At the time of death, the ultimate beauty is always reflected

The Great Beauty talks about life in the city of Rome, women, love, death, religion and art. The theme revolves around the city where the hero has stayed for 40 years and is also a writer. When he was in his early twenties Wrote a book, until his 65th birthday, everyone still talks about the past that has become history, a book let him write for a publishing house, and religious saints come here, friends continue to encourage him to write again A new book, when the audience began to wonder if there was a real book, he was still wandering in all corners of Rome, too busy to enjoy life and unable to write.

Maybe it's just too much fleeting beauty. Every corner of Rome is a fusion of old buildings and old cultures, and at the same time there are new things and new possibilities. Walking in the middle of the night can meet French actresses, and bring a giraffe in the ancient city wall. The magic props seem to imply that all this is like a trick, a plastic surgeon is treated as a saint, and a needle-by-needle deal makes him a god for all those who seek perfection, ironically showing the beauty in exchange for money .


Death in the film: The hero seems to be very familiar with the funeral scene, narrating it as a social performance, and showing the two sides of death and love, trying on the costumes for the funeral with the female companion, matching how the male lead in the funeral The eye-catching confession rehearsed her death; the lover in her youth has become a beauty that has passed away forever, and the women around her have no intention of staying. From time to time, the death of the city of Rome is also revealed, and the beauty is deliberately created, and the rest is only the beauty of the past, like the first love that the hero can only recall.

A religious ceremony hints at the aging of the Catholic Church. Looking at the slowly aging pilgrims, the camera captures the details of the movements, recording their unwavering belief in the sacred but mixed with pity and ridicule.

This is a tour of Rome, life seems beautiful, but it is extremely ironic, the protagonist is addicted to it, but he is extremely withdrawn from watching these gorgeous impermanence, knowing that this is a trick, as he finally said at his own party "Here Had the best pick-up dance because they couldn't go anywhere'.

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