I was deeply moved by Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard", and admired such a movie with an aging actress as the protagonist, and admired the story of such an aging Hollywood actress in the 1950s to fight aging and curtain call, trying to Catch the tragic story of love. Maybe I didn't remember the director's name at that time, and I still didn't remember it after watching "The Witness for the Prosecution". After seeing Billy Wilder, I remember being a comedy director. "Peachy Apartment" is a well-rounded Hollywood story, and it's also a comedy, but it doesn't laugh. The situational setting and the character of the protagonist are slightly comical and ironic. I love this story, it's unexpected.
The protagonist Baxter works as a clerk in a large bank with 30,000 people. He works a few hours of overtime every day before returning home, but not because of his hard work, but because of someone in the family - his boss and his lover have a secret meeting in his apartment , and is often not punctual, so he can only wait in the cold wind downstairs at home. The male protagonist went home to clean up the mess after his boss and his lover drank. When he took the empty bottle out of the room, the doctor next door said that he was overindulgent every day, often exercising violently with others, and often drinking too much. He should have an early examination. Consider sending the remains to the hospital. After finally staying at home and preparing to sleep, another boss called and Yu Yanyu wanted to borrow his apartment urgently, and threatened his promotion assessment tomorrow. middle. At work the next day, the male protagonist caught a cold and greeted the beautiful elevator girl Fran in the elevator. A boss wanted to take advantage of Fran, but Fran kicked him out. Fran had a good impression of Baxter, only he was polite, and Baxter also had a good impression of Fran. Baxter called his boss to get the key back. The boss was drunk and put the wrong key, which caused him to find the landlady to open the door at four in the morning. The boss agreed to return the key. Because of Baxter's cold, he wanted to go home early in the evening to rest. He called a boss and asked him to come back at another time. As a result, it involved another time and three other bosses. After a series of calls, he finally made an appointment with everyone. time. With the help of four lustful bosses, the male lead's promotion evaluation form was sent to the manager. When the male protagonist went upstairs to meet the manager, he talked with Fran again. Fran gave the male protagonist his own decorative flowers to encourage him to succeed. The male protagonist said that he would have the opportunity to invite her to dinner.
The beginning of the plot - a good old man, a little helpless and a little self-motivated, rents his apartment as a "hotel" to his bosses in exchange for promotion opportunities, until the girl he loves appears. Two basic contradictions, one is the love line, whether he and Fran are smooth sailing; the other is the career line, whether the career can be successful, and whether to continue to rent the apartment.
When I saw the manager, the HR manager pointed out that the bosses in several departments had praised him greatly, and asked him to go to his own department. He found out that he was passing the key to the male host's house, and asked the male host to explain what these people were doing. The male protagonist frankly once borrowed a colleague's key when he went to night school. When other people knew about it, they came to borrow it one after another, and it became a small club. The manager's righteous words told the male protagonist not to lend them the key again, which affected the company's reputation and image, but then he asked the location of the male protagonist's house. , watched the musical with the branch manager, and then gave the male lead two tickets for the musical. The male protagonist said that he was sick and wanted to go home early. The manager bluntly said that this was a deal and asked the male protagonist to give him the key, and mentioned that there was an opportunity to be promoted to senior staff next month, and the male protagonist could only agree. The male protagonist waited for Fran after get off work, and chased after him and asked if he could invite her to watch the musical. Fran said that he had already had a date. He had used feelings before but the other party was not sincere. The time for the show should be fine. The male protagonist gets a promotion and a salary increase, and he has reached the peak of his sweetheart's happiness.
The picture turns to Fran's date. In a Chinese restaurant, the person she was dating turned out to be the manager. The two fell in love during the summer vacation when the manager, wife and children were both on vacation. After the summer vacation ended, the manager returned to his wife and children. The relationship is over.
In this paragraph, Fran mentioned two dates. The first time Fran mentioned that the date was not important but she would go, and started to touch up her makeup. The opening of the musical was inserted. The suspense, whether the male protagonist hopes to see Fran as a musical, forced the manager to say that he had hired a lawyer to arrange a divorce, changed Fran's attitude, and admitted that he still loved him. The second time was when Fran got into a taxi, the manager Moving out of love again, Fran got into the car and inserted the picture that the male protagonist has been waiting for. And this section actually lets the audience know before the male protagonist that he will not succeed in chasing Fran, because his opponent is the manager. As long as he has to be promoted and borrow the key, he will never be able to get Fran. It also leaves suspense as to how this conflict will be resolved.
The confrontation between Riverland and the manager was actually quite exciting. Frank's calm and rationality proposed to break up, no longer in love, and was hurt by love, "The boss returned to his wife, but what about the girl? Today's shrimp is not as good as before. Delicious." The words were already choked up, and he talked about him, pointing out the bitterness of his mood. Fran pointed out that the manager was not single, had to catch the subway home, and was afraid of lipstick prints, and she was left alone, making coffee for herself. The manager seized the opportunity and he was also in a bad mood. Sharing the same situation, he further suggested that he wanted to return to her heart, and said to talk in another place, but Fran refused. In the first half, the manager has been trying to save Fran with love, and he doesn't intend to make a promise, but only intends to go to the apartment to achieve his goal. Later, because of Fran's date, he changed his mind, which first triggered memories, and then brought up the topic of divorce. After Fran expressed his distrust of this set of rhetoric, he made a promise and went to a lawyer, which completely reversed the situation. Regarding whether the manager has found a lawyer, the audience is suspicious, and the manager's words to the male protagonist the next day show his deceptive nature, which makes Fran worry. In the two confrontations with the male protagonist and with Fran, the manager's character has been clearly revealed. One set in person and one set behind the other, Jin Yu is defeated by the outside world, and his means of grasping the situation are also extremely good, and he knows how to give people If you exert pressure, you will quickly adjust your strategy according to the situation to maximize your own interests. There is also an insert where the manager's date with Fran is seen by the manager's secretary, also soon revealed in a Christmas situation.
The next day, the male protagonist moved to an independent office, and several of the original bosses came to him to complain why he did not borrow the keys. After the male protagonist had a position, he did not want to borrow it. At this time, the manager came in, and the bosses left one after another. The manager asked the male protagonist to give another key. The male protagonist found the mirror in the apartment yesterday and gave it to the manager and asked him to return it. The manager said that the mirror was originally broken. In his words, it was revealed that the lover had to leave his wife only on two dates a week. Innocent.
Before Christmas at the company party, the male protagonist invited Fran in the elevator. Fran said that he had been hiding from him for six weeks. She was really sorry. The male protagonist said that he had forgiven him. It's hard to get out. Fran was very happy to get the male lead's forgiveness. He joined the party with the male lead. When the male lead went to get the wine, the manager's secretary came to Fran and told her that she saw her with the manager, and bluntly said that the manager would not leave. Wife, he was with the manager four years ago, and then the manager changed four lovers. His divorce was just a lie. The male protagonist shows Fran the hat of his senior employee in the office, but Fran is in a trance. The male protagonist asks Fran how to wear a hat to look good. Fran gives him the mirror, and the male protagonist recognizes the piece at once. Broken mirror.
The emotional lows of the heroine and the heroine came one after another.
After get off work, the male protagonist went to a bar because of a broken love and hooked up with a girl. The girl's husband was imprisoned in Cuba for cheating on horse racing. In the apartment, Fran cried and questioned the manager's previous lovers. The manager comforted her that they had passed, and gave Fran a Christmas present of $100. Because he didn't have time to buy it, he said he had time to buy a crocodile skin bag, so he hurried. Time to take the subway home. Fran saw the male protagonist's sleeping pills in the bathroom. The male protagonist took the girl home, but he saw Fran sleeping on his bed. The first reaction was that I don't love you anymore, but when I called her repeatedly, I found out that she had swallowed sleeping pills, and hurried to the next door. Doctor. The doctor saw that the girl was obviously fine, and the male protagonist remembered to drive the girl away, and asked the doctor to treat Fran, and the doctor gave Fran a stomach lavage. Don't let the news know about things. As a friend, the doctor advised the male protagonist to be a dignified person and live an upright life. The doctor told the male protagonist to be careful that Fran commits suicide again.
The two days that Fran was recuperating at the male protagonist's house were two days when their relationship warmed up. The male protagonist called the manager to ask if he could come over. The manager was spending Christmas at home with his wife and sons. He heard that Fran committed suicide and was rescued, but he still did not come. After Fran wakes up, the male protagonist said that he was very happy that someone spent Christmas with him. He carefully removed the razor blade and asked the doctor's wife to help Fran make something to eat. Fran wanted to call home or write a letter, but the male protagonist was worried or exposed to Fran's suicide, so he persuaded him. The two played cards together, and the male protagonist comforted Fran, who was still very sad to mention various past events, and gradually fell asleep. The manager fired the secretary because of the secretary's gossip. Before leaving, the secretary tapped the phone between the manager and the male lead and learned that Fran had committed suicide, so he called the manager's wife to make an appointment. The male protagonist called the manager to let him comfort Fran, and left the apartment to make room for Fran, but the manager was still just perfunctory. When the protagonist came home, he smelled gas and worried that Fran would commit suicide. Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding. The male protagonist and Fran opened their hearts and mentioned that in the past, he wanted to commit suicide for love and injured his knee. It took a year for the knee to heal. After three weeks of love, he forgot about it, and Fran finally showed his face. The male protagonist used a tennis racket to serve spaghetti at home, cooked noodles for Fran, lit candles, and bought napkins. The two felt like they were spending Christmas together, and it was the first time that the bachelor male protagonist had a family. taste. The brother-in-law came to the house to see the male protagonist, misunderstood that the male protagonist was the one who took Fran with him at night, and because the doctor's return diagnosis misunderstood that Fran punched the male protagonist because the male protagonist committed suicide, Fran rushed to apologize, Kiss him on the forehead before leaving. The male protagonist falls into a sweet love affair.
The end is another sudden turn. The male protagonist walks on the road in high spirits, ready to tell the manager that he is in love with Fran, and will not lend him the keys again, and the manager will no longer have to worry about Fran. As a result, the manager told him that because the secretary told his wife the truth, he was swept out of the house. Now he decides to be with Fran, and if the male protagonist promises that he can be promoted to assistant, the male protagonist is under the double blow of career and love. Had to agree. He saw Fran when he got off work. Fran was very happy to be back with the manager. The male protagonist said that he had also been promoted, which was a win-win situation. Fran left, the male protagonist walked towards the lady, the lady left with a person who came out of the elevator, and the male protagonist watched for a long time at the counter. The male protagonist's office is next to the manager. When he handed the report to the manager, the manager put the report aside. He gave the male main key because he threw the key in the previous argument with Fran. The male protagonist refused and the manager was not allowed. Take someone to his apartment, especially not Fran, the manager threatened him with his position, and the male owner gave him the key.
How the ending is left in suspense.
It can be said that this whole story is based on the absence of express hotels and private meeting places. It is said that hotels developed rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s. Before that, there were generally only hotels, not in the city, so it became a family. The biggest dating annoyance, not having an extra apartment. It is difficult to transfer this background to other backgrounds, and neither the oriental background nor the Republic of China era can be realized. As a digression, the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China brothel was of great significance as a social occasion. At the same time, it provided a resting place, as well as a lower-level flower and smoke room. After the ban was issued, prostitutes would rent in hotels for a long time. Some It is similar to a foster relationship.
Private social places are actually quite changeable. The movie mentioned that if there was no male protagonist in that period, where would the bosses in the apartment go, some went to church, some drove to New Zealand, it was not the behavior that a man of that age should have.
The irony of the movie also lies in the manager, who can understand why there are four bosses like that when you see the manager himself, the lecher already exists as a company culture, not just a relationship of five people, and Fran as the elevator girl confronts Too much sexual harassment, dating offers from married men, a whole bunch of old rambunctious people, whether it's the top leaders or the middle leaders, there's nothing more annoying than the greasyness of these people. The former relationship between Fran and the manager shows that Fran is really devoted. She doesn't care about promotion. Of course, it may also be implied that there were too few opportunities for female job opportunities in the 1960s. Similar to the great Mrs. Maisel, Only elevator girls, telephone operators, counter girls, typists and secretaries need to know how to spell. Was Fran a kind of victim? It's hard to say, she can reject people she doesn't like, and she can accept people she likes. The people she contacts are of high level, she can find a rich lover, and she has the opportunity to marry a manager. She can be an exploiter of this culture, and both men and women may profit from this culture, but the decision seems to be more up to men. The love story glorifies the power relationship behind it. The character of the heroine is morally flawed, but after committing suicide, she should have been punished and purified, and the required perfection of personality can actually be expected. A little vulgarization of this story could turn it into a story of a mistress and a catcher.
Regarding the male protagonist's career, you will find that the male protagonist is actually a motivated guy, and he is even forced to take shortcuts instead of taking the initiative. The male protagonist's professionalism has never been shown to the manager, but in the conversation with Fran, it showed that he knows all kinds of data from the insurance. The first chat talked about the average number of colds, and the second chat When I was near the hostess's house, I saw the hostess's insurance file card, and they quickly shortened the relationship with the hostess. The male protagonist went to night school to take the senior accountant course, and after the second promotion, he presented the report to the manager, all showing that he actually hopes to do a good job with strength, but the bosses actually only want the convenience provided by his single apartment. His promotion has nothing to do with his ability at all. Obedience, weakness, confidentiality, and wanting to be promoted have become the core elements. Such a black-bellied plot is too reminiscent of the relationship between promotion, benefit transmission and gift giving, but the male protagonist's gift is the right to use his apartment, and there is an erotic color behind it.
The male protagonist's first promotion is a show of corruption. "I am the second youngest administrative assistant in the company, the first is the chairman's grandson", showing off his youth and promising, and mentioning his relationship with senior management To show his power, that hat is a sign of rising status and a cover for conscience. The promotion of the male protagonist thinks that it is related to obtaining more sexual resources. The high position makes him more confident when pursuing Fran. "As long as I am in the personnel department, no one can fire you." This is the relationship between power and sex. The relationship, "let you be an elevator dispatcher", shows his power and promises it, which is very similar to the manager's style, and also has a sexual element. Men's pursuit of women makes use of power. Before, Fran had a conversation on the elevator where the male protagonist was promoted. The male protagonist said, "I am in the top ten in the performance appraisal, and today is the day I get promoted." Fran said that you are more and more like your boss. The fact that the male protagonist gains the favor of the female protagonist by showing off his achievements and positions has already implied a deteriorating relationship between promotion and the male protagonist. Fran later mentioned that these people are takers, profiters, profiting from others, and others have nothing to do with them. And even at the end, all the male protagonist can do is resign, instead of reporting the manager and a group of perverts to leave.
The growth of the male protagonist must be in the matter of saying "no", but it can't be because he can say "no" after his position rises, but it should be his inner growth. The movie arranges a doctor, not only a doctor of life, but also a doctor of the soul, and finally let the male protagonist remember to be a dignified person. The time the female protagonist was at the male protagonist's house also changed the male protagonist's long-standing bachelor career. The family began to have fireworks, cooking by herself, and having someone spend Christmas together. The final conflict still lies in the key, which is the key to the bachelor's house.
The development time of the relationship between the male protagonist and the female protagonist is not particularly sufficient. Fran needs to get out of the relationship. The male protagonist needs to fall in love with Fran again, not just save people. The main point of the male protagonist is to take care of Fran while taking care Having harvested his own growth and company, Fran felt the love and the kindness and responsibility of the male protagonist. Actually, it is not particularly sufficient.
The movie is really very friendly to the audience. The number of key characters, the number of appearances of objects and the number of lines mentioned are at least twice, usually three times. Before the reversal, a foreshadowing must be reserved. Where can there be any family? The first time Fran wanted to make a call and was rejected, he mentioned that his brother-in-law was a driver during the chat, and then when he officially appeared on the scene, his brother-in-law was looking for someone, and he found that the male protagonist happened to see the male and female protagonists at home, beat the male protagonist and promoted the male and female main emotion. The secretary is also a person who plays a great role in promoting the plot. Her character may not be perfect, but she knows that she has the habit of eavesdropping and that she once had a relationship dispute with the manager. She told Fran the truth, which indirectly led to Fran's suicide. The manager knew about her. She was fired after the whistleblower, she tapped the phone and called the manager's wife to facilitate the next reversal. Although her personality was vague, her actions were traceable and reasonable, and she ensured that the characters would not disappear. After thinking that the push was completed the first time, it was unexpected that it would be her the second time. The audience was still waiting for her showdown with his wife, and the story went directly to the manager being kicked out of the house. Another example is that the doctor mentioned being careful before committing suicide. The male protagonist put away the blade when he saw the razor, and ran up to hear the gas leak, expressing the male protagonist's concern and the progression of his feelings. Another example is the male protagonist's hat, the female protagonist's mirror, $100, etc., all of which are foreshadowed to explode in time. Situational and dramatic.
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