The birth of a philosophical proposition often requires a model assumption, a moral dilemma. At the beginning of the film, the heroine is placed in such a predicament, and all possibilities of borrowing are excluded. No normal human will find her. There is a wolf at the door eating her husband's limbs. to the water. All civilizations and dialogues point to the question of existence. At this time, the chaos of memory and the personality of schizophrenia appear to be justified.
1. The first fear came from
her father's molestation under the sky of a solar eclipse when she was a child, and her tongue-in-cheek tricks in the bedroom later, which made her begging her father not to tell her mother about this kind of thing, And swore never to tell anyone, not even Gerald knew about it. The secrets she was carrying at the age of 12 had suppressed her for so many years, so that when she was approaching a mental breakdown, that memory emerged from the subconscious, giving her previous behaviors a psychological explanation. When she re-examined this memory and had a dialogue with her own personality, she realized that she could have avoided all this.
Because of submissiveness and trying to cater to others, she originally hated Gerald's sex games, but she didn't know how to say no. Just like the split she said, we will all die here because of Gerald's dick. Notice that she doesn't know to say no, not that she can't. Under the long-term shackles of consciousness, she did not realize what she said and the choices she made. Under the guidance of an old fox like her father, she made the choices and behaviors she had to do.
The near-death situation brought unprecedented sobriety. She began to find the reason from herself, constantly controlling her emotions with reason, analyzing that memory with reason, and finding clues to solve the current problem. Although I think it's ridiculous to solve the current problem through the details in the memory, but the human imagination may indeed have this effect, just like when you solve your current problems, you are often based on some past episodic memories. When this kind of association appeared intensively in the heroine, I began to admire the heroine. For example, remembering Gerald taking medicine and thinking of drinking glasses, remembering the brand of tearing off new clothes, thinking about rolling straws, remembering eating glass when he was a child and cutting his hand and cutting his wrist with a glass (it hurts to think about it).
2. The second fear comes from the present
If the trap of her father accompanied her in her teenage years, then the bondage that Gerald gave her accompanied her marriage, and it was also the trap that brought her to this desolate place. The euphemistic name is to save love, save marriage, and cooperate with him to perform this sadomasochistic drama, but in the end it became a separation of life and death. The attitude of the husband to objectify women is disgusting. As for her husband's death, she showed more fear, and did not seem to be mourning for her husband's death for too long. Perhaps too many warm memories will make the theme of the film lax, it is better to tell the story of childhood directly. However, we can still see some clues from the dialogue between the heroine and the fantasy Gerald.
And that wicked dog, or rather the beast, is a neutral force of nature. It's a threat, and it's a character that takes revenge. To survive, eat the humans that feed it. The sympathetic heart of the heroine was taken advantage of by such a little beast. The heroine's habit of thinking has always been like this, sensitive and full of poetry, and it is easy to escape from difficulties, just as she pointed out in the illusion of personality. Such people are used by people and beasts, and until they are hurt by those sinister natures, it seems that they can be a little more rational and brave.
3. The third fear, from the future
The setting of the moonlight man, I don't know why the director added such a terrifying character throughout the play. However, this person who everyone fears did not hurt the heroine, but should love her father and her husband according to common sense. Her elite husband made her life miserable. The Moonlight turned into a nightmare that kept her up at night, but when she heard the news about the monster being put on trial, she decided to meet him. Yes, death did not take her, nor did death intend to take her. That person, perhaps surprised by her tenacious vitality and the wedding ring she gave her, let her go. The way he was happy or excited when he saw her was enough to prove that he loved or admired such a woman from the moonlight. This role has also witnessed the transformation of the heroine. She will not let some of the things she was afraid of become her shackles, because these things are not as "big" as she thought.
Everything is due to my own sensitivity. Her worry and self-control became a trap that prevented her from saving herself, she tried desperately to escape, but things didn't get better. But when she faced it bravely and returned the blow, everything suddenly became clear. Desperate to break free, even tearing off his own skin. Just like at the end of the film, she walked on the Avenue of Sunshine with remarkable grace and grace, and there was no shadow of a solar eclipse and no murmur of death to trouble her. She set up a foundation to share her story with others, and there are no more secrets and burdens that she can't tell. I think there will be ups and downs in the heroine's life in the future, but after this series of events, I believe she will face it bravely and stop letting herself fall into the trap. Or even if she falls into a trap, she will go all out to solve it. I think this is also the gift of this movie to the viewers.
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