"Fatal Attraction": Spring Night is worth a life

Raina 2022-03-23 09:01:55

I remember seeing an article shared in school, "Extramarital affairs often start with a small favor and a cup of coffee."

Long weekends, good wives go out, sparse rainy days, "single" men and women with successful careers. A humorous and wise man sitting in a cafe for shelter from the rain, not a charming but attractive mature woman. In this way, after meeting only two times and chatting for a few words, this woman named Alex took her charming eyes, and the corners of her mouth were lightly cut and said: "Obviously, we are attracted to each other... We are both Adults."

Thinking of what Chandler said in "Friends": "The erotic tension at that time was on the verge of breaking out~!"

So the next thing, you know~

For those sisters who regard ONS as love, lingering The tenderness at times, the wildness at times of passion, accompanied by scenes such as intimacy between lovers, and the warmth of family harmony, will make them fall into the bottomless pit of feelings. She said: "Many men would walk away from my suicide, but you stayed to take care of me and stay with me all night. There must be a reason for that." Why? Of course she thought this man cared about her and loved her.

And let's take a look at the reaction of this man named Dan. The unease after betrayal, the attachment when calling his wife, the relief of hearing his daughter's voice - he has a kind of happiness that he didn't find out when he did something wrong, and regret that he wanted to get rid of his sins in time. For a while, I was confused by Wenrou Township, but what I didn't expect was the price of not wanting to relive the old dream.

Everyone knows that what a man covets is nothing more than a passing moment. The seemingly harmonious but boring married life makes them occasionally think a little bit and throw a small anchor. After the passion, I still want to return to a normal and stable life. From this point of view, Dan is a smart man, much smarter than those men who have emotional entanglements with Xiao San.

The bad is bad because the object of your ONS is a difficult mistress. The initial tenderness has been broken. From the first conversation, to the phone harassment, the visit, kidnapping, murder, fake pregnancy, and even cooking the poor one white rabbit. This series of extreme behaviors shows how crazy a woman can be in love and how piercing she can be in hatred. Her savage incursions, by the end, have turned into obfuscating her place in the triangle. Therefore, rather than saying that the woman played by Glenn Close is annoying in the entanglement and destruction, it is better to say that the audience and the media really regard her as the most hated character because she destroyed an originally harmonious family. , so that the originally strong family fortress almost collapsed and fell apart.

If the content in the film discusses the moral aspect, especially if it is labeled as ethics, even if it is not a good film, it can be given a high score. Because we like to criticize a certain behavior through movies, or it is because of a certain ideology instilled. Even more so for family ethics films!

But the director used the evil of a third party to cover up the fact that the man was at fault first. Interspersed with Hollywood-style humor, the presentation of a harmonious family, and the ubiquitous humanistic taste, to weaken the mistakes of the male protagonist, and even we were almost assimilated to have the same fluke mentality as him, to escape this morality of heart and behavior. Sanctions. On the contrary, her deep hatred for the little girl was intensified by her crazy actions, and she was even more disgusted.

Is this a critique or sympathy? In other words, is it a warning to men and women who are about to cheat with thieves and courage?

Finally, I want to say something about the famous bathroom murder. From the warm beginning to the terrifying ending, Adrian Lane has a scheming step-by-step approach, interpreting this narrative with ease. I have to admit that my heart almost popped into my throat when I watched the last paragraph. The faucet, the bathtub, the running water, the mirror, the steam-filled bathroom, and the ubiquitous close-up of still lifes create a terrifying atmosphere of stillness. Just like Hitchcock once said: "The most terrifying thing is not what is about to happen, but the process waiting to happen." Including the moment when the heroine appeared with a sharp knife, the close-up of stabbing on herself, the point of the second female lead Yea, everything looks a lot like Hitchcock's Psycho. There was no sound before the incident, and the sharp music that suddenly accompanied the incident was horrifying. Only a skilled director can create such an atmosphere. For that alone, Adrian Lane has won me over, ignore his occasional shallowness for a moment.

If Glenn Close, who was 40 years old, did not win the most noble heroine statue, at least he was fully qualified to use the role of the protagonist to make a female supporting role. But this bead has not been picked up until now, which is a pity.

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Fatal Attraction quotes

  • Alex Forrest: You're here with a strange girl being a naughty boy.

    Dan Gallagher: I don't think having dinner with anybody's a crime.

    Alex Forrest: Not yet.

  • Dan Gallagher: [to Alex] This has got to stop.