This is the most dramatic scene in Lust, Caution. Zhang Ailing's version is more tense, with all the changes happening at that moment. And Ang Lee's camera has been chasing the girl, telling a more complete story behind the transformation.
This is a lonely child, her mother died, her father abandoned her and took her younger brother to England, and got married again, with no relatives by her side. When she went to Hong Kong with the university, it was the first time she saw the energetic and enthusiastic revolutionary youth. Their enthusiasm attracted her, and of course the handsome and heroic boy. She joined them in a play and raised funds for the war. Her poised, emotionally successful performance catapulted her into her inner circle. Naturally, she was part of their mission to assassinate the spy chief. Moreover, she is smart and quickly takes on the burden of the protagonist.
Before it could be executed, the spy moved to Shanghai. She sacrificed her virginity and hated people for nothing. Not only that, when the group decided to seduce her, they never asked her if she was willing, including Kuang Yumin, who attracted her into this group, but when others notified her, they gave her a vague back of smoking. .
It wasn't over yet, they slapped a thug in front of her with a knife to blackmail them. She couldn't stand that scene. She is sentimental, she sees the common people being bullied by the Japanese and her eyes are red, and when she watches a movie, she can't stand the scene of murder.
During the three years apart, she lived a life of living alone in Shanghai. She "felt more and more empty", too empty to endure a humiliating Japanese class in order to go to school, with a blank expression and fluttering hair.
On this occasion, it was the same boy who came to her again. They had a relationship with people in Chongqing, and they wanted to restart the plan to assassinate the spy.
How could she not agree? At least, that gave her life meaning.
The seduction of Mr. Yi, the spy chief, was successful and painful.
The first sex can only be sex without love, she endured humiliation and pain but there was an almost imperceptible smile on the corner of her mouth, because, he was hooked.
The second sex was more like a fight between a hunter and a beast. Although she resisted and gloomy, she finally embraced the man who was on guard in a strange posture. Because only by letting him trust her can she save her life and have a chance to start.
The third sex can finally be said to be a little bit of love. He likes this woman who never asks him about his job. This woman makes him feel that he is simply needed as a man. This makes him feel that he is not cold. a killing machine, but a woman who is still breathing, alive, and able to love. He finally hugged her tightly. But she shed tears. Such a relationship made her heartbroken, how could she love him in order to kill him? The plastic rose inserted in the heart is really about to send out green leaves and delicate flowers. But those new thorns are stuck in my heart one by one.
She cried out to the "organization" for help. She couldn't stand the man who was going to kill and kept digging into her heart. She hoped that the plan would be implemented quickly. But Mr. Wu, who burned the letter she sent to her father, ignored her torture at all, and just said a little hysterically that his wife and children were killed by the traitor. With him, intelligence is more important than people.
The fourth date didn't show us "sex". Mr. Yi, who put down his body and was willing to wait for her in the restaurant, let her lie down in his arms, and she finally saw his smile. In the long assassination operation that does not know when it will end, she can only continue to play her role. What he didn't expect was that a song from Tianya Singer actually made him cry. She didn't know: he put this woman into his heart at this moment, and she was his only warmth in a life without a future.
Then came the crucial scene and the doomed ending.
Mr. Yi who escaped and his colleagues who ran away made her feel that the streets were empty, and she couldn't even call a rickshaw. She simply looked at the window of three or two stores. "The car is like flowing water, and the pedestrians on the road are separated from her by a layer of glass, just as unreachable as the wooden beauty in the fur coat and the bat-sleeved silver dress in the window display, and as leisurely as them, only she is the only one. People are panicked and locked outside."
Finally called a rickshaw, but was still stopped in the circle, she calmly took out the medicine from the collar of her coat, thinking that in this battle, someone finally cared about it. Her moment, she can only get this little?
Having failed to commit suicide, she knelt under the gun, looked at her classmates, and recalled the moment she stood on the stage that afternoon when the assassination plan was first discussed. She wished nothing had happened.
Although a lot of plots have been added, Ang Lee's story is not much different from the original. Some people say that the original exposes men more thoroughly and depicts them more ruthlessly. I disagree with this statement. In the novel, Mr. Yi has always been relatively vague, a bit like the background, and it didn't surface until Wang Jiazhi was captured, but it was a large psychological description of him all at once. He felt that "she still really loves him and is the first confidant in his life." He even thought about "keep her by his side", but "it was a last resort", for fear of being "discovered that the guest of Yi Mansion was an assassin." eyeliner". He also thought: "Have a confidant and die without regret. He feels that her shadow will always rely on him and comfort him." She "was born to him, and died to his ghost." He played cards with wives." Amidst the roar of laughter, he quietly walked out."
Who can say that "confidant" is a word without weight? How many men can keep a woman in their hearts for a lifetime until they become ghosts? What Zhang Ailing showed us was clearly a sad figure, but Li An let us see - his red eyes.
The biggest change seems to be that Li An didn't put this paragraph in: "Even when I think about it now, I still feel like I was pricked with a needle, and I immediately saw those people looking at her with hateful eyes, with a knowing smile. , including Kwong Yumin." Li An was still warmer than Zhang Ailing.
Besides Wang Jiazhi, she grew up in loneliness and craved warmth. In her experience with men, she has always been eager to find meaning beyond being used. She can even hug the Liang Runsheng that she hates during sex, she wants to lie to herself and fantasize about other connotations. A sense of justice is part of the strength that supports her sacrifice, and the pursuit of meaning in life also drives her forward. Of course, there is also Kwong Yumin, a woman, who is always so stupid that her mind is affected by love. It is a pity that she is not only sentimental, but also does not have the time and opportunity for her to receive professional training. If there is training, maybe she can really think about whether she is suitable for such a job, and maybe she can find more motivation to complete the task. But if it wasn't for her pure and sentimental eyes, would she be able to deceive the old spy? Will she also fail to succeed like the previous two female colleagues? Coincidence, this is fate. But it is too unfair to count the whole tragedy on Wang Jiazhi alone.
Let's talk about actors. Tang Wei's Wang Jiazhi was speechless, not a single shot was a failure. Ang Lee is ruthless enough, with so many facial close-ups, when he is an actor, he is exhausted.
Liang Chaowei is also very good. Before watching the film, I was worried that he was not ruthless and black enough, so he became another Japanese puppet culture minister Zhang Nengcai. Fortunately, he can make people cold. The only thing I owe is that he is not lustful enough. Zhang Ailing's works and the lines of the movie all say that Mr. Yi is an old lecher. Although Tony Leung has already restrained the electric eye very well, if you can add a little bit of Li Meiting's color in "Besieged City", then this role will be played perfectly. However, this role Ge Ye should be even less able to play. I can hardly imagine that he can completely let go of those bed scenes. Sex scenes are a must, can you expect seduction to be pure? And the relationship between the two people needs to be reflected by bed scenes.
Wang Leehom's performance is not satisfactory. The key point is that he failed to play Kuang Yumin's extreme side by hatred, which is the introduction of the whole story. Of course, there are always 75 points, but in a 95-point movie, it would be too conspicuous.
Can anyone tell me what the lipstick on those three cups means? And the names of two Hollywood movies? Detail freak Ang Lee won't have any random shots.
Girls and women, put on high heels and long skirts to watch this movie. When you leave the theater, you will hear the lingering and depressing theme song in the crisp high heels and the fallen leaves.
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