The whole movie tells the story of how a natural bend breaks a natural straight

Frieda 2022-10-14 04:12:09

First of all, the film greatly weakens the image of Su, especially his psychological activities and the story of his escape from the lunatic asylum. It stands to reason that you can make three one-and-a-half-hour movies according to the book, but the reality is that the latter two can only be merged, and Maud's drama is heavier. When Su in the original book changed clothes for Maud on the first night, he couldn't help thinking, "Her body seems to be shining" and "cover up", lying on the bed still thinking about it. Later, when I slept with Maude, I was even more excited by his body, hair tips and breath. Therefore, I would hesitate to face the arrival of the gentleman afterwards, and I would feel heartache when I saw the scene of the two "lingering" in the riverside sketch. In the novel, Su’s hesitation about whether to tell the truth to Maude is indispensable, especially the fear after a lingering night. He dare not touch Maude, because she can’t help but want to touch her as soon as she approaches. Can't help but want to rescue her. In the novel, Sue is quite sure that he is in love with Maude, although he was a jump when he realized it for the first time. But even if I hate her in the lunatic asylum, I often dream about her and hear her. I think the reason Su hates her so much is because she loves Maude so deeply and hurts her so hard, but even so, she still can't help loving her. In the end, Su learned all the truth, and realized that Maude's allusions to her on Rant Street were all to save her, but she mistakenly believed that Maude had invaded her family and her belongings. Sue returned to Blair with love and guilt (who should not be guilty) to find Maude, and the two were finally together.
The feeling that Su in the movie gave me was that from seeing Maude until he knew the truth, he acted stupidly by his instincts. Su saw Maude’s eyes very shallow. Compared with Mord, he knew that Mord's eyes were ambiguous and profound, and he seemed to be always seeking a response, waiting for something, and the turbulent desire hidden under his calm eyes made people look anxious. It's a pity that Su never stated his position, not because of evasion, but simply because he didn't know. In several key scenes, such as dressing for Maud, Sue in the book can't help being obsessed with Maud's body and has many thoughts. In the movie, Sue appears to care about Maud with a warm smile, but that's all. Grinding his teeth for Maude, what is written in the book is very ambiguous, but in the movie Su's eyes are about love, pity, but not ambiguous. In the scene of sleeping together, Su also behaved quite innocently, as if she slept beside her just to take care of Maude, like an older sister, but not like a lover. After a lingering night, Su also stupidly listened to Maude's temptation, stepping into the trap, as if the two are in love. The book has the meaning of wiping a gun and getting angry. Both of them have swelling desires, so they can even touch and tease. I can't help myself. I firmly believe that the one-night stand between Su and Maude in the movie is caused by the environment. That atmosphere is beyond personal control.
It's Maude, who has been behaving very crookedly all the time. From the first time I saw Su, I had a deep sense of meaning, and for the first time I ran into the manuscript in a panic. In the middle of the night, he stroked Su's body with his hand, and his expression of love when reading the pornographic book was even more accurate. In the two sex scenes, from wanting to get caught up to the overlord, it is the most vivid expression of Maud's inner desires. When watching movies, I can't help but applaud Maude from time to time. The mobilization of his eyes and the coldness when seeing the gentleman makes people feel "sharp and cold". Seeing Su Shi is suddenly soft, full of affection, desire, and ambiguous.
Although the scene is set in the Victorian period, the treatment of homosexuality is rather modern. Those anxious and depressed, hesitating and confused, and they are real and sensible. Compared with novels, the film handles riverside sketches and grave conversations very well. A scene in a sunny afternoon, Maude stared at Su, who was sleeping, and the camera extended to Su De's neck, chest, and hands with her eyes. Maude looked more fascinated, and couldn't help being fascinated. At this time, the red paint with the brush in his hand dripped onto the paper. On the skirt, the hint of eroticism made people's blood vessels bursting. When I think of the sultry weather, I feel more anxious.
The conversation at the tomb was also exaggerated by the weather. The muffled thunder poured down along with the shower. Su took Maud's hand. At this time, the muffled thunder flashed, and Maud eagerly hugged Su and sighed. Just this one action made people feel Maud’s desire and despair, anxiety and urgency, and the interweaving of desire and love made her contradict and hesitate, which is a good place for another movie to deal with.
It is worth mentioning that in the last scene, Su had love, pity, and sympathy for Maude before he learned the truth, but he could not see love. Especially the performance after a lingering night makes people feel like a homophobic. When the damn and the not damn are dead, Su also cleared the psychological barrier (if you go back empty-handed, how can you tell me like an aunt, how can homosexuals be laughed at, etc.) , Remembering Maude’s determination and affection during the night in the hut, the kiss mixed with tears, the violent desperate pressure under him, not only took a long breath to cover his tears, but realized that the person who loved her most was her, only she. Well, although she had always been a child before, although she was terrified after having a relationship, she always passed these obstacles and can go back to her lover. By the way, Maude is really pitiful, he has to wait for Su to understand, and I don't know how long to wait. In the book, Su was waiting for Maude, and he couldn't wait to find it. I am more satisfied with the settings in the book.
Finally, all of the previous suspicions were cleared, and Maude couldn't help but knocked off the manuscript, followed by the famous confession, especially the action of closing his eyes and swallowing before Maude said "LOVE YOU", as if he had made a lot of determination. Some people said that the lens was not given to Su. I think Su's eyes are very straight even at this time, and they have never been bent. Although Maude kissed Su, it was only a few seconds, but it was very memorable. As a natural bend, Maude took the initiative to stretch out his head, while tentatively using his eyes to test Su with his eyes almost every step forward, and only continued after making sure that Su did not evade, at least two or three times. Su also finally accepted, being bent by Maude (I think he would only bend to Maude), and the two kissed. Kisses are with love, but they are based on desire. Otherwise, no matter how deep the friendship between the two is, they won't kiss, why? All because of lack of lust. Maude's kisses showed her attitude, naturally curvy, love or desire for Sue, not a sister. Su accepts this kiss, it also shows that Su's attitude towards Maud has finally risen from ordinary feelings to love. I thought that if the aunt didn't die, Su found out that he was unaccompanied and would not find Maude (only for the movie). When Su went back to find Maude, it was a kind of attachment, a kind of dependence. As for love, it was not as strong as Maude's desire for love from the beginning, and it was more like love based on family affection.
As a result, the two curvy people in the book originally came to the movie and became the gorgeous history of the black-bellied lady breaking the straight maid.

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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!