It is shameful to be lonely, and the movie seems to demonstrate this view. The host announces that Langton lives in modern New York, in an empty and cold metropolis like a desert. Due to boring work and boring interpersonal relationships, he has lost the instinct for love and communication, cannot find the sense of existence, and is completely depressed by loneliness. Before swallowing, one-night stands, watching pornographic movies, recruiting prostitutes, flying planes and other mechanical sex, found evidence of his life, but the more such endless vents, the more he felt the empty black hole in his heart.
Sex addiction is a kind of disease that can be cured. However, the reason why this disease is difficult to treat is that it is an invisible modern disease. A young and lonely heart, but there is no antibody that can be cured and prevented. Brandon, a well-dressed office worker, once returned to the reality of loneliness, he didn't know how to chase love and maintain the relationship between relatives, until he became a prisoner of the flesh when he was shackled by sex.
The appearance of the lively, cheerful and life-loving sister Hess contrasts the existence of the lonely weirdo. The younger sister can quickly integrate into an environment and find an outlet to vent stress in daily life, while the older brother keeps all emotions in his heart and can only use the body as a test object. The detail that my sister sang on stage and my brother burst into tears was touched by the lyrics. If it is not limited to blood and ethics, sometimes the older brother will fall in love with the younger sister who has the opposite personality.
The performances of British director Steve McQueen and Uncle Fa have maintained the high standard of the previous film "Hunger". The composition and images maintain a minimalist texture, and the mood is also paranoid and cool. The repressive and solemn music portrays Uncle Fa's psychology very accurately. If "Hunger" is a faithful member of the Northern Irish Republican Army protesting to the British authorities by hunger strike and paranoid to the end; then "Shame" is also a kind of paranoid resistance, resisting self-loss and disillusionment, and salvaging oneself in the vast city The voice of the body is still paranoid to the end.
Someone has already suggested that Director Steve McQueen should make persistent efforts, star Uncle Fa as his queen, and make another film to form a "trilogy of paranoia", placing himself in the camp of quasi-masters and portray Uncle Fa as A world-class powerful actor born in the 70s. In fact, the same type of subject, "Shame" is indeed many times stronger than the Spanish "Sex Addiction Diary" a few years ago. This is the difference between the general director and the successor of the master. As popular idols, Michael Fassbender and Kerry Mulligan gave their most sincere and bold performances.
It is said that shame is one of the virtues of mankind. In the end, when Brandon uttered a desperate cry, beastly sad, it was that he deeply felt his lack of shame, but he could only continue to indulge in and resist himself. At the same time, he was The sister who committed suicide by cutting her wrist after the elder brother expelled may be another kind of redemption. The elder brother can crawl out of the mental mud, slowly recovering health, and regaining the shame of self-restraint. "
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