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There is a classic scene in the Mirror movie when Kristen reunites with her childhood sweetheart Viscount, and when she is getting dressed up to meet him, she suddenly hears the voice of The Phantom of the Opera. She longed to see The Phantom of the Opera in person, and when she turned around, she saw him in the mirror, and their shadows overlapped. Such a picture represents the Phantom of the Opera. In fact, her heart is longing for music and an idealized world. The Phantom of the Opera is in her heart and is the purest pursuit. The "Phantom of the Opera" sings "Stay away from the numb, indifferent world (day), come to a world where everyone respects music, close your eyes and surrender to the darkest dreams, wash away the thoughts of the past, and let the soul fly freely." In fact, it is a state that people who value the inner world look forward to most, forgetting things. Christine lost her father at the age of seven in reality, and has been an inconspicuous backup girl since then. Even if this performance is successful, it will only become a new cash cow. The thunderous applause from the audience is for her. The sound of nature, or because of her beauty? And the Viscount also walked past her before her performance without recognizing the old man. When she stood in the spotlight with exquisite makeup and noble clothes, he suddenly looked back. He was also a part of the world. Christine values ideals more than reality, so after success, she hopes to retreat to the inner world to find peace. Whenever she heard the voice of The Phantom of the Opera, an obsessed, intoxicated, and involuntary look appeared on her face. She really heard the call from her heart and longed for something higher than reality, such as the glory of stepping into the temple of music.
2. Ropes
Christine in the movie is innocent, kind, and as pure as crystal. There is no doubt that such a person is too fake. In fact, she also has a dark side in her heart, which is the Phantom of the Opera. The intention of the rope appears many times in the film. When the arrogant and arrogant Carlotta sang, the Phantom of the Opera cut the rope, causing the curtain to fall and smashed Carlotta, finally giving Christine a chance to get on the stage; When the theater workers in the background found the Phantom of the Opera, the Phantom of the Opera hung him on the beam with ropes; and when the Viscount followed the Phantom of the Opera into the underground labyrinth, he entered a space surrounded by mirrors, and in his When I turned around, the rope was looming in the mirror...
Why does the intention of the rope appear at these moments?
In fact, this is the flash of the dark side of the heroine Christine's heart. She wants to be honored and away from the loneliness in the dark, and she also has pressure from her father. Her father's fame made her look different from an ordinary girl, and when her father died, he said that he would send a musical angel to her side, which was actually a dying wish, asking her to always dedicate to music. So her desire to stand out is actually very strong, and the Phantom of the Opera (that is, the dark side of her heart) has helped her complete all the cruel and unbearable deeds. Wearing a floor-length white dress, she was as bright and pure as a saint, but she knew very well that the Phantom of the Opera was in her heart, and those shining eyes in the dark were both frightening and attractive.
In fact, each of us is easily attracted by some negative and dark thoughts in our hearts. They are fresh and hot, like a half-naked sexy dancer dancing pole dancing and snakes in front of you, can you be a Liuxia Hui and control yourself not to put your hands on her plump breasts?
3. The doll in the wedding dress
When Kristen heeds the call of The Phantom of the Opera to step across the mirror into his domain, she remains in a bewildered, drawn-out state. This girl's role is equivalent to that of a child in a single-parent family today. If her adoptive mother can play the role of mother, the father's position has been vacant for a long time. The Phantom of the Opera, a musical genius just like her father, the musical angel in her heart is actually the image of her father in her subconscious. He's the authority, she's obedient, he's listening, and her own soul is "very fragile," while the obsessive look on her face every time she hears The Phantom's voice, and her willingness to follow the Phantom of the Opera, like It is not difficult to see her Electra complex as she is touched by him like a lover.
The Electra complex was first proposed by Freud. He believed that in the development of children's sexual psychology, they must first be satisfied by close parents of the opposite sex: daughters will fall in love with their fathers, love their parents and dislike their mothers (and In a single-parent family, if the father gets closer to a woman or remarries, the daughter will resist by extreme means, or even commit suicide), which is called "Electra complex".
When Christine entered the underground palace, she seemed to have returned to her childhood, worshipped her father, and he took her hand and guided her. Her eyes were hazy and joyful, because her desire to be close to her father was satisfied. Afterwards, the lover-like embrace of The Phantom of the Opera, the lingering brought her even more intoxication, which was really a hidden desire in her heart, which could only be released in the dark because it went against the rules of the world. The climax of this emotion was when she saw the statue on the bed wearing the wedding dress, exactly like herself, which made her terrified and throbbed. She knows that her daughter cannot be her father's (psychological) bride. Since then, although she felt that The Phantom of the Opera was deeply attracted to her, she still chose to stay away from him and come out of the Electra complex.
The reason why this film is so attractive, in addition to the classic music, the application of intention, is that it depicts some of the desires in people's hearts very carefully, allowing us to see ourselves through the film.
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