The purity and innocence of "Bitter Moon" reminds me of "Seventy Years Back in Time". Compared to today, that kind of love that seems a little naive but pure and pure has almost disappeared, replaced by a cunning and smooth cynicism and speculation. It seems to be too heavy to say, but it is not at all. Right and wrong are clearly demarcated, and no matter how close the two sides of the demarcation line are, they will never be close to each other.
It is precisely because love is pure, so when love is swallowed by greedy desire, it is even more shocking. What kind of desire is reasonable and what kind of desire is greedy, the film ends with the greedy suicide, Nigel and Fiona embracing like a nightmare, as if to provide the answer to the question, but in fact it does not. no.
The film may have obvious traces of moral judgment because of the filming years. Nigel has always stood on the decency position against Oscar in the process of listening to the story. However, what is striking is that when the surging lust or When it is presented to us through images or narration, the moral standard is completely replaced by beauty. I'm not sure whether it can be called laudatory, but at least, what the image or narration shows is the pure lust itself. In contrast, today's erotic films are shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere. Before eroticism has been "banned" by value judgments, it has lost the possibility of being discussed in the language of images. Video expression should be open, and "Bitter Moon" is a successful example in this regard.
Or the previous question, what kind of desire is reasonable and what kind of desire is greedy? Vitas in Opera 2 was rejected by his lover, and the burst of repressed desire shattered the fish tank filled with water. In "Days on the Clouds", Silvano limited love to a person's heart. But how can we tell who has gone to extremes and who can keep "sexual perversions" out of the door forever? What is the definition of "sexual perversion"? I've never been skeptical about this. Is the definition of "sexual perversion" becoming more ambiguous as more magazines and TV shows begin to explore the skills of a rich and perfect sex life?
However, we assume that the so-called "perversion" does not exist, and the problem still ensues. The result of greed is chasing, but the result of chasing is boredom. Tired Oscar begins to worship freedom, and the condition for freedom is to cruelly abandon Mimi. The crescent moon outside the machine window in Mimi's eyes is the beginning of freedom for Oscar, but it also hints at the fate of the two. It is like the dark moon accompanied by the ghostly music in "27 Lost Kisses". Generally bitter, and a little scary. It is that mysterious desire that seems to be beyond our comprehension.
Mimi returned to Oscar and turned love into a bewildering "hate". What tortured Oscar was still the never-ending lust, and at the same time it seemed so legitimate. When Oscar shoots Mimi and kills himself, the theme of lust disappears. But when the ending song plays, it rolls in again, taking over your brain and giving you a convulsion.
Watching this movie, there is a feeling of being overwhelmed. The movie friend said she didn't like the movie, but I was completely fascinated by the shocking power of the movie. Thinking is the best time to be charmed, not to mention that spasms are already a physical reaction, and seeking to restore balance must require thinking. My thinking is fruitless, so I don't know when the physical balance will be achieved. I'd love to have a brush with death in order to gain enlightenment and maybe get another look.
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