I am not a film student but purely a film lover. It is also a movie that uses eroticism as a gimmick, but Noé's film called "Love" is much deeper than the "Fifty Shades of Grey" that was hyped up half a year ago (the latter is the worst movie I've seen in the past five years!).
For the entire 2 hours and 15 minutes of the movie, I felt like I walked into Noé's head. The director obviously wants to convey his thoughts on love to the viewers, and let the viewers think: what is "love" (what a big proposition, the director wants to finish it in two hours!)? The movie uses flashbacks to piece together the Electra in the mind of the hero, Murphy, and then finish the story.
On the first day of the meeting, Electra said, "Living is to love, and love should be bright." And later, when they were walking in the public offering, she said, "Or we should take a break, because it seems that I have no positive influence on you, and you have no positive influence on me."
The two are both art students, and they both love freedom and sex, even though they regard "sex" as a game. "Sex" makes them sink into each other, and they cannot extricate themselves. Although they love each other the most, the more they play, the more they play too much. There is no bottom line, no loyalty, and both sides are plunged into darkness.
All the erotic scenes aside, the movie still wants to explore those old questions: what should "love" be like? What is the relationship between "love" and "sex" or "love" and "freedom"? Finally, Murphy, who considers himself a loser and a living phallus, hugged his two-year-old son and said: "I'm sorry Gaspar, when I'm lost, it was like a monologue to myself."
PS: I like the color and sound effects, and the end credits are also very well done. I recommend everyone go to the cinema.
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