So when I first saw many details, I didn't have time to appreciate it carefully, because I patronized Song Liling-it was so beautiful and charming.
Many viewers compare this film with the contemporary "Farewell My Concubine" and believe that "Mr. Butterfly" is a lot worse than the latter in all aspects, and it is far inferior to "Butterfly" in terms of influence and awards. ". In fact, when this script was chosen as the filming, such a fate was set. In the interview, the director himself also revealed to some extent that the film is a bit niche, and I feel so after watching the film.
Compared with Leslie Cheung, Zun Long is tougher in appearance and temperament, and more manly. But what is strange is that when this man pretends to be a woman, he has the intoxicating fascination from his femur.
The story takes place in China in the 1960s. The French ambassador to China Gao Renni had an abnormal relationship with Chinese actress Song Liling. When watching the director’s explanation of the film, he probably wanted to see Gao Renni as a representative of Western men to look at Eastern culture, but I was really surprised—it turns out that most Westerners view China in this way. Female?
It stands to reason that foreign love in that era will be subject to many restrictions, but the director does not seem to intend to focus on this larger and deeper theme. This story is just a butterfly dream that belongs to only two people in the chaotic world. The outside world, in terms of the relationship between the two of them, is just a slightly symbolic background. So it seems to be more niche and more obscure.
I still have certain doubts about the character Song Liling. He seems to fly out of thin air, and then fly away out of thin air, a butterfly that makes people quite puzzled. Perhaps it was deliberately vaguely processed his past to highlight that the story is only more important than showing the process of getting along with Gao Renni, but I personally feel that it is a little bit dull, and the portrayal of Song Liling is not full enough. For Gao Renni, there is a relatively complete shaping and motivation. This is probably related to the director himself being a Westerner, because of his position. His exposition of Eastern culture is not enough to solve my doubts about Song Jihua.
After watching the film, I think many viewers will have these questions in their hearts-do they love each other or not? Who was hurt more deeply between the two?
Maybe it is the reason why I am relatively indifferent. I didn't touch the two climaxes much at the end. In my opinion, although they are all victims, they have made everything by themselves.
Gao Renni was broken by Song Liling's original life, broke the beautiful dream, and broke the illusion that had been hidden deep in his heart. However, Song can only say that it was an opportunity for his complete collapse. After meeting Song, almost all of them were the sinking of Gao's voluntary choice. Many viewers will ask, is he crazy and can't find out that Song is a man? ! I also wanted to ask at the beginning, but after reading the director's explanation, I can understand that this is intentional. People with basic intelligence can find that their lover will be different in this situation, but Gao, who is indulged in his dreams, knows nothing about it. I have to say that this is really a French man with romantic feelings, willing to trade his own fall for the completeness and beauty of his dreams. Extremely heroic and extremely selfish. When the director talked about this period, he also talked about some feelings about gender. Regardless of men and women, they should have painted a beautiful picture of the opposite sex in their hearts. Therefore, to a certain extent, men playing women and women playing men, to seduce the same sex, have great potential and magic. In extreme cases, they will become like their lovers to fill the vacancies in need.
"So, isn't it a little scary? Gender has no boundaries!"
Yes, it's kind of scary.
Come back to Song Liling. I have already expressed some doubts about this character before, which makes me feel that Song is not complete. Of course, the traits that promote the storyline are enough-although he is a man, he has a style that women can't match. Moreover, he is cunning, scheming, and clever in seduce men, except for his gender. I learned later that he was not a spy when he approached Gao, which shows that his motivation was to play Gao. But love is fire, and playing with fire is always dangerous. If one is not careful, it is easy to sing itself. After several contacts with Gao Ruojiruoli, Song fell into a sweet whirlpool bit by bit. Later, Gong Chandang threatened Song Liling as their spy with homosexuality, and Song had to cooperate with him in order to avoid harsh labor reforms (director's words). It is easy for the audience to ignore or misunderstand this point. At least I did not think of him as a spy after being reported. This is a flaw. Song probably didn't feel guilty about Gao's betrayal. The relationship itself started on the premise of fraud, and it seemed okay to add something else.
To talk about one of my favorite clips in the film, it must be the footage of the two feet wearing leather shoes in the prison car-cruel and ironic. I think it is appropriate for the director to let Zun Long play this role. In the last emperor, I think the deep things in this man's bones are similar to some of Pu Yi's characteristics. In the prison car of "Mr. Butterfly", the temperament that was a bit cold, stubborn, and fragile once again moved me. The previous question seems to have been answered-yes, I think this selfish and deceitful man loves Gorenni. And if you lose more Gorenni, you may only love yourself.
They all say that Dieyi is crazy, I think Song Liling is also crazy. A humble male who loves the same sex may only be accepted by the world as a woman, and even by his lover.
"I'm still me." There was a pearl in the man's eyes.
In the end, his soul was not recognized.
So, this is not a true same-sex movie, it is just a dream about inversion.
ps: Uncle Tie is so perverted, hee hee, every movie is so perverted; and how can Zunlong be so beautiful, that profile poster is a killer! And his sticky and muffled voice! ! I am a little curious if I will be embarrassed when making a movie... But this uncle is now living in seclusion, which is a pity. It can be seen that he is actually a very introverted person, and it should have a lot to do with his experience. Hey... I wish him a happy life.
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