For a long time, the impression of Dou Sen remained in Loki and interviews. I never thought that this movie was the first work to understand Dou Sen apart from Marvel.
In terms of content, this story is not new, at least not in line with the curiosity of most people seeking novelty. However, this movie uses almost the most beautiful and elegant service, and it also gives too many directors' usual aesthetic elements, as well as outstanding performances by actors.
What fascinates me is another faint story behind the story, like a huge iceberg under the calm sea.
Dou Sen's own elegance and gentleman temperament are really suitable for the male protagonist's aristocratic status, and his gestures are very consistent, so it is easy to enter the scene.
The first part was very artistic and the latter part suddenly became weird. Thomas' psychology and even his eyes changed very well. Obedience, dependence and cowardice towards my sister, to change and passing away with the wind, the degree of completion is also very high.
Especially in the situation where the hairstyle is almost the same as that of Loki ("Thor 1") (both hair is combed back), there is no restriction, and the transformation of roles does not depend on clothing, makeup and styling. The same body contains different souls. , It can be seen that the actors are deliberate about the role.
Outside of Loki, I met Dou Sen again. So from the line of Thomas' changes, to record the impression of this movie.
It's a bit long (in order to see the details, I watched this movie 3 times...) To be honest, and to say it boldly, I think it's okay to think that the ghosts part is not necessary. In contrast, the atmosphere is more terrifying. If there are more clues, it may be better to get rid of the cocoon.
After all, human hearts are more terrifying than ghosts.
At the beginning of the story, there are many metaphors.
For example, when the heroine's manuscript talks about ghosts, she said it actually represents the past. On the night that she stayed at the post office, she also said that Thomas "you are always looking back at the past." The ghosts have been entangled in the old house, which is also Thomas' past.
【Front Fragrance】
Thomas came in carrying the box, saw the heroine's manuscript, praised the other party, and proceeded to talk. He doesn’t know the identity of the heroine (he has already targeted him, Dr. Allen’s sister), maybe out of habit and politeness, or he really likes this theme, because he is mentioned at least 4 times in the whole movie. After reading the manuscript (in the park; before leaving the United States, he said that he would send it back the next day; in the post office room, he said that he liked and paid attention to the story and did not need to act on the scene at that time)
When the heroine's father introduced this to his daughter, Thomas' eyes were obviously different, a flash of astonishment and surprise, and then he concealed the past.
This is his fourth promotion, London, Edinburgh, Milan, the fourth stop, the United States, still returned without success.
He needs a good result, so on rainy night, until the heroine's father left home, he didn't go into the heroine's house, using skillful tricks and affectionate words and eyes, approaching the heroine, hoping to start from here.
From the following plot, he also personally poisoned the hostess and served her tea to drink it can be seen [At this time, he has no affection for the hostess]. Why Thomas suddenly changed his target? I guess it might be that he vaguely felt that the heroine was different from others (when the heroine sent the manuscript and met the doctor's family on the stairs, it can be seen that the heroine is indeed different from "mainstream women". ).
After the waltz dance, the heroine has already secretly promised (it is said that at the shooting site, after the waltz dance was filmed, the candle did not go out.
Lucille was very displeased when he saw his brother change his dance partner temporarily. In the park, I told my brother, "I don't think she is a suitable candidate, she is too young, just a child." The child is "difficult" because it is impossible to estimate what she will do, which is completely different from the targets they had previously targeted. At this time Thomas's tone is still calculated-"You better hope I don't miss it."
Thomas (the first time) and his sister want to come to the ring, but the behavior is a deep sense of routine, as skilled as they have done it many times.
In the passage on the stairs, I thought it was Thomas’ current view of the heroine, just like darkness and jealousy of the light. To Thomas, who was unhappy from an early age, the heroine is a "spoiled child", moaning and living without illness. In the greenhouse, there are written pains and tortures that have never been experienced.
Before speaking, he even lowered his head and took a deep breath. It was not because he was unbearable to "talk" to the heroine next, but because the passage he was about to say, to some extent, he needed to face himself directly. At the bottom of my heart, the accusations that he had deliberately suppressed and did not think about. What he said about loss, desire, life pain, and love torture all corresponded to his past one by one.
After he finished speaking, there were faint tears, and he looked up at his sister in the gloom.
When I saw this for the first time, Thomas said that the hostess was looking forward to saving a good person and a pure soul and caring for a wounded bird. He felt that he was talking about himself. As you can see from the plot, his hands are still clean now (Lucille said you should do it this time, and your hands should be dirty), but he yearns for freedom, but is stifled by his sister again and again. Rather than mocking the heroine, I was actually mocking myself here-looking forward to the extravagant hope of someone coming to pull oneself out of the darkness, and flying away from the muddy extravagance.
After this whole passage, I was already immersed in my own world, whether it was the heroine or him, persuading the heroine, or persuading myself.
At this time, he had long felt that no one could save himself. It was not until later that he really fell in love with the heroine and rekindled the idea of "freedom."
【Zhongxiang】
When Thomas and the heroine return to the villa, the story really begins.
In the United States, Thomas and Lucille separated and went back to the villa respectively (Lucille left the United States first after killing the heroine's father, while Thomas stayed and attended the heroine's father's funeral before leaving)
It’s worth noting that Thomas and Lucille’s attitude towards meeting and the strength of the hug after they parted. His tone of "Lucille" was very affectionate and full of dependence, as if a whisper from the bottom of his heart. This moment was like leaving his mother. After many days, he finally returned to the child who was familiar with the embrace.
There is no doubt that they are each other's medicine and depend on each other for survival.
After hugging for a long time, Thomas was completely immersed in it. Until Lucille greeted the hostess, Thomas opened his eyes and woke up, returning to the state of chattering like a child and introducing the castle.
From a young boy to a charming adult man.
When the hostess asked Lucille for the key, Thomas stared at her a bit darkly behind the hostess, until the hostess turned around, he restrained and laughed. Thomas was not bad at heart. When they talked about the dog, Thomas said that he was self-defeating outside. Obviously he was not bloodthirsty, but he didn't think his sister was at fault.
Thomas, who added poison to the heroine's tea and served her to drink [have not fallen in love with the heroine at this time], is just a tool for "money". And Lucille asked "Why did you choose her?" This question, I don't think Thomas has a specific answer at this time.
The hostess felt that the tea was a bit bitter, and Thomas laughed at herself, "This land cannot grow gentle things" (gentle also means noble) "It must be a little bitter to prevent it from being swallowed." Many lines in the movie seem to be meaningful. The hostess came from the upper class to a declining noble. For a long time, most of what she experienced was "sweet", but the "bitter" she tasted for the first time has always been Thomas's normal state.
Thomas said that "this land" has no residents for a few miles. They are here, even if they are suffering, they still have to try their best to survive, but even so, their lives are like the whole house, sinking uncontrollably. Like a cage, but also like destiny.
Thomas has left many times, but he can't do anything about it.
【Houxiang】
Thomas' emotional shift in the studio.
He found the answer and understood why he was desperate to change the target-the heroine is different from everyone else, and this "difference" is inexplicably attractive to him.
The most obvious contrast is when he waltzed, Thomas said, "If there is something that makes me feel uncomfortable, I just close my eyes and don’t look at it, everything will get better", while the hostess said, "I don’t want to close my eyes. I want to keep my eyes open."
Compared with Thomas’ cowardice, dependence on and control of his sister, the hostess is much braver than him (for example, he never thought of taking the key from his sister, but acquiesced and obeyed his sister in charge of everything. After passing through the studio, he I will tell my sister to give the key to the butler and let him fetch the coal. Lucille’s consternation probably also shows that Thomas has not said anything similar before)
He had always been living in the dark, if he hadn't met the heroine, the fourth woman would be no different from the previous three. He struggled to get out of the mud, but fell back to where he was again and again, sinking deeper.
Until I met the heroine, like a blind person, he saw the light at first glance. The dazzling light made him resist, but the warmth made him feel close.
Thomas showed his works to the heroine, and maybe apart from his sister's happiness with the trinkets he made, the heroine was the first to become interested in his works and sincerely praised him.
In the studio, Thomas looked at the hostess's eyes. I think he is really tempted by this.
"You're so different." These words are what Thomas said unconsciously.
Kissing is no longer because of "work needs to be played on the spot", but because of real affection. But his sister's "shock" towards him was still there, so when he heard his sister walking towards the studio, Thomas froze immediately, and the look in his sister's eyes was alert.
After he injured his hand, he was very disappointed. It is also the first time to regret bringing the heroine here (this is the difference between love and not love, he did not fall in love with the heroine before), he feels that he is a waste, and it is not worth it for the heroine. The heroine said, "You are everything to me," which made Thomas less discouraged, but he still didn't really have the courage.
The only change is that when the hostess was talking to Lucille, he mostly ignored or looked at the hostess (to fight with his sister), but after the studio, his eyes were fixed on his sister (protection The attitude of the heroine)
When Lucille said, "This is your home now, you have no other place to go", this sentence was also spoken to Thomas.
Thomas' second transition, the night he spent the night at the post office.
The heroine mentioned that the role of the story will make their own choices instead of relying on the author's subjective decision. In his relationship with his sister, although the two depend on each other for survival, Thomas lives under the control of his sister, like a marionette.
The words of the heroine now make Thomas thoughtful.
The person who can truly control one's own destiny, make changes, and decide what to become is one's own "choice", not others.
What shakes Thomas is the heroine's "courage" (although a bit stupid) to come here, as well as the "leaving" and "freedom" to lure Thomas again.
Thomas finally made up his mind to change and completed the last transition of the role.
Although he still has "fear" of his sister (after the machine was running, he wanted to share it with the hostess, but he immediately changed his mind amidst the displeasure of the hostess, and when he told the hostess not to drink tea, he looked worriedly in the direction where his sister was leaving), but he There were some "blocking" behaviors at the beginning.
There are two places in the movie Lucille turned Thomas’ face to him. One was when Thomas added poison to the teapot, which was obedient at the time; the other was here, at the piano. Thomas was no longer afraid of his consequences, chanting like a spell. " Never separate", and when facing his sister’s loss of control, he asked the other person to ensure that "you will not leave me." Thomas retreated and resisted. What he said was not "I won't leave you" but "I can't." Second, to comfort my sister and remind myself.
It is not easy for Thomas to leave his sister.
Thomas and Lucille’s relationship is very complicated. In the growing environment, Lucille regarded the "perfect" brother as the only possession, possessive, possessive, protective, and erotic towards him (so I learned that they were in the post office). After a night of anger, because none of the women had sex with Thomas before). And their mother, probably because of knowing this kind of relationship, incurred the scourge (Lucille mentioned that in the last words of her mother's death, they were all monsters)
Thomas has always been the protected party. Whether he was beaten when he was a child, or he grew up with various crimes, in his world, there has always been only his sister. His dependence on his sister is more similar to the attachment of a baby to his mother (this is Why does Lucille still sing a lullaby when they are dating, and Thomas has no lust on his face, which is completely different from that night at the post office.) Sometimes, the little boy inside Thomas has never grown up.
Thomas wants to find a balance in the whole thing (perhaps as he said, the mine resumes mining, they don't need to repeat such crimes), he is not to leave his sister, but to stop her, but it is useless.
Thomas changed camp and wanted to help Edith and Allen to leave, but it did not mean abandoning his sister, but decided to break everything and the relationship. Things had turned around, but he confessed that he fell in love with Edith and was the last straw to crush Lucille.
Love is involuntary, but his love for Edith is completely different from his love for his sister.
Lucille pierced the knife frantically, and he didn't resist. At the end of his life, he whispered "Lucille" from the bottom of his throat, trying to reach out to touch his sister, with bleeding and tears in his eyes, no fear or hatred, but still deep attachment and reluctance.
After all, for so many years, the embrace of the United States from a brief separation to a reunion is as close as it was lost and regained, regardless of the farewell in front of us.
He was finally able to leave this cage without worry, free.
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