The film version of "The Debate Between Poetry and Philosophy"

Aracely 2022-03-31 09:01:09

A French woman (Binoche), who owns a gallery and a bad marriage, insists that the value of the original is paramount. Miller, a British art studies scholar, firmly believes that an outstanding reproduction is as valuable as the original. The two quarreled over the authenticity of art, but an unexpected misunderstanding led Miller to decide to experience the feeling of "copying" for himself - he became a copy of the woman's husband. The question of the legitimacy of the copy immediately moved from the verbal debate to the level of "experimenting with oneself". Different artistic views are just introduced, and Abbas skillfully collided two completely different attitudes to life and entered an ambiguous area. So the answer of art replaces speculation, and poetry is the perfect complement to the dead end of philosophy. Binoche's excellent interpretation of the complex psychology of French women undoubtedly adds a sense of dynamism to this poetic element. In the eyes of a woman, life is a vortex that you have to fall into. It cannot be controlled and defined, and there is no way to copy it. However, her affection for Miller is similar to the duplication of her husband (perhaps an ex-husband). This seems to be a triumph of Miller's philosophy. However, Miller's life is like a text, philosophical beliefs govern his life and exclude all uncontrollable factors. Elegant, but lacks the passion to show vitality. So, when he faced the woman's warm call to "stay", he answered rationally and cruelly - "I told you, I have to catch the train at nine o'clock". However, this answer no longer has the elegance and detachment of a philosopher. At the end of the film, there are various close-ups of Miller's face, showing us a dazed look that doesn't know how to face the inner agitation. Perhaps the charm of art relative to philosophy lies in this. It strays between the real and the fantasy, and reveals the ambiguous part of reality, so that "smart people"/"philosophers" like Miller have to fall into the intellectual void. .

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  • Marianna 2022-04-02 09:01:14

    The so-called "legal copy" refers to neither the original nor the imitation, but the process between the two. What Abbas emphasizes in this masterpiece is that the original and the copy are a contradiction that can only be established in the context of the capital principle. In other words, copyright and property rights protect the commodity value of art rather than the artistic value. From an artistic point of view, imitations are just as beautiful as the originals. To appreciate this indiscriminate beauty, we should not limit our perspective to a single logic of binary opposition, but should always be exposed to the long history, cultural heritage and many Wash your eyes in the language system. So when the hero and heroine come from the narrow closed space to the loose public area, the light suddenly turns from dim to bright. The author has pinpointed two classic elements of modernity: the taxi circles around the center of the earth again and again, and the phone calls between the son and the grandmother over and over again, so the love that the men and women in "Like a River of Love" finally get is both imitation The product is also the original. Abbas used the mirror of the movie as if to persuade modern people not to be too pessimistic: the love in the consumer society is mass-produced, and the ancient love is also passed down from generation to generation.

  • Violette 2022-03-27 08:01:01

    As Abbas himself said, discussing the boundary between real and fiction is just an excuse, and what is concerned is the change in the emotional relationship of the man and woman from strangers to "couples". In fact, it is an experimental film that challenges the audience.

Certified Copy quotes

  • Elle: After we've seen so many copies of something over so many years, we're not all experts who can stand before an original and understand it. It takes our breath away. Therefore, without the existence of copies, we wouldn't understand originals.

  • Elle: I didn't get married to live alone. I'd like to live my life with my husband. Mmm... Is a good husband too much to ask for?

    La patronne du café: Our lives can't be all that bad if all we can complain about is our husbands working too hard. You see, when there's not another woman, we see their job as our rival.