At the end of the film, Lawrence and Fred, the on-off lovers, reunited after many years. Fred asked Lawrence a question: "Do you regret it?"
Lawrence said, "What do you regret? Losing you as the price?"
"You/you Do you regret it?" The question seemed to echo echoes of confusion, drifting between them.
As long as you make a choice, one party will be injured, either yourself or the other party. There is no real best of both worlds in the world.
When Lawrence decided to "be yourself", she was mentally prepared to give up Fred; and Fred took away the little life in her body without telling Lawrence, and she also expressed her doubts and hesitation about the future of the two of them living together.
Lawrence asked Fred, "What do you want?" Fred replied, "I want a man!
" To be a woman's self", not "Fred who wants me to continue to be a man".
"I love you/you more than anything else" is an overly ideal wish after all; after ten years of entanglement, the two lovers hear the most honest answer from each other's hearts, they can only let go and move on.
Are you pessimistic? No, I think this answer is honest.
I like that Lawrence on Two Sides emphasizes the importance of eyes again and again. Whether it is a pedestrian on the road or a restaurant guest or a school student watching Lawrence in makeup, the eyes are always drifting, curious and full of uncertainty.
At the end of the film, Lawrence, who has become a writer, is interviewed by a lady.
The lady said to Lawrence, "You are so proud."
Lawrence said to her, "Aren't you proud? You haven't looked at me since we met."
The woman said, "Is it important to look at you?" , After speaking, the lady slowly raised her eyes to look at Lawrence, she looked at him/her and smiled slightly.
This scene is very beautiful, saying that as long as we "face up" with the stranger who has a different choice from us, we will find that each other's appearance and gender may be different, but their inner emotions are so similar.
The main reason why "Lawrence Two Sides" really moved me was the twin (contrast) relationship between Lawrence and Fred.
Director Xavier Dolan deliberately highlights the similarities and dissimilarities between Lawrence and Fred; just as Lawrence's story of holding his breath as a child symbolizes his depression, and when Fred reads Lawrence's poetry collection, there is also a flood of water (also symbolizing her depression); as After Lawrence had a dispute with someone, he hurriedly called his mother to complain (the mother refused his call for help), and when Fred was traveling with Lawrence to the Black Isle, he suddenly felt anxious and uneasy about his escape, and she hurriedly called. The husband only wanted to hear each other's voice (husband's tone was cold because he found out that Fred was cheating); just as Lawrence once said to his mother: "Do you no longer love me?", Fred also asked her husband: "Do you hate me?" ; as Fred's sister asked her: "Do you regret getting married?", and Fred also asked Lawrence: "Do you regret it?"; As Lawrence said to the lady who visited him: "You didn't look me in the eyes! ”, Fred also said to the restaurant waiter: “You look at my eyes!”; Just as when Lawrence saw Fred twist his hair, he said: “I really like the action of your hair, and I secretly learned this action from you.” , After finishing speaking, he did exactly the same action as Fred.
Lawrence and Fred are each other's soulmates and can be seen as "one person".
Lawrence is Fred, Fred is Lawrence, they are the same person, two life choices in parallel time and space.
Lawrence chose to fight against the worldly vision. Although he encountered many difficulties and setbacks, he became more and more courageous. At the end, he said to Fred: "I have come this far, and I don't want to go back." On the
contrary, Fred chose to marry and have children. Living an ordinary and relatively secure life; she said to the unrepentant Lawrence: "Then just stay there."
For me, Double Lawrence is not only a film about the ups and downs of love, tolerance and acceptance, but also a film about "how I want to achieve in life"; there are countless forks in life, and we can't predict the road. What will happen at the end, you can only make a bold bet and make a choice; on the way, you will inevitably feel panic and uneasy about the decision you have made, just like Lawrence and Fred's trip to the Black Island, trying to escape from this path (life) to Another possibility is that you find yourself still "accustomed" to the original decision.
Then I remembered the final ending of Lawrence and Fred. On the afternoon of the autumn wind, Lawrence and Fred turned left and right, and left each other's lives forever.
Q: Fred and Lawrence love each other deeply, but it is difficult to grow old together. From Lawrence's point of view, what do you think of the role of Fred?
What Xiao Fu can't forget is the past of Lawrence's man, and it is also her real attachment in this relationship, so she is full of doubts about the path they will take later, and she is worried that Lawrence will gradually change his attitude and mind after his transition. Compared to Fred, Lawrence has always been the one who is most sure of what he wants. From beginning to end, Xiao Fu was the woman he wanted. And Lawrence is very good at manipulating people's hearts. For example, after a long absence, he sent a collection of poems to Xiao Fu, and even painted one of the white bricks on the wall of Xiao Fu's house in a symbolic pink color, all kinds of emotional strategies that disturb Xiao Fu's mood. , just want to take her back.
One of the questions this film asks the audience is: "How much are we willing to sacrifice for love? Where are we willing to go?" In fact, the responses of the two characters are very human, balanced and convincing. Everyone has their own reasons and choices. Like the isolated couple in the film, they can still fall in love as usual after the man changes sex, but in the case of Xiao Fu and Lawrence, Lawrence's inconsistency makes Xiao Fu feel unencumbered. Trust, it's like being tricked into a relationship that she didn't want. Of course, we don't know how we would react when we actually encountered such a situation? Maybe I can't accept it either! So although I play Lawrence, I actually feel more sympathy for Fred.
Q: The slow-motion graphics with no dialogue, extraction of ambient sounds, and a strong soundtrack seem to have become director Xavier Duran's signature style. When shooting a scene like this, how does the director bring you into the mood?
After watching the director's previous films, I know that he likes to add many ingenious visual effects to the film, such as the colorful clothes falling from the sky, the waterfall falling from the ceiling and so on. When shooting such special scenes, the director will definitely discuss with the actors in advance, especially in this kind of slow-motion scenes, the most ostentatious acting skills, and special requirements for restraint and meticulousness, otherwise the action will become very exaggerated when the action slows down.
During the shooting, the director will play strong music at the scene, so that everyone can feel the atmosphere while watching the monitor. This is the very childish part of the director. He himself enjoys it very much, and everyone has a good time together. Even some of the older staff members of the team are high like children because of the filming of such scenes. Sometimes someone reminds the director: "Hey, this visual effect may have appeared in a certain movie!" The director will reply willfully: "Shut up!" "I haven't seen that movie anyway. No matter what, I just want to be my own!" Because he thinks that even a great director doesn't necessarily have to see all the movies, so as long as he has an idea and ability, he should try his best to create. Trust your intuition instead of being overly self-examined and overly cautious.
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