Rewatch "Henry and June" because of its unique resonance with the real world.
Although the film was shot nearly 20 years ago (1990), to this day, there are still many real reflections in the film about the people and things around you and me, and this reality is undoubtedly from Anais Ning (Anaïs Nin) - This beautiful Spanish woman who knows how to dress herself in the art of words, but privately admits to herself "No matter what kind of love I can't resist, my blood starts to dance, my legs start to spread." , undoubtedly in today's era when a lady is almost equal to a "losing girl", it has a realistic sense of forward-looking.
As far as humans are concerned, just a few decades is obviously not enough for our behavior to evolve to the point where there are no norms to follow.
The film is entirely based on Anais Ning's real diary. Director Philip Kaufman, who had just successfully completed "Love in Prague" two years ago, was justifiable and took it to the smallest detail. Unexpectedly, the final film But it became the first NC-17-rated film in American film history (no viewing under the age of 17). Lao Man refused to accept it and asked the review committee to make a theory. After that, the film was actually re-rated as X-rated (pornography). Here I have to admire the eyes of the committee bosses. It is okay for such a film to exist in the small field of art, but in the world, hey, you can bear a husband plucking the strings on the terrace, while his wife is A harmonious picture of embracing people under the flower wall just a short distance away? And this picture looks so beautiful, magnanimous, and guilt-free, as if everything is taken for granted? The most terrible thing is, is this thing still true?
Okay, let's put aside for now the wisdom of the committee's bigwigs and the code of conduct that's born to be violated - with me, things like that can be picked up at random - as far as the film itself is concerned , "Henry and June" is undoubtedly quite perfect, the textual research is detailed, the picture is pleasing and smooth, and it seems that there is an inexplicable moving feeling from time to time. To be honest, although the film is called "Henry and June", the well-deserved protagonist is undoubtedly Anais Ning, whether in the film or in reality. Henry Miller, who fucked everything in the future, was still poor and was far from famous, and his wife, Joan, was not at the same level as Ning in terms of mental strength. The small apartment where he lived in the film, and even the title of his masterpiece, "The Tropic of Cancer", was chosen with the help of Ning, who likes astrology. The original English text of "The Tropic of Cancer" is "Tropic of Cancer" , the Cancer in it is the "Cancer" in astronomy, huh, it runs wild like a crab, which is obviously even with Miller's spleen and stomach.
I like Maria de Medeiros, who plays Ning very much. Compared with Uma Thurman in the film, she is petite and attractive, and I feel pity for her. Of course, this is just an appearance. It is Ning's and Medello's. The petite body hides agility, endless desire, boldness and scheming, which Medello shows vividly in the film. In the film, she has two dances, an elegant ballet, and a romantic dance. In addition to being amazing, she can't help but feel the change of women. In the film, Miller said, "I know who you are by watching you dance", and then directly embraced him backstage... He was bullshitting. If she didn't want to, she would definitely turn her face faster than a book.
Ning and Miller made out, and when it comes to size, her husband Hugo was so big that she had to use Vaseline, which surprised Miller and me. This gentleman is a banker. According to Wang Po, there are three things that are not lacking. Even Pan Jinlian should be tempted. Unexpectedly, he is still abandoned by Ning. model. But later, at the carnival, he took the opportunity to put on makeup and disappeared, fighting with Ning on the street, overflowing with passion and unintentionally taking back Ning's heart. From this, it indirectly proves the correctness of Zhang Ailing's statement. To conquer a man, you must go through his stomach, and to conquer a woman, the most effective way is the vagina, haha.
Ning was known in literary circles at the time for his Chinese-style baby face, and Medello was somewhat similar to him. There is a very interesting detail in the film. When entering a brothel with her husband Hugo, the background music in it is actually a splendid Chinese minor, which shows the director's intentions.
The background of the story takes place in Paris, but strangely, neither in reality nor in the film, none of the characters involved are French. Ning is a Spaniard, originally from Cuba, and later settled in the United States. Miller American, as did director Kaufman. And Medello is actually Portuguese. It seems that Paris is really a good place for a story to happen.
Four years later, Medello won the Venice Film Actress with "Três Irm os" (the sad thing is that this film has no trace and has never been found), and then she acted and directed, and she was very talented and really amazing.
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