Crazy and restrained

Griffin 2022-08-23 13:18:15

"Look at me, Sue. Look at me." After the

film ended, the line still echoed in my ears. In this way, Maude and Su are entangled together, they love each other deeply, but they must deceive each other.

The color of the film has always been cyan-brown, which contrasts sharply with the intense color of the film "Nancy's Love History" adapted from another Sarah Waters novel. Both are works of lesbian themes. "South" is more like an exaggerated musical, which is quite curious in the history of erotic romance in the Victorian era; while "Finger Craftsmanship" is surprising. The hidden energy makes people unable to let go after seeing it.

The actor is very good, every look and every action is full of drama.

To live requires a power more vicious than love. This kind of power seems to have no reason, it is a primitive and barbaric inevitability that makes Maude and Su never have even the slightest thought of self-rejection when they are tortured by fate. I think it's amazing.

Maude has been imprisoned in her uncle's mansion for many years, and since the age of ten, he has cataloged his pornographic books daily. She has carried on her work meticulously since she was a child. She could not take off her gloves, she had never opened her heart to anyone, she had never been loved. Su grew up in a den of thieves, very poor, dirty, never educated, but has a kind of pure vitality in his heart. This vitality of her attracted Maude; this vitality never exhausted after she entered the lunatic asylum and experienced the evil that humans could achieve.

The rhythm of the film is very good, the opponents between the main characters are exemplary, and the ending dialogue is unforgettable. rare.

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Fingersmith quotes

  • Maud Lilly: Please don't touch me, stifle me, smother me... pretend to love me.

    Mrs. Sucksby: Pretend?

  • Richard 'Gentleman' Rivers: [to Maud] You think life is hard with money? You should try it without!