Seduction and Fall

Chandler 2022-03-21 09:02:47

Marcelo and his wife complement each other perfectly, precisely because of their willingness to degenerate before marriage - the husband indulges in the temptation of the old driver, the wife lingers on the sexual desire of the bad uncle...

If there is any metaphor worth pointing out here, it is the powerlessness and self-degeneration of the weak in the presence of the strong. However, when the "strong" side collapses, when Marcelo becomes a middle-aged man, the forced side It should be counterattack, isn't it?

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  • Marge 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The fascinating thing is that it has created an extremely complex male protagonist, a fascist who is erotic, fearful, cowardly, and overwhelmed - the fact that he does not identify with any kind of ism in his heart really affects his value. Judging by the old Catholic morality and ethics, by which he was bound, tortured, distorted, and turned around and disguised himself as an elite conforming to society in the cracks of history, and in Bertolucci's view, these two points may It is the hotbed of the birth of fascism: the lost traditional morality (a certain rupture in history? rebellion against patriarchy?) under the constant impact and fanatical transformation of the radical social system, has formed a historical two-way choice, "White Ribbon" "is also like this. Photography, color, scheduling, and framing (architecture) have an operatic feel, which is Bertolucci's work that established his personal style. [Supplement] The importance of the narrative structure of the film was ignored before, and the mental journey reflected by the flashback structure created suspense—rescuing or watching the death of a lover, and at the same time reshaped the gradually cowardly mental journey of the “contemporaries”—personal is also national history.

  • Torrey 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    The originally complicated political society and human nature made the director's tricks more elusive, complicated things more complicated, and the relationship logic that he didn't understand even more elusive. This is the trick of some famous directors. Everything is flat and perceptible, but everything only stays at the sensory level.

The Conformist quotes

  • Marcello: I'm going to build a life that's normal. I'm marrying a petty bourgeoise.

    Confessor: Then she must be a fine girl.

    Giulia: Speak out. Go ahead.

    Marcello: Mediocre. A mound of petty ideas. Full of petty ambitions. She's all bed and kitchen.

  • Confessor: The one thing you have to do is repent and humbly ask His pardon today.

    Marcello: I've already repented. I want to be excused by society. Yes. I want to confess today the sin I'll commit tomorrow. One sin atones for another. It is the price I must pay society. And I shall pay it.