If this film hadn't been made by him, I don't think it would have had such a great charm. He perfectly interprets such a bohemian yet satirical, contradictory and painful character.
At the end of the film, the deep repeats do you like me now over and over again? do you like me now? At the beginning of the film, he said lightly, "You will not like me." "l do not want you to like me"
His contradictions are always so strong. He is lonely and wants to be understood by others.
He said his wife was "a flashy female monkey, complacent about the beauty of the cage."
He said, "I am a cynic of the golden age," and with his cynicism about the world, he mocked God. But he is also inseparable from such a promiscuous life. Maybe in such a society, what he does is the same. But in fact, he didn't dare to face life at all.
He said his body couldn't take more and the stage was his only stimulant. The stage can express reality. Then, in contrast, what does the world outside of the stage represent?
There was so much obscenity around him, and he dared to use the stage to express this obscene reality to mock the ruler. And say to the ruler, "This is the best circumstantial evidence of your rule."
Plus, I don't know why he ended up showing up at Charles II's party to help him out of trouble. With white powder on his face and a strange mask on his nose, he stood in front of these nobles who were indulging in extravagant lives. . . His behavior this time was uncharacteristic. What is he repenting of?
There is also a little white-faced figure who seems to have a comrade relationship with him, and his death is also a bit unclear.
Some people say it's a bad movie, that it's almost pornographic, that the story doesn't have a good plot.
But I think it's a kind of biographical film. It's talking about a man, Johnny Wilmot. In this regard, the character portrayed in this film is already in place.
This film has a certain connotation, but it is not taboo to talk about a lot of issues. He has too many complexities and contradictions. Reveals too many human traits. At the same time, it also revealed the historical problems of many times.
Actually it says something very heavy. . .
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