Moral Anxiety——Questioning on Oneself Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Short Film About Love"

Rubye 2022-11-24 17:54:18

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the official The Commandments is about the ten commandments that God promulgated to the nation of Israel through the prophet of Israel and Moses, the tribal leader, in the Bible. The film is expanded from the sixth story in the Ten Commandments. Excerpted from Baidu . First of all, you should review a movie from shallow to deep. The first thing to do is to experience the audio-visual sensory experience. The film takes place in a {peeping} scene. At the beginning, it explained that Tommark cut his wrist . Woman Magda in an apartment building, facial expressions in various xcu extreme close-up close-ups, a character who can appear or disappear in the dark at any time, torn when switching to a peeping shot of Magda The use of the camera lens, when Magda was wearing white briefs, smelled the taste of sex, and also hinted at the film's discussion of sex at the beginning, and the use of the gloomy soundtrack made the film lay a solid foundation at the very beginning. } This clue, the story is also generated around the voyeur. The story between a young boy and a mature woman who has experienced love between men and women is a very surprising and dramatic topic both in foreign countries and in China. Boys peep and like, or love On the woman, Magda. He'll call the gas guy Magda's room leaking gas when Magda is having sex with a man, and be able to send a fake money order so he can meet up with Magda at the post office, but when he peeps and sees The plot takes a further step when Magda is crying alone at home.






Magda got money from the post office and was told that it was a non-existent order. The female manager of the post office suspected that Magda herself had forged the receipt to cheat money. After Magda lost and left, Tommark immediately chased him out and followed him. After a long journey, pay attention to this section of the road, emphasizing that he and she walked side by side for a while before speaking. Although this section of the road does not indicate any special meaning, this arrangement can indeed shorten the distance between the two people. Tommark told her that the remittance slip was placed by him and there was no money. When Magda asked why, Tommark said, I want to see you, but Magda walked away with disapproval. Later, the boy told him to peep at her. Later, the woman gave him a slap at this time. This segment is very common, but the plot goes from shallow to deep from now on.
At this time, Magda only thought that he was a boy who had just started falling in love. He was dismissive and even ridiculous to express his feelings. When we were in adolescence, we must have heard of things like "male classmates secretly love female teachers". Women's infatuation can be seen in adolescence, which is due to the psychological distortion caused by different genders and hormones secreted by puberty. Many men say that when they are young, they will be obsessed with an older woman or school. The teacher, or the mother of a neighbor or a classmate, even regards them as his sexual objects, but in the film Tommark understands this relationship as pure and unsullied love, while Magda believes that love is sex , is controlled by desire, which is the point of conflict in the whole film

. Insert a character in it. When Magda agrees to go to a coffee shop with Tommark, Tommark is excitedly dragging the milk cart Running and dancing in the yard, a man in white clothes and white trousers, carrying a large suitcase, looked at Tommark suspiciously. In the second half of the film, after Tommark left because he thought his love was tarnished, the man Once again, it can't help but arouse suspicion and attention. Some people think that this angel, this Cupid, and many guesses, the setting of this character is also found in Krzysztof Kieslowski's other films. Appear, the meaning of the middle can only be guessed by the audience.

When the waiter at the cafe asked Tommark what he wanted, Magda said she didn't like ice cream.













Tommark said I wanted ice cream, and the ice cream was sold out. Magda said that he wanted red wine. When Magda reached out and let Tommark touch her hand, Tommark shook her hands, wiped the sweat from her hands and put them on it gently. On the back of Magda's hand, at this time the focus of the camera shifted to the distant couple caressing each other affectionately, Magda said something and they seemed to be more affectionate. This clip clearly expresses the difference of views between the two people. Ice cream seems to always be associated with dreams and innocence. It also implies Tommark's understanding of love, purity, and freedom from adultery, while Magda chooses The red wine is a symbol of adulthood. The red wine itself has a reflection of sexual desire, and the touch between the two can even be said to be only skin contact. In contrast to the intimate touch of the distant couple, it can also suggest the theme of the film. .

The climax and turning point of the development is when Magda asks Tommark to touch her genitals and tell her that this is love and that love is sex, and Tommark [shots] and he runs away because of what he thinks is the value of love Subverted, ejaculation is lewd and dirty, he returned to his residence and expressed his resistance to this view of love by cutting his wrists. This is the appearance of a man in white clothes and pants again.
The discussion on the idea that love is lust has continued. Some people think that sex is evil, abstinence is a good choice, and people become dirty because of sex. This view comes from the teachings of traditional Christianity, Adam and Eve They were punished for stealing the forbidden fruit, and they were cast out of the Garden of Eden by God, and they and their descendants were punished by suffering in the world. And some people think that sex is human nature and should be released, while Tommark obviously belongs to the former and Magda belongs to the latter. To be precise, Magda before he fell in love with Tommark is like this. The dramatic turning point at the end of the film is that Magda began to form a fascination with Tommark, peeping at Tommark's window, and fantasized about the happy scene of the two. The final turning point is that the tone of the whole film has changed, Until then, we could consider this a moral tragedy, but such a turn is undoubtedly a ray of light before darkness falls.

Krzysztof Kieslowski. His focus has always been on existence, the quality of existence, what it means to be alive, the need to connect with another member of humanity, making the subject profound and meaningful.
As a technical summary, the film strengthens the thematic debate through various conflicts and contrasts. The audio-visual performance is gloomy and low, and the use of more close-ups makes the whole film more psychological than plot, and more focused on psychological performance. This allows the film to directly tap into people's hearts. When dealing with close-up shots, it is delicate but simple, without too much modification, but the director's voice is clearly and clearly expressed and has a very personal style.
Finally, it is about Krzysztof Kieslowski’s personal life. He made many documentaries in his early years, and turned to the expressionist style from “The Ten Commandments”. His early life was turbulent. Perhaps this is also his lifelong exploration of the perception of the psychological existence of individual ideas. The reason, known as the dark purple narrative thinker, pays attention to a word, """"""moral anxiety""""", questioning his own moral dilemma, which is also the "short film about love". The core director's thinking in the film is chasing after his own inner problems and paying attention to spiritual suffering.

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  • Magda: Why are you peeping at me?

    Tomek: Because I love you. I really do.

    Magda: And what do you want?

    Tomek: I don't know.

    Magda: Do you want to kiss me?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: Perhaps you want to make love to me?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: Want to go away with me? To the lakes, or to Budapest?

    Tomek: No.

    Magda: So what do you want?

    Tomek: Nothing.

    Magda: Nothing?

    Tomek: Yes.