Almodovar's last work that impressed me was "The Skin of My Residence" five years ago, and then he made a hilarious gay film "Flight Attendant Lover". As a well-known base friend director, most of his works focus on gays and women. The straight men in his shots are basically not normal. In "The Skin I Live", the imprisoned heroine reads Alice Munro's novel "Escape," before she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Five years later, Julieta appeared at Cannes in an adaptation of Alice Munro's Escape (the so-called fandom). Due to his poor English, Almodovar could not make an English film as originally planned, so he moved the story to Spain, Madrid, which he knew and loved. The film is about women, two different stages in a woman's life. Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suarez play the young and middle-aged heroine Julieta respectively. This way of two people playing the same role is not uncommon but very risky. In many films, the sudden change of roles makes people feel abrupt, and the switching of shots is a test of skill. . And Almodóvar's genius is that he can successfully convince the audience that such a character transformation is completely natural. My favorite scene in the whole film is Julieta, who has experienced great grief, sitting in a chair, her daughter helping her with a towel Wiping her hair, her face was buried in the towel, and when she reappeared in the camera, she was instantly aged and replaced with the vicissitudes of Emma Suarez's face. This photo was also used as the official poster of the movie, and when I saw it I thought of Haruki Murakami in "Dance! dance! There is a saying in "Dance", "I used to think that people grow up and grow old slowly day by day, but now I know that people grow old in an instant." This is probably the gentlest of all the director's works. There are not so many curious elements. I am used to seeing the publicity in his old works, and the sudden return to peace makes many people a little disappointed. Indeed, Almodóvar is definitely the best in terms of blogging: giving birth on a bus, police catching a rapist but unable to pull him off a woman, bearded maid secretly in love with herself the hostess. . . There are stunned scenes in every film, and blood and erotica are his strengths. So this seriously told film doesn't feel like it's exciting enough, but I think the 66-year-old is getting back to his roots. (Of course, maybe he will come up with something like Kika in the next movie, and I will be slapped in the face) There are also a lot of things that are very personal, like color and composition. When young Julieta wore a very punk blonde short hair, bright blue sweater, black leggings, Martin boots, middle-aged she was wrapped in red symbolizing desire and death, and that one is quite Kerim Special style golden pajamas, gorgeous and lonely. The three grandparents stand in a row wearing the same red shoes, symbolizing their similar fates. And the metaphors of various works of art are deeply stamped with Almodóvar's personal seal. And what the director wants to criticize this time is still what he has insisted on criticizing for many years-straight men, but the foothold is placed on women. He is educating women that men are dangerous, and the more handsome they are, the more dangerous they are. If you still love him even though you know he is a dangerous and affectionate man, you must accept all the consequences that such a choice may bring. Julieta's husband Xoan added a tattoo after marriage. A and J were on both sides of the sailboat. Julieta thought that A represented their daughter Antiia, and thought that this tattoo symbolized the two most important women in his life, his wife and children, which was quite touching. . In fact, from the perspective of God, the audience will know that the A represents his old lover Ava for many years. When Julieta is away, the husband goes to tryst and sleep with the old lover, and admits frankly, "We are just solving each other's physiological problems. , I still love you." When Julieta went to recognize the body after Xoan's death, the camera gave this tattoo a close-up, which is very meaningful. It was just such a man that made Julieta's life fall into ruin. Of course she loves Xoan very much, so she blamed herself for losing him for many years. In order to avenge her disappearance for 12 years without any news, her daughter just wanted to let her experience the loneliness of "losing". The loved one did not return as expected, as if it became the meaning of parting. In the end, Almodovar gave the story a warm ending. After Antia lost her son, she was finally able to understand her mother's bleak mood for many years and regained contact with her. Julieta finally had a man Lorenzo who silently watched him and loved him. At the end of the film, they drove to see their daughter, the music started, the subtitles came out, and the audience didn't see the scene of a long-awaited reunion. This is the best ending. Two of my favorite lines in the film, one is Julieta saying to Lorenzo "Thank you for not letting me die alone"; the other is Xoan's letter to Julieta saying "I like to see your back in the rain. , you were looking for a place to shelter from the rain, but just happened to walk into my house." The quiet tenderness is the most touching. Two of my favorite lines in the film, one is Julieta saying to Lorenzo "Thank you for not letting me die alone"; the other is Xoan's letter to Julieta saying "I like to see your back in the rain. , you were looking for a place to shelter from the rain, but just happened to walk into my house." The quiet tenderness is the most touching.
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