"Sex" is a monopolized power, especially in the game of unequal political status.
In the context of war and Nazism, prisoners of war were left to be played and entertained by officers. The weak will develop a sense of self-deception in the extreme predicament, while the powerful will be stimulated by this dangerous and violent sexual power to give pleasure and blessing. Control and anti-control, Max and Lucia slowly move towards false redemption.
Max very much enjoys the sense of asymmetry brought about by this difference in status, which can turn himself into a divine leader who can end the suffering of the other party at any time. In fact, the two are trapped together in the device of flesh and lust, and the original attack and violation have transformed into symbiosis and fusion.
This is also the reason why Max still seems to be unable to hold himself after reuniting. And Lucia, who has experienced physical and mental whiplash, has long turned those painful experiences into sexual arousal, and can get a lot of happiness from physical pain. At this time, the sexual subject is awakened, and this is just right.
Finally, at the rooftop Nazi party meeting, max reluctantly expressed his state of mind:
"Look, Bert.
If I choose to live like a-
like a church mouse,
I have a reason.
I have a reason
for working at night.
It's the light.
I have a sense of shame in the light."
He felt guilty for working at night. He is an elegant-looking, but often unnoticeable violent. They can also take care of the female tenant of the hotel, and have a normal friendship with her, exchanging secrets with each other.
Here max revealed that there is no romance between them, it is a biblical story, and the Bible is a story about redemption. In the concentration camp, he helped her deal with the prisoners who often harassed her, where he could establish himself as both the perpetrator of atrocities and the savior.
Combined with the previous analysis, a loose guess is that he should have a certain balance of the White Knight plot (The Balanced White Knight) in order to enjoy this false demand that does not break the balance.
And those who break the balance of the game are seen as interlopers and enemies.
When they meet again, they have lingering fears, conflict to giggles, and go crazy in sex.
Deliberately hurt myself with glass, joy, satisfaction.
And then in self-imprisonment, hungry and able to hug and have sex.
It's a self-protection mechanism, and pain is sweet to them. This biblical story, therefore, is not so pleasant.
This scene is very similar to the naughty and evil invitation of Anicée
The brief game of materialization is about to become eternity, until they walk out of the room and are shot on the bridge holding hands.
They are all guarding their broken souls.
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