Watching Julianne Moore's last film was "Still Alice", in which she interpreted a professor who had a happy family and a successful career but suffered from Alzheimer's syndrome. In this "Star Map", she She played a female star who was sexually assaulted by her mother when she was a child, but at the same time always wanted to surpass her mother. She was debauched and depraved, and seduced her boyfriend because she was jealous of her assistant. These two characters are too extreme, one is surrounded by love and the other is corrupted. But I have to say that Julianne Moore is more suitable for the fallen female star in "The Star Atlas". Maybe this role can show her acting skills. Every bit of her depravity and dark side is displayed vividly.
I thought Julianne Moore was the heroine, but she was killed by her little assistant, but it was karma. Mia's little assistant is also very good. Although I only remembered that she also played "Alice in Wonderland", the cute and smart little princess is very different from this skinny little assistant who was burned by the fire. . She is like a fringe in this decadent entertainment circle, no one pays attention, but she is also the central figure of a deformed family. She knew the secret that her parents were brothers and sisters, and she was constantly struggling in such a dark vortex, and finally broke out. In the end, she and her brother exchanged rings under the stars, took pills, said promises to each other, and then lay down together, like when they were children, and fell asleep when they were tired. This simple but solemn ceremony, which obviously should not have happened, made people feel peaceful and serene.
Hollywood is such a place, even if it's rotten and terrifying, there are still countless people who try to get close. Like Benjamin in the movie, he's only thirteen, but he's drugged, murdered, and full of foul language. Every word in this film expresses Cronenberg's irony and accusations of the entertainment industry, but it gives the film the quietest ending. That starry sky may be the most innocent and pure tribute to the souls in this film who are no longer clean.
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