Hollywood romance movies always have a fixed pattern, brought in from the most real real problems and out of the most impossible dreams, just like "Pretty Woman", a dramatic coincidence to a happy ending. The beauty is like a specimen in a glass jar, only for viewing. Under the influence of the left-wing ideological trend in the 1960s, "Feelings of the Past" broke the routine, and there were not so many happy fairy tales. After the tide receded, love was as naked as reality.
At the beginning of the film, a set of cut shots depicts the insurmountable gap between the hero and heroine. He is a handsome and handsome young man from a wealthy family, and a man of interest on campus; she is a commoner girl with messy curly hair who works everywhere to earn tuition. He calmly enjoys all the blessings that fate has bestowed on him, and his motto in life is to live a simple and easy life; she is like a savage little beast, her nerves are always on a rampage. He silently pays attention to the not-so-cute, teased her, captivated by the vigor she exudes; she calls him a "beautiful young American," sarcastically, but for his charisma and talent convinced.
A cynic, a radical; a reality, an ideal. They understood the gap from beginning to end. He hesitated at the beginning and wanted to give up in the middle, but she went all out to maintain this love. The result of seeking common ground while reserving differences is her constant compromise, integration into his circle, no longer talking about her own ideas, and washing her hands as soup. Her only dream is to go to France together and support him to become a writer, instead of wasting her talent in Hollywood. When her dream shattered, she just swallowed her loss silently.
They did love each other deeply, but under the weight of McCarthyism, their differences became increasingly irreconcilable. Love has no class, but a lover does, and her resistance caused a fierce conflict between them. Her noble personality and steadfastness to her convictions made his escape seem humble. After the unyielding soul awakened, Cinderella left the prince, and this love finally came to its doomed ending.
Love is very fragile, and the lasting banquet must be separated eventually. Two people can only walk together for one journey, and the only one journey can not escape the change of seasons. Love is very tenacious, and it runs through life like a long stream of water. Seeing each other after many years will still make people tearful.
He was living the life he wanted, being a mediocre successful person, and she was still fighting in the streets, teasing that she was losing all the time, but she could afford to lose. People who love each other cross the crowd and hug each other, but have to return to the crowd again and embark on a completely different path. The hazy love like a watercolor painting can only be sealed as a memory of past feelings, and they will be cherished for the rest of their lives.
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