What a death...

I have feelings for Almodovar, probably because his film screens are very similar to paintings, and each of his films has a significant reference to the development of interior decoration... But Huang Boxue has always told me that he thinks Modova is Spain’s Zhang Yimou, of course, just jokingly referring to his position. The shot of Zhang Yimou with a few pieces of torn red and blue cloth, torn trees and leaves...

Compared with his other works, "The Skin of My Living" is Almodovar's most straightforward statement. It is precisely because of his straightforwardness that he throws all the events in front of the camera, thus presenting the most cruel state. The role of the film's time sequence is accurate. This segmented time model is regarded as a gimmick or a mysterious surface model by many films, and the combination of application and content in the skin of my habitat is an accurate model. The lust of the present tense, the revenge of the past tense, the gender transition process of the past tense, the love of the past tense builds trust, and the trigger point of the present tense leads to irreversible results. There is an important dividing point here when Robert and Vera are lying in bed after negotiating to delay sex. The Vera that Robert is facing no longer has Vincent's shadow. This is a kind of acceptance, but in emotional acceptance. The expression of the movie is divided into the overall time structure of the film, and the following narration becomes significant.

Revenge, sex change, and death of a wife, these three elements are generally handled in ordinary movies to balance their states, while Almodovar seeks a state that is about to be out of balance. The viewer is in the midst of dangling about to fall and rebirth. As a result, a certain degree of comfort can be achieved whether it is a fall or a rebirth. These three elements are intertwined, and the cruel heart is revealed, and Vincent's rape of Robert's daughter is actually nothing. This gave all Robert's behaviors the title of injustice. This injustice reveals the pressure of power and the selfish desire to miss his deceased wife. The character mother (servant) once emphasized to Robert in the first half of the film that his plastic surgery is too similar to his dead wife, and this behavior will bring disaster.

Disaster is not death, it is the desire for immortality. Only desire can cause cruelty.
If compared with the naked revenge of "Old Boy", the power of "The Skin of My Habitat" will even overwhelm the damage caused by inner metamorphosis and evolve into purgatory.

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