100 minutes seems to be a long time to me. The relaxed atmosphere at the beginning of the film was soon shrouded in haze. Catherine and David's light and sweet life was soon interrupted by David's father. When they surrendered to reality, they also announced the beginning of tragedy.
David is a person with serious hidden dangers in personality. In the lens, under his gentle appearance, you can catch a glimpse of doubt from time to time, a fleeting fierce light, and his shadow comes from the fall of his childhood mother. In fact, he Don't believe in love, don't believe in family. His world is a forest under the night sky, where it is dark and disorderly, and can only be saved by myself through cruelty to myself and others.
Catherine, as David's wife, is completely at the other extreme. She is a commoner, but optimistic, and her vision of the future drives her to walk with David, who looks completely normal. The life at the beginning seems to be very good, although not rich enough, it can sustain the sweet little world of the two forever. It wasn't until they returned to New York and David started to help the family business that Catherine slowly became at a loss. Her doubts grew day by day. In fact, she didn't know her beloved husband. This point wasn't until the day he asked her to shed the baby in her belly, that she suddenly realized: "The one I love is gone."
Married life needs two people to work hard to maintain. However, they gradually became suspicious of each other, the husband gradually could not tolerate the "free" behavior that his wife had always come to, and the wife's fear of her husband grew and deformed day by day.
The argument of the film points to David. Although there is no direct camera display, the director has already told everyone clearly: David killed Catherine and left no evidence. David's strong self-lost, possessive, and disgusting nature of so-called beautiful things all vented on that rainy night. When we saw the bloody collar of the puppy Ivan, we knew that David was determined, and Catherine, who was coaxed back, was destined to die.
I don’t want to make too many remarks about David’s incomprehensible behavior. I only noticed one scene: the small grocery store they opened in the country [All Good Things] represents everything, whether for David or Catherine, That is the best destination in life. They were in love there, their souls clinging to each other, and even time had to hesitate whether to stop and watch this beautiful couple. It's a pity that time didn't stop, they went to the end.
Grasp the beauty in front of you and work hard to maintain it. It is small and fragile, and a twist may disappear. That's why it is more worthy of our careful care, rather than craving it while destroying it.
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