If the shepherds were not relentless, maybe there would be no Oedipus; if the daughter of Pharaoh was not a coincidence, maybe there would be no Moses... If it wasn't full of accidental fate, maybe Thomas would not have picked this up A child floating down the water in a cradle - Teresa. Metaphors are fatal. At least kill them both.
In response to this imagery that recurs throughout the book, the film constructs the original scene of the swimming pool. When Teresa was in a low mood or was in a nightmare, she would always appear floating in the water with her back on her back, hanging in the air, not up or down, up or down. Also, the first time Thomas met Teresa, she swam down the water. It was his destiny, and it was her destiny.
Girls who read this book say: I don't like Teresa, she puts herself too low; I like dashing Sabina.
In fact, at least from a literary point of view, Teresa is a very full-bodied character. If you noticed that when she went to seek refuge with Thomas, her heavy suitcase at the train station - that was her last insistence, and she did not have any reservations (unfortunately the movie omitted this detail). If you remember how her mother tortured her, you'd know that it wasn't so much that she went to Thomas for love, it was the ultimate gamble of her life. - She desperately wanted to escape the town, she was afraid of being her mother - from a beautiful woman to a desperate vulgar woman. She loved her mother, feared her mother, hated her mother, so to speak, her mother left such a deep mark on her life that she never came out of her life (but the movie cuts it all, very important episode). If you remember, she held the injured crow in her arms, and you'll see why Thomas couldn't help himself. If you remember how she bravely rushed to the front line when Russia invaded the Czech Republic, she took a group of thrilling photos with the impulse of her life; she had no way to make a living by taking cacti at such a moment. ...Yes, besides Thomas, she still has herself, and, for this "lowly" self, she has fallen into an endless abyss. She said to Thomas: Life is so heavy for me and so light for you. Yes, her life is too heavy. He was so overwhelmed that he couldn't breathe, and even caught Thomas' life.
Sabina's Bowler Hat: Lust and Dim
Sabina is a portia girl, her only belief is betrayal, betrayal. She is afraid of all kitsch. She likes Thomas because she is the sworn enemy of kitsch. She lives in the clouds, but is in danger of falling at any time.
Her most beautiful image is undoubtedly the bowler hat passed down to him by her grandfather. This is the tacit understanding between her and Thomas. Thomas knew her, so he knew the weight of the hat. Perhaps what this hat carries is her inner peace, the feeling of being steadfast on the ground. Completely different from her rebellious appearance. It doesn't matter, it's just her mask. And Franz loves her mask. He worships her as a goddess. He envied her lightness. However, he didn't understand her dark humor, and when she saw her wearing this black bowler hat, he was dazed, so Sabina finally abandoned him. The most touching scene is that in a foreign country (they fled to Geneva), when Thomas entered the door, she was wearing this top hat for the first time, and the movie was dealt with, when they exchanged greetings, get ready. When he left, he looked back and saw her staring straight at him in a top hat, so he stayed. At this moment, there really is a feeling of "this situation can be reminisced, but it has been lost at that time". The once chaotic love and crazy games have condensed into the infinite desolation of encountering old people in a foreign land at this moment.
In the end, Sabina went to the United States. Although she deliberately concealed her identity as a Czech, life always made fun of her. In the past, foreigners sympathized with her motherland and bought her paintings. Now, she is a pair of old people. 's darlings, specializing in painting for them.
It's like another joke life played on her: when she suddenly found out that maybe Franz was not as bad as she thought, maybe she could settle down, she couldn't go back. She was destined to live an unbearably light life.
Maybe Thomas, maybe Franz - an intellectual position
(to be continued...)
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