I think a type of film that would be helpful for a script about a "symbiotic" relationship where Joaquin and Hoffman are interdependent, creating the illusion of completeness for both sides, where two people are conquering and Conquered characters are constantly exchanged, and when he recognizes the image in the mirror as himself, he regards the illusion of light and shadow as the real-confusion of reality and fiction, and thus begins a lifelong fascination with his own mirror image. . (Lacan's Mirror Stage Theory) The two are mirrors of each other, and the ultimate goal of the film is to let the protagonist break this illusory sense of integrity. The master needs Joaquin, not only because they are similar, have the same curiosity, shamelessness, confusion, and because serving Joaquin is equal to proving the value of everything he does. As for Joaquin at the beginning of the film, primitive desires occupied him. The better the memory, the more empty the moment. Therefore, he needs faith to make his life seem stable, and he seems to be peaceful. He found his existence in his bipolar feelings for the master. He feels that he does not allow others to not worship the master, but he thinks that he has seen through the master, which also shows that the spiritual "master" has been passed on in Joaquin. At the end of the film, he uses the master's words to communicate with others, which means that he has an inner affirmation of the master, and that he is no longer struggling, and has become a "master", but it also means the disappearance of "self". I noticed that there are many close-ups of hands in the film, trying to use "the emotion of the hand to express the emotion of that moment in the film". The camera language and narration of "The Master" are extremely narrative, and the emotions are extremely extroverted. It is a belief that makes people reflect on the "personalization, subjectivation, contradiction, companionship, and lack of belief" of belief itself.
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