask.
He decided to take the risk. In the shop where the cloak and mask were rented, he bumped into the manager’s underage daughter and two Japanese people hiding in the shop. The funny thing was that the two guests invited by the little girl... After renting the outfit, he went to a villa in the suburbs and entered the high-level party that made people "eye-opening".
At the party, men and women are naked except for their masks. The ceremony before the friendship is full of religious colors. After that, everyone can be with anyone they want...Here, the male protagonist played by Tom Cruise can be described as "big "Open your eyes", so many beautiful bodies, men and women, men and men, women and women, various postures, both doing and being watched... This scene is the climax of the whole scene, maybe you see it here, Everyone is holding their breath and it is hard to breathe. This scene brings a long and strong impact, so you can't forget it-old Kubrick has always used a strong way to tell you the cruel truth...
This strongly echoed a dream of Nicole later. She dreamed that she was in a forest, naked, and she was herself at the beginning. Later, many strange men came, so she had sex with these men, One by one, very happy, without guilt. Then, she suddenly saw her husband watching from a distance, she felt extremely ashamed and woke up from the dream...-
When people are in the most primitive state, they will be like animals, venting their desires. Shamelessness. In the dream, the image of her husband is a symbol of "social life". It is his intervention that makes her feel ashamed. She does not feel it when she is without him. At a real party, everyone puts on a mask and can do it with anyone. Putting on a mask will cover up the side of society. Everyone is exposed to each other with only a beautiful and pure body. At this time, "Society" is gone, people only give themselves to desires and do whatever they want...
What is real? The world is bustling with hustle and bustle every day. People wear the "mask" that they make for themselves to distinguish themselves from animals. They are well-dressed and graceful and moderate, but this "mask" is always just a mask. Under this mask, it is The beautiful body given to man by God, hidden in this body, is the desire to move around, and this desire is the source of what man himself calls "sin". The form of "guilt" can be just a flash of fantasy in the mind, it can be just a superficial tease, it can be an action to find satisfaction from another body, or it can be like a film. In that party, there is a Bacchus carnival... No matter what the format, neither you nor I can escape. Reality will always only be more dramatic than drama.
Do you feel uneasy when you see these? What can I do if I'm uneasy? Don't try to use the mask of "morality" to appease yourself and judge others. It is far less powerful and useful than we think, because "desire" is the work of God, and "morality" is the work of man-who is better?
Oh, yes, "marriage" is one level lower than "morality". It is just a social system and a fortress to take a step back when the power of "morality" is not strong enough. Don't expect it to eliminate "desire" and treat you to others. , No, don’t be fooled by social opinion that is not smart enough-if "morality" and "marriage" are really strong, why has the "derailment" never stopped in ancient and modern times?
Look at this film, "open your eyes and ring" once, let yourself see the "mask" and discover the primitive desire hidden in the body under this hypocritical mask. As for what you will do after seeing all this, it is everyone's own business. The important thing is not what you plan to do. The important thing is that no matter how you choose to live, how to place your own desires, and treat others' desires, you must first let yourself see the truth and make choices based on your understanding of the truth. Is wise.
Don't say that you are deceived by the lies of life, the truth is always there, but you yourself have been reluctant to discover it.
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