Ditching the concept of vampires was originally intended as a metaphor for homosexuality or any other, regardless of whether the vampires were descended from Cain or inherited from Lilith.
In order to punish, God limited the blood races to live in an endless, long and unending time. From then on, they will see all the things they love wither away, and their passions will fade away like blood dripping into the ocean without leaving a trace.
Therefore, the theme of almost all vampire-themed works (please don't include the Twilight Boys and Girls series) is immortality.
Because of the impermanence and shortness of life, people are eager to prove that they once existed in the torrent of time by leaving a name in the history or leaving a legacy for thousands of years or even "visiting this place". Liu Liangcheng wrote:
"One day no one will be able to believe in the past. I will also doubt everything in the past. Is that the life I once had. I have really seen the strong wind in the depths of the earth? It is darker and fiercer. , in the opposite direction, scraping the bones and roots of all things.…
And, have I ever been bathed in such a perpetually bright moonlight? The moonlight soaked into the back of things. At that time, those things received moonlight on the front and back without turning around, and I saw the past without turning back .
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Dream. Without those old houses and roads, without the dust that has been raised and fallen, without the people and livestock who grew up with me and still live in the village, and without the winds that are still blowing, who would Prove the past life - even with them, who can witness the existence of a person's heart." But
if you are given eternal life, the endless eternal time will never end, knowing that everything you love will wither, and life is a life On the eternal night road, at first you were delighted to see a warm lamp in the hands of your fellow travelers, but unfortunately all of them must go out at a certain moment; after that, you got used to walking alone with the lamp, no matter if you shouted and shuddered. You can't even call the world's attention. You lie in the coffin and wake up for another hundred years. The days are long and still. In the end, you can walk without a night light, without breathing or heartbeat. When you blend into the night, you are the night.
Lestat: "And what if there is no hell, or they don't want us there? Ever think of that?"
Louis retorted: "But there was a hell, and no matter where we moved to, I was in it. "
Most of human motivation comes from the fear of death. Surprisingly beautiful and endowed with infinite time may not necessarily become Zhongyong.
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In my opinion, "only lovers left alive" is an attempt to give a solution to this difficult proposition. The two have lived together for hundreds of years, and the adrenaline has passed the oxytocin and all the sexual attraction has passed. Now, they don't even live together, one uses an iPhone and the other uses an antique TV to talk every few months. You don't have to talk too much when you meet. Breathing music and eating hv sex are like two pairs of eyes of the same individual. This is simply the ideal form of love.
Time has also given them innocence, probably without the death threat, money has indeed become an external thing, so there is a sincere love. Adam likes literature, art and science. Byron Shelley is a close friend. Before he died, he was talking about quantum entanglement. He had a house full of guitars, and playing the violin in a nightgown was so handsome that he cried. Eve is a dead house who loves to read. Books in all languages and countries are accessible. She flew to Detroit with a box of books, and squatted and whispered to mushrooms.
And music, they all love music, it's so cool to listen to rock in the club with leather gloves and black sunglasses. Talking about music while licking blood popsicles is simply enviable.
So roughly this is why title is title.
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Going back to the movie itself, the soundtrack is really good. The funnel of love at the beginning of the film with shaking the camera and the appearance of Tilda lying down is almost worth the ticket price. Every BGM in the whole process has a bright and stunning feeling. Thinking of Hyde's soundtrack in "moon child", except for Dongying's relatively noisy, the two are surprisingly similar. It feels like the soundtrack is a level that can be looped for months.
The location of the film is also very interesting in Detroit. The once glorious industrial city is now in decline. Adam and Eve go to see the decadent and beautiful architectural sculpture in the middle of the night. The metaphor is obvious.
The overall rhythm is slow and there is no conflicting climax, but it is full of stray plots and cult qualities like American road movies, like psychedelic rock, which is fascinating.
In short, any fan who likes any element of the gothic cult vampire will love this film, and Jarmusch didn't disappoint.
The only slot that wants to vomit their hairstyles. . . .
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