it's just a dream

Romaine 2022-04-06 09:01:07

Literally translated as "Collector", more Chinese translation as "Butterfly Spring Dream". This film can be said to be a combination of "Psycho" and "Silence of the Lambs". The male protagonist in the film likes to collect butterflies to make specimens, and binds his beloved girl and imprisoned him in the cellar, hoping to develop love through mutual contact for a long time. It's a pity that what the male protagonist with a strong sense of inferiority does to the female protagonist is not love at all, and Miranda is just a beautiful butterfly among the many specimens of the male protagonist. There is a saying that goes well: "Beautiful things are short-lived", and Miranda died in the end.
The atmosphere of the whole film is very well created. Although from today's point of view, it seems that the horror is not enough, and the tenderness is more than enough, but the performances of the male and female protagonists are extremely wonderful, and they are worthy of holding the male and female awards at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

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Extended Reading
  • Justyn 2022-04-06 09:01:07

    To fix the beautiful life to the frame, the collector's purpose and symbolism.

  • Carson 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    ①The characters are short, the plot is simple, and the scene is almost unchanged, but the depiction is very fine, and the positioning and changes of the role relationships are clearly revealed. ②A room of butterflies cannot satisfy the boundless possessiveness of the giant baby. As for the opposite of beauty, is it right? Silence has no meaning to it ③ A frustrated person in a society is under the domination of twisted psychology to gain respect by hurting the weaker, what kind of spring dream is this ④ A twisted melon may not be sweet, but I just want to twist, twist one, change another one

The Collector quotes

  • Freddie Clegg: There'd be a blooming lot more of this sort of thing, if more people had the time and the money.

  • Miranda Grey: I wouldn't be a good prisoner if I didn't try to escape.