The Skin of My Living: When Science Meets Ethics

Doris 2022-03-24 09:01:43

The film "The Skin of My Dwelling", which is based on the novel "The Tarantula" by French writer Terry Rongue, has long been separated from the existing story of the original except for the adult and extreme themes of the novel. The plot, under the general framework of "a doctor's violence and vendetta", basically revolves around science, desire, and emotion to tell the plot. The multi-line narrative method and the soothing foundation make the whole story more suspenseful and less thrilling. As director Pedro Almodovar said, it is a "horror film without screams and shocks".



The background of the story is set in 2012. Coincidentally, I watched this film at the beginning of the new year in 2012, and the scientific issues involved in this film are also controversial topics that we often hear and see, such as sex reassignment surgery, human transgenic, The boundary between science and ethics, etc. Therefore, it is inevitable to carry some personal goods such as emotions when watching the film. Like all great discussions about science, this film comes to the same conclusion: the two sides of science. Science itself is always good, and its duality, the difference between good and bad, depends on its implementer, just as human beings discovered morphine for pain relief and anesthesia, but clinker was used for profit, making drugs a civilization. A major cancer of society. The selfish desires of human beings can never be figured out. The doctors in the film can be said to be highly skilled in medicine and work diligently for medical research. However, the premise of these sacrifices is undisputed legality only under the shackles of ethics and law. lead to the collapse of the moral and ethical bottom line.





The film has a strong expressionist style. Whether it is a full-fledged shooting scene or a well-crafted art prop, there is a touch of delicacy and delicacy of a literary film, coupled with Almodovar's familiar multi-line narrative method. , to make the whole story seem rhythmic and orderly. Audiences who like literary films can take a look. Friends who experience violent horror gimmicks are expected to be disappointed. The so-called heavy taste is just a selective comparison with other films. The male protagonist in the film is played by "Latin lover" Anthony Banderas. With his unsmiling expression and sometimes gentle and sometimes violent eyes, the interpretation of a paranoid scientific madman who loves deeply and cannot help himself is still high. In fact, Anthony Banderas is no stranger to the interpretation of such topics. His previous performance in "Original Sin" was more full and three-dimensional than this film. It seems that he is the spokesperson of half angel and half devil. Like it was made for him.





The sages once said: "Science is beautiful and belongs to the cause of the entire human race". The beauty of her is that she has opened the window of God for human beings more than once, seeing new roads and new landscapes, which is an invincible magic weapon that often makes human beings die and then live. However, the development of science is limited by various conditions, or lack of congenital conditions, or acquired rules and so on. But no matter what kind, the footsteps of science will always move forward in her inherent and lasting way, and what human beings have to think about is how to give people the bad side of human nature, such as selfish desires and ambitions, when science encounters human nature and ethics. Putting the reins on the Mustang is the key.

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The Skin I Live In quotes

  • Norma: Clothes make me feel claustrophobic. I wish I could stay naked all the time.

  • Vera Cruz: writing on the wall: I breathe. I breathe. I breathe. I know I breathe.