As an otaku who is accustomed to watching movies on a computer, for the first time in his life, he saw Kubrick’s "Open Eyes Ring" directed by Kubrick for the first time. "That’s why I picked up my pen and tried to write a film review for the first time. I hope you guys don't make fun of it.
"Open Eyes" released in 1999 is the last work of Kubrick in his half-century director’s career. It is a work he planned for decades. It is said that Kubrick is going Warner Pictures died of a heart attack 6 days after handing in the film. The specific truth is still unknown, but Lao Ku is quite a bit like Ou Yezi used to sacrifice his sword.
The main plot of the movie is that the husband and wife are awkward about men and women's views on sex and love. The husband went on an overnight adventure to find the answer, only to find that he was in big trouble. The time of the story is scheduled within three days. Next, I will interpret this story from two aspects: script setting and scene scheduling.
Act One
The triggering event was that the male protagonist and his wife went to a Christmas dinner with their friends.
I thought it meant to set the start time of the story on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is the day when Jesus was born. It may imply that the life of the protagonist will open a new chapter from then on.
In a scene
It started with a back shot of the heroine Nicole Kidman changing clothes. Her back is very beautiful, making it difficult to look away. Then the director arranged for the title "WIDE EYES SHUT" to appear. The literal translation is "close eyes tightly". This is an irony. My understanding is that it reveals our ambivalent attitude towards sex and love and avoidance.
Then came the location, the streets of New York on Christmas Eve, explaining the background of the story. Then the hero Atang came out, looking for something. The first line is "Sweetheart, have you seen my wallet?" This sentence at the very beginning is definitely a metaphor. A man can only consume a woman with a thick wallet. In the later episodes, the director gave a lot of shots of male protagonists digging out their wallets, seeming to repeatedly emphasize that money materializes women and at the same time it materializes men.
Then came the first small dramatic conflict. Faced with his wife's dressing and beauty, the husband was indifferent. When his wife asked what he looked like, he didn't even bother to look back and just say perfect. This conflict means that no matter what kind of stunner, in a long marriage relationship, it will become boring.
Then the couple greeted the nanny, said goodbye to the baby, and went out. Fade in and out, enter the Christmas dinner scene.
Scene Two Christmas Dinner
The first shot is a greeting between the host and the guest. The second shot is of a young couple embracing and dancing. The male lead finds that the guy playing the piano is his college buddy and offers to say hello. So the hostess left with the excuse of going to the bathroom... I felt that she didn't like socializing and wanted to have some fresh fun.
The protagonist went to say hello to the buddies, and asked him why he dropped out of school. The buddies said that it was because he liked to give up, and it felt good to give up. Here is a comparison of the two personalities. A doctor who obeys the rules, a pianist who does what he wants, the contrast between rationality and sensibility. Then the buddies were called back to work and gave the host his own address.
Next is the most exciting show of sultry man I have ever seen in my life. Nicole Kidman's performance was amazing. Basically, the drama task assigned to her by the director should be to flirt with the suitor, dance, and then leave.
The camera gradually shifted from her side to her back...the beautiful back again...Nicole was sipping a cocktail by herself, her body swaying slightly, showing a bit of loneliness. The big-nosed prodigal lover who was chatting on one side turned around and noticed her, so he took an offensive move to attract Nicole's attention. He picked up the wine glass she put on the table. When she declared sovereignty over the glass of wine, the prodigal son verbally said yes, but raised his head and drank the glass of wine. He was flirting in a provocative manner, suggesting that he wanted to "sip" her like a glass of wine. The hostess smiled. She likes to flirt, likes to be noticed by men. The prodigal son reported his name, and then kissed her hand-after the last dramatic action, this is obviously not a social etiquette. Then the two flirted with Ovid's "The Art of Love". In the meantime, Nicole was scratching her head, and her delicate little movements were impressive. Next, the prodigal son invited her to dance another song while continuing to verbally tease.
At this time, the camera was shown to Brother Tom, who was also flirting with his sister, 1V2, smiling from ear to ear. In the conversation, the girl gave a sexual hint that she wanted to take him to "the end of the rainbow" to play. "The end of the rainbow" is a suspense, foreshadowing the future.
Then Sidney Pollack, the host of the banquet, sent someone to call Tom away, and entered the climax of the first act-Tom rescued Sidney's bed partner who had overturned by taking drugs. At the same time, Sidney brought up his pants, and reluctantly told Atango the woman's name. Brother Atang rescued the drug-addicting girl and took care of her a few more words. Ambush pen.
The camera returned to Nicole's side, and the prodigal son continued his offensive and offered to take her up to the second floor for fun. I just want to sleep with her. Although she was very excited, she hesitated to refuse, and refused it three times in total. What's interesting is that while refusing, he blows a kiss and bid farewell to the prodigal son. This is the heroine's trick. She doesn't want to cheat and ruin the marriage, but she still hopes to hang the prodigal son, Ruojiruoli, continue to enjoy the attention.
Scene three at home
The female protagonist and the male lead are affectionate in front of the mirror, but the female lead seems a little careless. Ambush pen. The first act ends. It takes 20 minutes.
Second act
Transitions
The man works in the hospital and plays with the patient's body. The woman takes the baby at home, tidying up the baby and her body. Finally, bring the baby and prepare Christmas gifts together at home. Explain the daily life of the characters.
In the first bedroom of the scene, the triggering event of the second scene is set here
The scene starts with the woman looking in the mirror and pitying herself for her sadness, and then she takes out the marijuana to add some excitement to the married life.
The two smoked marijuana, talked, and foreplayed on the bed. The plot here was mainly driven by dialogue, and the man and the woman played an intriguing scene. The focus of the contradiction is whether each other has an impulse towards other opposite sexes in the marriage. Brother Tom is very alert, sniffing out the potential pitfalls in this problem, and then giving perfect and proper and politically correct idioms. But Nicole was not satisfied and pressed on every step of the way. She was even a little angry.
She is angry because she wants to have in-depth communication with her husband, but also eager to confirm her feelings. But Brother Tom is always just talking about the scene. The composition here is very interesting. On the bed, Brother Tom is naked, but there is no truth in his mouth. Even if he was on the bed, naked and so close to his bedside man, he always wore a mask. Different dreams in the same bed. This scene is obviously satire by the director.
The director also questioned the theory of evolution and traditional patriarchal concepts through the lines of the heroine. "The result of hundreds of years of evolution, right? Right? Men fool around when they have the opportunity, but for women, there is only a sense of security and responsibility, and other hell things!"
Some lines here are poorly translated, which seriously affects understanding. The hostess said: If you men only knew! I think it should be: if you men can know what women think, that's weird!
In the next round, Brother Tom is confident that he believes in his wife, perhaps because she is the mother of the child, or because she is his own wife, so he absolutely believes that his wife will not be unfaithful. In fact, I think he believes not so much about his wife as he believes in the marriage system.
Finally, Brother Atang once again solemnly stated that he was full of confidence in his wife. His confidence made the heroine squat down with a smile. Because he knew nothing about her feelings and desires. Here, the director once again satirized the traditional concept of male power.
Then the hostess talked about her throbbing to a naval officer. Just a look from the man almost made her give up everything, including her husband and children. I think this is the director's true view of women. He believes that women and men are equally lustful, and there is no qualitative difference in sex between men and women. What about eating men and women.
It's just that the self-exposure of the heroine is a huge blow to the self-righteous husband. He once believed that the unsuspecting world was turned upside down. Thinking that it is entirely possible for his wife to sleep with others, he was very depressed and fell into negative emotions. At this time, a call was received and a friend passed away. The design here is like a symphony, as soon as the sexual movement is over, the death movement comes.
In a cut-off taxi
Brother Tom was sitting in the back seat of the taxi, enveloped in the darkness, and plunged into the darkness of his heart. The next shot naturally transitioned to Brother Tom’s fantasy, black, white and gray, and his wife was dying with a navy officer.
Scene 2 Friends' house small orgasm
Brother Tom came to his friend's house and saw his friend's daughter Mary, and he began to comfort her. Then the conversation gradually deepened, and the two began to recall the details of their friend's death. Then Mary talked about her boyfriend and her future plans for marriage.
In an emotional pause, Mary suddenly kissed Tom. Under the anxiety of death, in front of her father's body, and under the pressure of moving to another country to prepare for marriage, she couldn't help it anymore and confessed the love she had been suppressing for Brother Atang. This is the first climax of the second act. But Brother Tom is still not salty, and speaks decently. The conflict between the two is a conflict between emotion and reason. Mary clearly knows that her boyfriend is a more suitable marriage partner, but she can't control her feelings, so she still wants Brother Tom. This is also the contradiction between marriage and passion. The plot here echoes the previous scene in the bedroom where the wife wants to sleep in the navy officer's desire to show, and from another angle, it reinforces the view that women are also lustful. At the same time, this scene further portrays the characteristics of Brother Tom, which is very rational.
Afterwards, Mary's boyfriend Karl appeared, and Tom said goodbye and left.
Scene three night street
Brother Tom was walking on the road and was harassed and personally attacked by a group of hip-hop gang brothers. They called him a sissy, gay, and made fun of his masculinity. This is another contrasting technique. The decent and educated Brother Atang is a highly socialized person, and everything about him is the result of civilized education. The rude gang brothers seem to be uneducated, full of swear words, and their attitude towards sex is simpler and more direct.
Scene Four Station Street in the female home
Then, in order to get rid of the negative emotions, Brother Tom met a street girl. He decided to take a one-time adventure. What's interesting is that even when talking about "that stuff" in the home of a street girl, Atang's performance is still very gentle and educated. When the street girl asked him what service he wanted, the inexperienced Brother Tom asked her "what can I recommend". This is a language that only appears in high-end restaurants or clubs, and it seems very contrary to the street sex trade, so the street girl is amused.
The next two foreplay. At the same time, the camera cuts back to the protagonist's home, the heroine is watching a movie and waiting for her husband. The two continued to make friends. Brother Tom was ready to go... At this time, he received a call from his wife urging him to go home... He thought about it, so he turned off the fire and decided to go home. Here again portrays Tom's rationality.
Although he didn't do anything, Brother Tom took out his wallet to pay. The street girl said it doesn't have to be the case. Tom insisted. Street girls like Brother Tom, eager to sleep with him, and don't even care about money. Brother Tom insisted on paying, it was just a sex transaction, and it had nothing to do with feelings. Objectify women.
Transitions
If it didn't work out, Brother Tom continued to wander the streets. He needed to make new efforts to repair his collapsed inner world. At this time, I passed the bar where the good buddies sang.
Scene Five Bar
Brother Tom enters the bar and drinks with his buddies to reminisce about the past. As the dialogue unfolded, we learned about the marriage and work of the buddies. He will go to another place in a while. Here the director has set up multiple suspenses-the location where the address is uncertain, the way the buddies play blindfolded, the unheard of beauties, and the rules of wearing costumes and masks to enter the venue, not only hanging the audience, but also hanging Brother Tom. He insisted on seeing it.
Scene Six Costume Shop
Brother Tom went to the costume shop to engage in outfits. The name of the store is "Rainbow". This echoes the foreshadowing of the Christmas Eve banquet. "The End of the Rainbow" is the theme song of the famous child star Judy Garland starring in "The Wizard of Oz". The little girl ventures into a country in a fairy tale. The world is full of dangers. Here is a hint of the pedophile plot behind.
Brother Atang once again used money to solve the problem and asked the owner of the costume shop to open a convenient door for him and prepare his outfit. Here the director deliberately suppresses the rhythm. After the strong suspense before, the audience is eager to see what is going on in the masked party. The director arranged for the costume shop owner to interrupt his appetite further. It's so easy to be a boss and start looking for costumes, and he heard strange noises.
Inserted a branch plot. In the corner of the costume shop, two strange Japanese uncles are playing dress-up games with the boss's underage daughter. The boss was so angry that he threatened to call the police to clean up the uncle. Uncle accidentally said that the boss' daughter invited them to play. Foreshadowing
During the fight, the little girl hid behind Brother Tom. This close-up took a long time. In front of the colorful background of the costume shop, Brother Tom looked sideways at the little girl. The little girl hugged him from behind, smiled slightly, and whispered to him that he should wear a coat with a mink lining. Suspense, implying that she had participated in such parties before.
In a cut-off taxi
Brother Tom was plunged into darkness again, and it was another fantasy scene of his wife having sex with a naval officer. It should be said that the male protagonist’s anxiety about his possible infidelity to his wife provides continuous impetus for the development of the entire storyline. This conflict is very powerful.
After arriving at the gate of the manor, Brother Atang once again used money to solve the problem. Ask the taxi driver to wait for him outside at the meter.
Brother Tom got off the car and said a secret signal, and was led into the castle by the host.
Scene Seven Castle Inner Hall Movie Climax
The camera shows the environment of the castle from the outside to the inside. After being dressed, Tom followed everyone to the hall. A religious ceremony is going on there.
All of them wore black cloaks and masks. This style of dressing was very medieval. At the bottom, nine men in black knelt in a circle in front of the priest in red. The ceremony was divided into three stages.
At the beginning, the sacrificial staff used a stick to knock on the ground. Accompanied by the music melody, the knock seemed to hit the heart of the person. The shot was very classical and beautiful. Nine people in black began to undress, revealing a perfect carcass. It's perfect indeed. Long, straight legs, large, firm breasts, a body without a trace of fat, and a pleasing waist-to-hip ratio suggest fertility.
Then these women kiss each other in turn. I didn't understand what this religious behavior represents, the intimacy between each other?
Finally, the woman chooses her sexual partner. This behavior is very interesting. Looking at other film reviews, this scene of the masked sex party is to show the degeneration of the upper class and how the rich play with women. I am more reserved. Because if it is to show the depravity of the rich, it should be men who choose women and concubines. Not the other way around. In my understanding, women dominate the choice of mating, which should be a matter of matrilineal clan society. So from this point of view, I think this ceremony is a secret anti-civilization religious behavior organized by the church with a tendency to retrogress. Because the prerequisite of the so-called civilized society is that men have power, so there are private property, family, monogamous marriage, agricultural civilization, and modern civilization. And this church is obviously anti-modern civilization and it is also anti-patriarchy. Therefore, in the current social situation, it is of course banned.
The background music of the whole ceremony is Beethoven's opera "Fedrio". I don't know much about classical music. I checked Baidu and I know that the opera "Fedrio" is about a wife who rescued her husband who was trapped in jail. It celebrates the courage and strength of women. So combined with the picture and music, I think the plot setting here shows the director's suspicion of patriarchy. Is the so-called modern civilization predicated on patriarchy really so good? This reminded me of a point I had read before, saying that if women were to rule the world, there would never be so many wars and violence. In terms of aggression, men and women are very different.
This reminds me of the movie "Avatar". The conflict between Avatar civilization and modern technological civilization seems to be a hypothesis of the conflict between a matriarchal society and a patriarchal society.
Finally, a woman with a little Indian headdress chose Brother Tom and led him into the depths of the castle.
Scene Eight Castle Deep Climax
As the camera progressed slowly, we saw men and women copulating in the depths of the castle. In the first room, everyone watched the female superior, one male and two females. In the second room, everyone watched the man standing up. In the third room are 69, bj and threesome. I don't know what the background music is, but such a scene, full of fleshy screens, is not obscene at all. The experience of beauty is far greater than the experience of sex, and I think it is very remarkable.
Tom's behavior here seems out of place. He is too rational, but inside this anti-civilization church, he looks more like an alien. Picking his female partner before reminded him that he was in danger and should leave as soon as possible. He did not obey. So he was discovered and taken to the hall for interrogation.
Scene Nine Castle Hall Climax
The priest interrogated Tom's identity and asked him to take off his clothes. In my opinion, he is required to do a "trading fame". However, Tom, who is highly rational and self-controlled, always disagrees. He is really not suitable for this organization. Finally, his female partner is willing to bear all guilt for him. Brother Tom left the scene safely.
Scene ten home climax
Back home, Brother Tom went to the study to hide the costume. A Christmas tree appeared in the camera, reminding the time background. It was just one night, and since then, his life will never go back to the past.
Entering the bedroom, the hostess was awakened by the nightmare, crying and telling her husband about her dreams. She dreamed of some terrible things: in a desert city (implying a labyrinth of steel and concrete of modern civilization), she was with her husband, but did not wear clothes, so she felt scared and ashamed (ashamed in Darwin's writings on the evolution of emotions) Described as a higher and more complex emotion, it can be said to be a derivative of civilization. Orangutans don’t know how to be ashamed.) The husband ran to look for clothes (Tangge went to look for those masks, those decent words, and the rules of social survival. , Those worldly). At this time, she felt relaxed and happy, and met the naval officer again, and the officer took possession of her (what she longed for in her heart, what her self called out). A group of people gathered around them to watch (echoing the previous scene of a castle masked party).
In the end, she completely let go, sleeping with many people (orgasm).
In psychoanalysis, Jung put forward the theory of "collective subconsciousness": "It refers to the spiritual deposits at the bottom of the collective experience soul in the process of the advancement of human ancestors, which are at the lowest level of human spirit and are universally owned by mankind. In an individual's life Never realized it, acquired through genetics. It is composed of all instincts and related prototypes."
I think that the dream of the heroine is a manifestation of the collective subconscious. Imagine that in the millions of years of human history, before civilization, as a group of animals, there is no personal space for individuals. Then, if a large group of primitive people live together, the way of sex must be random and free, and It must also be related to things like celebrating the harvest, successful hunting, and witchcraft. From this point on, talk about the name of the movie "WIDE EYES SHUT". Close your eyes tightly. If this refers to a state, it may imply that our daily state is a narrow field of vision, but we can't see it when we see it. If this is an imperative sentence, it may suggest that we should not be too curious about the world. Many times we read too clearly. On the contrary, the balance of maintaining daily life will be broken and people will be very miserable.
At 98 minutes, the second act ends with the heroine's narration of dreams. The entire second act took almost 78 minutes.
Act Three
Scene One Cafe
The host went to the bar, but didn't find the buddy, so he went to the cafe next to the bar to inquire about the news. He learned that the buddy had left in a hurry, and managed to get to the address of the hotel where the buddy was staying.
Scene Two Hotel
The protagonist had a conversation with the front desk and was very upset when he learned that the buddy had left suddenly in the middle of the night, and that he might have encountered violence. By the way, it feels like this front desk is gay.
Scene Three Costume Shop
The hero returned the costume and found that the mask was off. Ambush pen.
The host was surprised to see the strange uncle who slept with the boss's daughter last night. After the storm last night, they were all in peace. So I asked the boss what happened. The boss’s line was wonderful: "We have reached other agreements." Obviously, I blamed the uncle for spending money to keep the boss quiet. Personally, I think the boss is alluding to marriage here. Marriage is also an agreement, and it is also related to the material basis, that is, money. In the end, the boss even hinted to the male lead that the daughter could have other services...it instantly understood that this was a fairy dance directed and performed by their father and daughter. Here is also a demonstration of the power of money.
Here is an explanation of the branch plot. In view of the fact that the part must be subordinate to the whole, I think this plot about using money to peddle children still shows the director's criticism of the current marriage system. Money materializes children, women, men, and fathers.
Scene 4 From the office to the castle gate
The male protagonist drove to the castle again to find out, and received a threat warning.
Scene five
When Brother Atang returned home, he saw his wife coaching her daughter to do math problems. This is a metaphor. Doing math problems is about calculating accounts, calculating benefits, and training for future marriages. Inserted here is the memory of the male protagonist's description of his wife's dreams, "I am also sleeping with other men, many men, I can't remember how many".
Scene Liuzhan Street Female Home
Brother Tom went to see the street girl and found that only her female companion was at home. The two wanted to have some fun, but they stopped abruptly on the way. The female partner told Brother Tom that the female standing on the street was tested positive for AIDS. This is also ironic. In sex, not only happiness comes with it, but also AIDS...
Scene seven on the night street
The male lead was walking down the street and found himself being followed. A strong bald man followed him all the time. He was very scared. He bought a newspaper at the newsstand and found that his friend Sidney's bed partner, who had been rescued before, had died. The plot of death brings the third act to a climax.
Scene Eight Morgue
In the hospital morgue, he saw the woman he had rescued before, and he had already realized that it was this woman who saved him at the castle party in return for his life-saving grace.
The camera stops at the end when Tom is facing the woman's head from behind, nose to nose. The meaning here is not clear.
The hero is inexplicably sad.
Scene 9 Friends Sidney's orgasm
Brother Tom and his friend Sidney talked, the conversation progressed in layers, and the two had their own thoughts. Brother Tom tried to figure this out. Sidney tried to keep him out. When talking about the death of a woman, Tom had an attack, thinking that there was a conspiracy theory behind her, that the woman was killed and murdered.
Here is a turning point in the plot. Sidney had a showdown and told another truth. There are no conspiracy theories or murders, she just died of drug overdose, which is the inevitable outcome of drug addicts. So it is self-inflicted. I think this is what the director wants to say. Because everything a person really does is self-inflicted and is the result of his own choice.
Scene ten home climax
The first shot is the mask placed on the bed. metaphor. This is the choice the protagonist faces after experiencing all these tossings: whether to put on the mask and continue to live as if nothing happened, or to put down the mask and face the bleak life.
Brother Tom went home, drank a little wine to relax, then went into the bedroom, saw the mask on the bed, and collapsed directly. He shrank into his wife's arms and wept. He chose to put down the mask. There is a real in-depth communication between the husband and wife, and they understand each other better. The contradiction at the beginning of the film was resolved.
The third act ends. The time is 148 minutes. The third act took 50 minutes.
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The young couple took their baby to buy Christmas gifts in the toy store. Their dialogue further adds the finishing touch and reveals the theme. The dialogue is divided into three levels.
On the first level, the male lead asks his wife, what shall we do in the future? The wife replied that they should be grateful, and they were lucky to survive, whether it was a real one-night adventure or an imaginary dream. The hero further asked: Can you be sure that it is really a dream? The wife replied that in the long river of years, the truth or illusion of a moment or a fragment cannot explain anything, and that it should be done and cherished.
The second level is that the male protagonist confessed that he wants to "forever" love. The wife questioned the word "forever". The so-called forever means not forever, but forever. Compared to the unknown, the known is trivial. In the face of eternity and the unknown, the individual's subjective thought of "forever" is ridiculous. However, love is true.
On the third level, the wife reminded the male lead that there was something they hadn't done for a long time, the thing that F said. Obviously, Kubrick is not a Platonist on the issue of marriage. His attitude is that sex and love are not separated.
The movie ends.
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