As a Polish-French resident, Tarkovsky was destined to gradually collapse from the very beginning. Polanski is especially good at and happy to show the complex human nature, and the wrestling and alienation between people, which has been fully demonstrated in his debut novel "Water Knife". While continuing these elements, this film adds a lot of metaphorical symbols and elements of mysticism. While showing the tearing and loneliness in interpersonal relationships, it also focuses on portraying the psychology and transformation of the characters. An outside-in one-man show.
He lived in the house where the former tenant had just jumped off the building and committed suicide. The smashed glass roof had a hole downstairs. The house was dark and old, the landlord was serious and weird, and everything seemed gloomy and depressing, but he finally found it. house, as a poor boy from Poland, there is not much choice. For this reason, he even went to the hospital to visit Simon, the former resident who was covered in bandages and looked like a mummy. Whether he can live in this house depends on whether Simon is alive or dead. Then he met Simon's female friend (Adjani), and the two watched Bruce Lee's movies in the cinema. Under Adjani's secret teasing, the two had intimate contact, but they didn't stop there. At this point, a series of strange things began to appear around Tarkovsky. There is a strong contrast in the film that shows Tarkovsky's weak and introverted character. Tarkovsky invited many friends to his house as guests, but the uncle from the neighbor came to complain that they were too noisy. Facing the uncle's strong questioning, Tarkovsky just silently turned around and closed the door, and then let the friends Leaving.... But when he came to his friend's house as a guest, the friend played loud music. Facing the neighbor who came to give his opinion, the friend forcefully stunned the neighbor and left in embarrassment.. ..... A person's destiny, a person's living state and psychological state are inextricably linked with character. Even with his weak personality, as a newcomer, a Polish man, he is still as dazzling as a rebel. When I went downstairs with big bags and small bags of garbage, the peeling confetti that fell all the way disappeared when I came back. Slippers must be worn every night to reduce noise. Faced with a petition signed by his neighbors to expel a mother and son, he refused because he was not affected, for which he was threatened. In the coffee shop he can only buy Marlboro cigarettes forever. The home is visited by thieves but the landlord asks not to call the police, because calling the police will damage the reputation of the community. He suffered all the indifference and selfishness of his neighbors alone, and even with the tenderness of Adjani, he could not clear his inner anxiety. His character and identity made him unable to find a way out, which made his spirit begin to alienate, and how to integrate into this strange and malicious environment became an urgent problem to be solved. When he saw that the little boy by the lake had been helped by a strange woman, he stepped forward and slapped the boy angrily. He couldn't get anyone's help, so when he saw the same helpless as himself When people get help, they are angry. He began to understand why his previous tenant, Simon, committed suicide, and he began to feel that his neighbors wanted him to choose suicide like Simon. When he puts on the women's clothes that Simon left behind, it's his attempt to be submissive, and since you want me to repeat Simon's tragedy, I'll be her to your heart's content. At night, he sits in a dark home and looks out of the window. When he chose to jump off the building, everyone downstairs cheered, looked forward, and encouraged, like the audience watching a drama. No one persuaded him, enlightened him, and stopped him. The indifference of everyone was the driving force behind the scenes, and jumping off was the only ending of the show. When he fell bloody, all the neighbors turned into devilish faces and ruthless sneers in his eyes, when in fact they were just concerned about him. He was completely split and hallucinated, and the pursuit of identity and the dilemma of integrating into the group and maintaining himself made him completely out of control. The situation and alienation of man in the environment has no outlet in Polanski's eyes. Although the neighbors enthusiastically stepped forward to inquire and care about him after he jumped off the building, this tragedy was also caused by their indifferent egoism, and no one could be alone. Finally, he saw another self repeating his experience on the hospital bed, he screamed, nothing changed, everything was doomed, this new "self" would eventually be like himself and Simon. Under the gaze of everyone, he jumped down,
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