Call it "fancy" because compared to his films of the 1980s/1990s, those simple but emotionally complex films (like "el matador", "Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto?", "La ley del deseo", etc.), because of the application of "play within a play" in this film, the true and false, the time-alternating viewing effect caused by the application of "play within the play" makes this film become a movie in terms of narrative techniques and film art. It's more "rich", but at the same time it loses some of the expressiveness of the earlier films.
(The reason why I like his films from that period so much now is that he is really using the film story itself, the camera lens, the delicate portrayal of the characters, and the finishing touches of the soundtrack to impress me, rather than playing innovative games. Narrative structure, shooting method or rhythm)
However, the main theme of the film still maintains a very "Almodovar" style of realism, and will not criticize certain values in the film. It reflects life. There is no right or wrong in life, and there are no values. . Even if you have to criticize religion a little in this movie, the hypocrisy is not the religion itself, but just the "last resort" after the priest fell in love with the students. Even the murder of his own brother to the death of the priest later, it is very easy to understate it, do good people have to have good rewards? Does murder have to be paid for? This is a very realistic life, how to continue, just continue like that, without you, the earth still turns, a person is murdered, the people around him still live, and it gets more and more wonderful; fate is the same, you used me in the past, now I used to blackmail you, and this is also very bluntly explained at the end of the film.
In the film, as always, there are a lot of delicate shots of "A-style", and the scene with the deepest reflection is "Summer, by the pond, Spanish guitar and the Moon River with the sounds of nature", and the new Spanish lyrics are also completely in line with the film. theme. Father Manolo plays the guitar, and the young Ignacio sings the Moon River. The singing is so pure, but so helpless, confused and sad, the theme of the movie is just right:
Moon river... no te olvidaré,
yo no me dejaré llevar
por el agua, agua turbia
del río de la luna
que suena al pasar.
Río y luna, dime dónde están,
mi dios, el bien y el mal,
decid.
Yo quiero saber
qué se esconde en la oscuridad
y tú lo encontrarás,
río y luna... adiós.
Mi luna, ven y alúmbrame,
no sé ni dónde estoy, por qué.
Oigo el rumor de aguas turbias
que me llevan lejos, muy lejos de mí.
Moon river... dime dónde están
mi dios, el bien y el mal,
decid.
Yo quiero saber
qué se esconde en la oscuridad
y tú lo encontrarás,
Moon river... adiós
love, so hard,
The two true loves in the movie are selfish, so selfish that they put their lives in love, and the final outcome is Ignacio before his death: life is sluggish, but the heart is full, and finally wrote the sentence: "Dear Enrique: I think I succeeded"; also Father Manalo: addicted to the "pedophile" plot, unable to extricate himself, he liked the young Ignacio when he was young, used religion and was limited by it, was obsessed with Juan in his later years, and was willing to be used by him from the beginning Later, he entangled and blackmailed Juan and was killed by him. The most rational and most in line with the mainstream three views is Enrique, who entrusts his life to Passion and continues to roam in his own movie world; and Juan, who entrusts his life with material things and fame and fortune, lives very "easy", "understood", like a duck in water, The most realistic and cold-blooded.
But this is life. Reality and selfishness are the general trends of human nature in the world. Because of fear of being hurt, neither want to love nor dare to love. Only career and sex will not hurt people so deeply.
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