The first time I watched this movie, to be honest, I didn't understand it at all, and I didn't know what the logic of their thinking was. I could only sigh with emotion, ah~~~ Maybe this is the poet, I don't understand. At that time, like most people, I thought Verlaine was a complete rubbish. I felt that he was completely a womanizer with no advantages at all. Even I felt that Rimbaud didn't love Verlaine at all. He seemed to be using Verlaine? I didn't know why until I watched it again later, and found that it didn't seem to be the case. Seven or eight times, I can only stay on the level of, ah, Leonardo is so handsome, this is not my nonsense, nor is it my subjective guess, but some vulgar audience, really put it. This biographical film, viewed as a complete GV, is undoubtedly a great insult to this film
Character introduction: Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud ( French : Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud, October 20, 1854 - November 10, 1891), or Arthur Rimbaud , Hanbo , Lin Baode, a famous French poet in the 19th century, a representative of early symbolism poetry, and the originator of surrealist poetry .
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) was a French poet. Was an early leader of the Symbolist faction. The Symbolists attempted to detach poetry from traditional subject matter and form.
It can be seen from the introduction that Rimbaud is very talented, but at the same time, he is also completely intolerant of the world: At the beginning of the film, Rimbaud wrote six poems to Verlaine, so that his talent will be Verlaine. Deeply attracted, Verlaine left a letter and returned: Come to my side, the scene of my poet on the train symbolizes: In the vast sea of people, only Verlaine found the difference between Rimbaud, and Rimbaud, but also He was only attracted by Verlaine, so Rimbaud barked at Verlaine. Because Rimbaud did not reveal his true age, he was worried that such an age would scare Verlaine, so Verlaine did not know, in fact, they had already meet face to face. Rimbaud was merciful, kind, polite and sympathetic to the poor, but disrespectful, arrogant to Verlaine's rich wife, smoking in front of pregnant women, spitting, refusing to read poetry, saying that those who read poetry are rotten Man, who refuses to publish his own book, but tries to steal it and sell it. Of course, Verlaine's family doesn't like him, of course, some women or gays who only use their sexual organs to think about problems are probably ignored directly, but I am afraid that if they really get along with them, I am afraid that few can really stand it. It's ironic.
It was precisely because Rimbaud's behavior was so unwelcoming that he was kicked out by his father-in-law. It was just a short dinner conversation and then a negotiation. Verlaine seemed to be completely attracted by Rimbaud. The idea of thinking that is not bound by the world is affected, so when he learned that his father-in-law had kicked Rimbaud out, Verlaine was so concerned and panicked
Verlaine's wife looked at Verlaine in a hurry to go out to chase Rimbaud, showing a chilling expression
After Rimbaud was kicked out, Verlaine ran out to find Rimbaud, and found a broken house for Rimbaud. In this broken house, this dialogue pointed out,
Rimbaud understands Verlaine
Rimbaud: Do you love her?
Verlaine: Of course, she's perfect
18 years old, beautiful, rich, virtuous, pregnant with my child
Rimbaud: Do you have something in common?
Verlaine: NO
Rimbaud: Is she smart?
Verlaine: NO
Rimbaud: Does she understand you?
Verlaine: (with a humming laugh) NO
Rimbaud: Then the only thing she can give you is sex
Whether Verlaine loves his wife or not is obviously the exact opposite of his answer, but Rimbaud knows very well what Verlaine's heart is like
And Verlaine faced his wife after returning home. At first, he was pleasant and pleasant. When his wife mentioned that he wanted Rimbaud to keep a distance from them, Verlaine immediately roared and roared. So the second conversation, after the wife showed great dissatisfaction with Rimbaud, Verlaine beat the pregnant wife, he said angrily, you don't understand him, you rich people will never understand this child, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, but you shouldn't say that to him.....
After saying this, he turned around and left in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, leaving his wife alone. When I first saw this place, I was like you, wow, how could this man be like this, beating a pregnant woman! He also beat his own wife! This person is not normal, but my current view is that this person is too normal, so normal that he knows exactly what he is thinking.
Rimbaud told himself: Last summer, during the war, when I ran away from home, I went to the river to fill up water. There was a Prussian soldier no bigger than me, sleeping in the open space. After watching it for a long time, I realized that he was not asleep. He's dead, it made me figure out, if I want to be the first poet of this century, all I need to do is do everything with my body, it's not enough to be a person, I decided to be everyone, I decided to be A genius, I decided to create the future
Rimbaud's idea is to save the world. When he saw a war and a death in his early years, he suddenly had an idea. He wanted to be a genius, and he wanted to be everyone. In other words, he wanted to be God. , it is precisely because of this change in concept that Rimbaud begins to disobey the rules of survival of the world
Then at the French poet's party, Rimbaud made a big noise, and even slashed an unhappy Rimbaud poet with Verlaine's sword. After the two ran out, they laughed wildly, as if they were laughing at the funniest thing in the world. thing, in mad laughter
Verlaine asked: How to develop in the literary and art world?
Rimbaud: There is something disappointing in Paris, the artist is even more cliché than the bourgeoisie (apparently Rimbaud has no plans to develop in the literary world at all)
The two men's creative methods are extremely similar: drinking absinthe, smoking marijuana, Rimbaud is cynical, and Verlaine longs to be cynical, because only in this way can they get creative inspiration
Rimbaud: Let's make an agreement, if you help me, I will help you. If you leave with me, I promise that you will be able to create better works. After each learns from each other's strengths and weaknesses, we will part ways.
Verlaine: How do we get by?
Rimbaud: Don't you have some money?
Verlaine: I understand that I support you, you help me polish the inspiration of life, is that so?
Rimbaud: Not at all
(Rimbo touched Verlaine's forehead and kissed Verlaine actively. Note that Rimbaud took the initiative to kiss Verlaine, and the two had their first relationship.)
Then when I went back, it was customary to get angry with my wife again.
I have thought time and time again, why, every time after having a relationship with Rimbaud, Verlaine would go back drunk and beat his wife, or use his wife to vent his emotions? Why did Verlaine have emotions, and what emotions could he have? After thinking about it, I can only think of this possibility, guilt, yes, he feels guilty, he doesn't love his wife at all, what he loves is Rimbaud, what he understands is Rimbaud, what he appreciates is Rimbaud. Remember the previous conversation? All his wife can bring him is sex! Why not include money? If Verlaine cared about money, he wouldn't dare speak to his father-in-law so rudely
So what does he feel guilty about? He felt guilty that he couldn't let go of the world and could not live like Rimbaud. He felt guilty not only for his love for Rimbaud, but also for his own heart. He felt uncomfortable, so when he saw his wife, he would deliberately So cold-blooded and ruthless that he felt unnaturally disgusted with his wife. Verlaine showed pain and self-blame, while with Rimbaud, he was at ease and laughing wildly.
Note the following sentence
Verlaine: I can't leave her now, she's not well
Rimbaud: How can you set her on fire like this
Verlaine: I haven't burned her since Thursday
(then the two of them are laughing)
Verlaine: It's not very funny
(Then the two continued to laugh, and I laughed as I watched)
Rimbaud: This is very sad, your strange atrocities are disgusting
Verlaine: What do you mean?
Rimbaud: Unclean, you are always drunk and in a trance, and then you start to apologize and beg for pity
Verlaine: I don't like hurting people
Rimbaud: Then don't do it, do it hard, don't use apology to insult the injured
Verlaine: I love her
Rimbaud: impossible
Verlaine: I love her body
Rimbaud: The flesh has
Verlaine: No, no, I love Mathilde's body
Rimbaud: Don't love her soul?
Verlaine: Loving the soul is not as important as loving the body, the soul is immortal, there is enough time to love, but the body... rots (Rimbert makes a disdainful face), loving the body makes me loyal
Rimbaud: Loyalty?
What's the meaning?
Verlaine: I am loyal to all my lovers, and once I have loved him, I will love him forever, whether I am alone at night or close my eyes in the early morning I praise them
Rimbaud: That's not loyalty, it's nostalgia, you don't want to leave her because you're not loyal, you're weak
Verlaine: No, if strength brings savagery, I'd rather be weak (Rimbert snickers)
Rimbaud: But your weakness is also savage
(thought for a while)
Don't expect me to be loyal to you
Verlaine: Why are you so hard on me?
Rimbaud: Because you are cheap
Verlaine: You know, I've never loved anyone more than you, and I'll love you forever and ever
Rimbaud (with a look of disgust): Shut up, you drunkard
Verlaine: tell me you love me
Rimbaud: Oh my God!
Verlaine: Please, I'm so important, you say!
Rimbaud: You know I like you very much, do you love me?
Verlaine: What?
Rimbaud: Do you love me?
Verlaine: YES (compared to the question Rimbaud asked him at the time, Verlaine's answer was all NO)
Rimbaud: Put your hands on the table
Verlaine: What?
Rimbaud: Put your hands on the table
(Verlaine puts his hand on the table with the back of his hand up)
Rimbaud: palms up
(Verlaine did the same)
Rimbaud moved the tip of the knife along the lines of Verlaine's hand. I stared at Rimbaud's eyes, very calm. When the tip of the knife touched the wedding ring, he picked it up with the knife, and then slammed the knife. In Verlaine's palm.
Why would you stick the knife in? Just look at the previous conversation, the reason is simple - infidelity
But even so, Verlaine still laughed in pain
Rimbaud: The only unbearable is that everything is tolerable
(Because Verlaine is cheap, but I want to explain here, Verlaine is cheap, but he is only cheap to Rimbaud)
Then the two had a relationship again. Later, at the bedside, Rimbaud dreamed of a dry wasteland. He was carried forward in the wasteland. When he got up, he said some inexplicable words. When I saw it for the first time, I was I really didn't get what he was thinking about. Later, I found out. It's nothing, it's just human's desire for the unknown. Rimbaud was happy when he ran away from home for the first time, because he saw what he didn't see. In the past, he was inspired to create, and this time, he wanted to see new places and new things, so he wanted to run away again, but this time was different, he wanted Verlaine to accompany him, Verlaine said I I also want to accompany my wife, Rimbaud has a temper immediately, so, Verlaine surrenders
The two were playing with each other in the countryside and going up the mountain, like a pair of fools, but they were so happy and free, and when Rimbaud saw the sea of his dreams, he behaved like a little girl, cheering happily, holding Verlaine kissed. At this time, I realized that Verlaine and Rimbaud are really like a couple. If I don't pay attention to their gender, I can't see the slightest between them and other lovers. The essential difference, and this is also a feeling Verlaine has never felt with Mathilde
Then Verlaine fell asleep beside Rimbaud, and thinking of Mathilde, he quietly got up and slipped out, but Rimbaud had already woken up. Seeing Verlaine sneaking out, Rimbaud also thought of what Verlaine was going to do. He got up and sat on the edge of the bed with a displeased look (so he went to catch the adulterer, although he was just standing outside the door watching and didn't go in)
And this time, Verlaine showed a sincere smile to Matilda for the first time, and then had a relationship with Matilda and then panicked, trying to hide the real reason why he left his wife and children
Then Rimbaud came in and argued with Verlaine, I could tell Verlaine was nervous, because he cared about Rimbaud, so he was nervous
Okay, let me tell you what's going on with Verlaine's masculine thinking, although it looks complicated, it's not complicated at all
The reason is very simple. As I said before, what Mathilde can bring him is only sex. In fact, this has not changed, but in fact, in addition to sex, there is money. Yes, I said Verlaine doesn't care about money, but he doesn't care about being Don't care, it can't change the fact that people need money in the world, so choosing Mathilde can be more stable, more comfortable and more decent
What about Rimbaud? Rimbaud is his soul harbour, his confidant, and his true lover, but this lover is not so perfect, he is male, has no money, and is not decent enough
Then.... this creates a tangle, Matilde can score 3 points and 4 points, Rimbaud can score 7 points and 8 points, although the gap is very significant, but the greed and the two complement each other makes Verlaine both sides. Don't want to give up, so he is struggling, suffering, struggling
But as long as you carefully observe Verlaine's expression, you will find that he has already given the answer in his heart. Facing Mathilde, he will only show tenderness and happiness when he feels fresh, but when facing Rimbaud, he will always show tenderness and happiness. It is tenderness and love, so this time home is only temporary. When he saw Rimbaud again, Verlaine immediately rebelled.
Look at the look on Verlaine's face when he was with Rimbaud, it's an expression that never appears in front of Matilda, poor Matilda actually thinks Verlaine is back, how is this possible
In a dilapidated house in London:
Verlaine: "I became a legendary opera, I saw that all creatures were destined to be happy" Are you rhyming again?
"I study the magical shape of happiness, and no one can escape" good sentence
I always wonder why you write to me, you are so advanced that I can't understand your symbols, you make me feel like I'm from another century
"I study the magical forms of happiness that no one can escape" wonderful
Rimbaud: I chose you for a reason, it's like this, I always know what to say, but you, you know how to say it, I think I can learn from you, I also learned
(So Rimbaud's poems were not sent to anyone else, only to Verlaine, not only Verlaine was attracted to Rimbaud, Verlaine was also attracted to Rimbaud, as the opening train encounter conveys, they were from the very beginning. , it is destined to see the right eye)
A series of dialogues that followed also pointed out that after playing for a long time, life has been in trouble. Although Rimbaud's thinking is beautiful, in the face of reality, it is not you who are beautiful, and you will be given privileges. Verlaine said that you should work part-time to maintain Life, Rimbaud insisted not to work (here is mainly due to Rimbaud's character, it is this character that attracted Verlaine, but now, the drawbacks of this character have begun to emerge) The relationship between Verlaine and Rimbaud, at this moment , cracks began to appear
Then Rimbaud's creation appeared a barrier, because the bigger the candle burns, the bigger the fire, and the faster it burns out, the more beautiful it is, and the shorter it is. When it comes to getting along with Verlaine, the two began to have a conflict. There used to be a chatting and laughing conversation, but now it became Verlaine's talk, Rimbaud didn't want to hear it, Verlaine was displeased, and Rimbaud humiliated Verlaine regardless of his feelings. humiliate his character, his appearance
In a conversation Verlaine said: "I don't know, I don't know why...you've changed
Rimbaud did not hide: yes, I changed, writing changed me and then left Verlaine and walked away
Verlaine chased after him, like a little girl, a little girl who was wronged
The failure of the final creation made Rimbaud directly vent his anger on Verlaine, because Rimbaud is such a straightforward person. If you use a secular saying, he has no emotional intelligence. Of course, Rimbaud does not want that so-called emotional intelligence. Exactly what he hated, but it would also hurt Verlaine
Rimbaud: You might think I've been lounging in bed these past few weeks
Verlaine: Not necessarily
Rimbaud: I am like this, what is tumbling under the indifferent appearance and slowly emerging is a new system, insisting, sublating romanticism, putting aside rhetoric, going straight to the point, I finally saw the end of wanting to conquer the world
Verlaine: What happened?
Rimbaud turned to look at Verlaine and said, "I've been living here, searching for general experience, but I've ended up like this, living in idle, meaningless poverty, being favored by an old poet, bald and ugly, stinking with alcohol, and he's clinging to death. because his wife won't let him go back
Verlaine: How can you say such a thing?
Rimbaud: It's very simple, it's a fact, you live like this because you're used to it, you're complacent, you're rich enough to get drunk and forget everything, but I choose to do this
Verlaine: Really? (Verlaine begins to look angry for the first time)
Rimbaud: YES
Verlaine: Why exactly?
Why did you choose to come to London with me?
Obviously you take it as another stage for adventure, you can only climb up the poetry world if you sink deeper and deeper, and of course there are reasons that are not difficult to explain
Rimbaud: For example?
Verlaine: Such as the fact that I support you
Rimbaud: Your heart is almost as ugly as your body
(This sentence is the most poisonous sentence Rimbaud has ever said, and it hurts Verlaine the most, but Verlaine still ran out and did not quarrel with Rimbaud. Then in the market, Verlaine cried, but after returning from the grocery shopping Rimbaud sneered at Verlaine intensified)
Rimbaud: God, you look like a bitch
Verlaine finally couldn't help it and threw the bottle at Rimbaud, but please note that it was the window, he still did not choose to throw it at Rimbaud
(Come back, please come back soon, you are my only friend, I promise you I will be good, I am just joking, I am really sorry, why didn’t I get off the boat when I called you? Living together for two years, but breaking up like this, Think about how you were before you knew me, listen to your heart, your forever Rimbaud)
In the end, Rimbaud took the initiative to find Verlaine
(Laughing and laughing at the beginning, Rimbaud became angry, of course, after reading this movie, you will only find that all the actions and lines of the characters are taken for granted )
Rimbaud: I'm going back to Paris tomorrow
Verlaine: No, listen to me, it won't happen again, I won't leave you again
Rimbaud: You can't, because I won't give you a chance, I'm penniless, you leave me in London
Verlaine: I'm sorry, I was angry
Rimbaud: Why in the end? I said worse things
(Because what you said is sincere, jokes are always jokes, just like my friend and I scolding each other, dad loves you, what is the stupid dog doing, etc. It's ugly, but it doesn't hurt, because we know it, it's just Just kidding)
Rimbaud: You are indeed a bitch
And in another quarrel, Verlaine shot and wounded Rimbaud in the palm of his hand. Do you remember Rimbaud once stabbed Verlaine with a knife ? Destiny... bar
And the sentence "you missed" in the dialogue I pondered for a long time, what did I miss? Maybe Rimbaud had already sensed that the relationship between the two was about to end. In fact, Rimbaud may have hoped that Verlaine would be able to kill himself with that shot.
Because of this gun, Verlaine was imprisoned for 2 years. After Rimbaud returned home, he finally couldn't control his emotions and burst into tears. Verlaine believed in Catholicism in order to repent of his sins, while Rimbaud recalled the past of the two and smiled. Cried and meditated, wrote the most outstanding poem of his life - "A Season of Hell"
Two years later, the two went to a meeting in the Black Forest. Verlaine wanted Rimbaud to join him after he became a religious man, and Rimbaud told him—I don’t believe in God, and I have no goals. I gave up writing. There was nothing to write at the beginning. I thought my writing would bring about a change, but in fact, nothing could be changed. Everything was said by others, and I didn’t create anything new by myself.
Verlaine said, I have changed, and I am different from before. Using this as an excuse, I tried to persuade Rimbaud not to give up writing. Rimbaud also asked the question he started asking: Then in this wilderness, I will let you make a choice, My body, or my soul, choose one, choose
Verlaine, after thinking for a long time, made the same decision as at the beginning: the body
In the end, the two really parted ways, just as Rimbaud said, because you didn't hit me, didn't hit my heart, just when you said you changed, I gave you the last chance, I hope you can be like me The same choice of soul, but you still choose the body
(The choice of the body is only due to Verlaine's logic: Verlaine: I love her Rimbaud: Impossible Verlaine: I love her body Rimbaud: There is a body Verlaine: No, no, I love Mathilde's body Rimbaud: no Love her soul? Verlaine: Loving the soul is not as important as loving the body, the soul is immortal, there is enough time to love, but the body... rots but he never really wanted Rimbaud's body and not the soul)
Did Rimbaud not love Verlaine? No, on the contrary, Rimbaud did not forget Verlaine until his death in the movie. Rimbaud once blasphemed, once disrespected God, refused to work, was unwilling to publish a book, and said: I don't want to be the same as others. But, in the end, he did all of these, and he also believed in Catholicism, and he did not have any relationship with any men.
In Africa, he saw the dream scene he saw when he was with Verlaine. In fact, he never forgot Verlaine until he died
Rimbaud's death, just like that soldier, did not bring any change to the world
Finally, the old Verlaine was in the hotel, ordered two glasses of absinthe, saw the vision, saw the long-dead Rimbaud Verlaine : tell me, do you love me
Rimbaud: You know I like you very much, do you love me?
Verlaine: YES
Rimbaud: Put your hands on the table
Verlaine: What?
Rimbaud: Put your hands on the table, palms up
And this time, Verlaine has no ring in his hand.
Rimbaud found, found what he wanted to find, the place where the sea meets the sky, where the sun rises, what he said here is not anything else, but the sea, the day he met Verlaine, in fact, what he said , is Verlaine
Summary: This movie is completely about a poignant love story. Only Rimbaud understands Verlaine, and only Rimbaud understands Verlaine. They seem to be different, but apart from their appearance, their souls are actually very similar. In fact, the two are very similar to each other. Even if they are a person like Rimbaud, they also long for love, long for a love that belongs to themselves, hate being betrayed, and hate Verlaine's spiritual infidelity. I couldn't understand it in the early days. Looking back, There is nothing to understand, no matter how eccentric you are, you are still human. Since you are human, you must think logically according to human thinking. From a secular point of view, the story of Rimbaud and Verlaine seems to be an extramarital affair. If the most sincere love can be called an extramarital affair, I just want to ask, what is the combination of lack of understanding and entanglement for most people, most ordinary people? Prostitution? Or reproduce offspring? Just because the director didn't avoid suspicion, there are a lot of naked scenes in the play, so he was caught by some disgusting comrades? A female pervert insulted into a pure GV piece? No, please don't watch this movie, please? Indecent people are indecent in their eyes, and what you hide in your heart is only vulgarity
postscript:
I am envious, I could even say that I am jealous of Rimbaud and Verlaine, because in my eyes, love should be like this, it has to be like this.
what is love? If you want to say, I think anyone can say one or two, but I do believe that love is first of all understanding, you can understand him, and then tolerance
Understanding is basic understanding, but tolerance must be all inclusive. If you can't do it, you can't really accept it
Verlaine loves Rimbaud, love is cowardly and vulgar but eternal Rimbaud loves Verlaine, love is sharp, crazy and decisive
Afterword:
So do I praise the movie so much because I appreciate their character? no.
As I said earlier, Rimbaud is not recognized by the world, but why is Verlaine not?
It's just that he disguised his "Rimbert-like" heart
No matter what gorgeous coats they wear and what celebrity honors they wrap, I hope everyone can understand:
Verlaine is a scumbag, he is indeed an iron scumbag, but Rimbaud is also a scumbag, a scumbag of bad marriages,
But Rimbaud killed Matilde, but he also saved Verlaine
There are many things in the world that can't be both. If you can fulfill Matilde, you will lose Verlaine. If you succeed Verlaine, it will hurt Matilda.
Yes, this movie is a three-pointed view that goes against the norm, but I think,
Let everyone criticize the three views of this movie is not the purpose of the director to shoot him
The purpose of this film should be to make people reflect, what is love? And why love?
Please don't be lenient with Lan Lang just because he's good looking, and don't be rude to Verlaine just because he's ugly
One thing I hope everyone can understand is: In fact, apart from appearance, they have no two qualities in character.
This is the greatest respect for morality, and it is also the greatest respect for movies.
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