"Dangerous Relationship" is an old film from 1988. I occasionally saw it on the movie station a while ago, but I couldn't watch it religiously because of its too classical and dramatic lines. Yesterday, this film was replayed again. I don’t know if it was because the precipitous spring cold could convey a kind of focus to people. I finished watching the film.
France in the 18th century was full of beautiful Baroque scenes and clothing. The beautiful and wealthy Countess Medei has been a widow for many years, fighting alone in the sinister upper society to cultivate her extraordinary talent, unparalleled demeanor, and a mind that is proficient in love affairs. She uses what she calls "shortcuts" and "weapons" in an understatement to get everything she wants and satisfy her desires without hesitation. To get revenge on a lover who is about to marry her goddaughter, Sissy, she begins a brutal emotional gamble with the notorious pompous prodigal son, Viscount Valmont, her perennial suitor.
Madame Madelei challenges Valmont to seduce the teenage Sissy and lose her virginity before she gets married, agreeing to give her a one-night stand in return. However, Valmont thought that seducing girls who were not familiar with the world did not match his level, and he boasted that he could make Madame Tuville, who was serious and insistent on women's morals, to fall into bed with him. In the process of Valmont's plan, the young Sissi was easily captured by him, but Madame Touville was always resisting his various pursuits. Under Madame Madeleine's mockery and provocation, Valmont's vanity was inspired again and again.
As a misogynist, Valmont's life seems to be all about ambition and conquest. Finally, when all morals and taboos were completely broken, the arrogant Madame Touville fell into the web of love woven by Valmont. The collapsed Madame Touville finally opened up to Valmont's eternal affection. Facing a fiery carcass full of fear and almost determination, Valmont suddenly felt remorse. But Madam Meder's cruel persecution escalated step by step. In the face of Mai Dai's ridicule, the absurdity of Valmont's half-life has been completely derailed at this time, and he is unable to savor the self-doubt he has never had before. He finally finished the gamble, and after having captured Tuville's true love, he cruelly spurned and abandoned her face to face. After a duel of his own design, Valmont left behind a letter of incriminating evidence of Madame Medei's emotional game, and at the same time re-searched for another clean world in a way of ending her life. He closed his eyes, and the ice in his heart melted unconsciously. At this moment, he was unprecedentedly real.
At the end of the movie, Madam Maid had nowhere to hide when she just arrived at the opera venue, and was forced to return home lonely. Facing the vanity mirror, she wiped off the heavy makeup on her face like a prop, like a monster wiping off a beautiful mask.
Glenn Close, who played Mrs. Madeleine, was once hailed as the most classic female villain in Disney's history with "101 Dalmatians." In this film, she still carries the villain to the end. She plays the characterless rich widow who is hollow and crazy because she is trapped outside of morality. Glenn Close's intense sensitivity and richness fill every pore, and his sharp eyes seem to scorch every inch of the audience's heart; A compelling air.
And John Malkovich, who plays Valmont, the wanderer, once starred in "Napoleon Biography" and co-starred in "Days on the Clouds" with Sophie Marceau. Like Glenn Close, he can't rely on idols On the contrary, Pai's ordinary length made his acting skills perfect. An emotional prodigal son who wants to welcome but refuses, retreats as advance, and is elusive, is handled by Malkovich as unique and tasteful as if he is strolling in a courtyard. In a scene of flirting with a young girl Sisi, his charming smile can make him You can't resist his utterly masculine charm.
Whether unintentionally or deliberately, this film makes it impossible for people to question love. The unavoidable sense of disillusionment fluctuates up and down, swaying, hopelessly waiting for the sadness and despair to fall from a height at any time, haunting every corner of the film. Helpless people look for vague outlines in the boundless space of love, sneak and shuttle in the vagueness. Just like those obsessed with watching magic, they know that it is an illusion, but they are still enthusiastic about it, and they are excited to witness the true lies with their own eyes. Because when that illusion reaches its climax, people get a wonderful feeling that cannot be matched in reality. That feeling conquers everything... The only difference is that even the most subtle magic is manipulated by people, and in the so-called love, it is the human desire for emotion that manipulates people effortlessly. (Text/Xuefei Public Account ID: sunxuefei2013)
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