There are many translations of this film, including "The Amazing World of Wild Flowers" (probably born out of the feminist context of "The End of the Wild Flower"), "Binding" (the two words are understood well and do have the main meaning of the film), " "Limited" (it belongs to a literal translation, and has a similar meaning to bondage), but among these translations, I still like "Bold Love and Careful Steal" the most. The straightforwardness, courage and resourcefulness contained in it are also Some personal feelings when I watched this film.
Many people attribute this film to the subject of homosexuality, which is true from the perspective of viewing the film in reality.
The two heroines, the gangster’s mistress Vera, and the criminal thief Gao Qi, the two women met in the elevator for the first time, and they felt attracted to each other. But because of the presence of a man beside Vera, the two women obviously did not reach the point where they met the fire, but with Vera's two seductions, the two finally came together. The performances of these two women in the film are very tempting. Personally, I feel that what is more tempting than that kind of sex scene is the kissing of these two women. When the sexy and sensual four thick lips kiss together, sexual desire It was completely released at that moment. As for the bed camera behind, although it is indeed very bloody with the movement of the camera, it is in fact only a continuation of kissing, not so much as expressing this same-sex love. Mo Ruo said it was just a narrative account.
When the film has developed to this point, it is difficult not to classify it as a same-sex subject. Therefore, it is understandable that this film must be included in most of the films about lesbians. But the question now is whether the two people are really gay lovers?
First of all, let me talk about Gao Qi. The film explains. After work, she went to the same-sex wine soak alone, trying to get a horse. I guess so, but she didn't succeed. The important point is that the not-beautiful lesbian is owned by a policeman. There are not many shots of this policewoman, but it also reveals a sturdyness. This detail of the film conveys that Gao Qi is indeed a lesbian. , It also shows that she was a prisoner, a neglected alternative.
As a mistress of the gang, it’s hard to say whether Vera is a standard lesbian. From a plot point of view, she is a bisexual, but she is actively seduce Gao Qi because she actually tries to get rid of her present Situation, the identity of a weak woman under the protection of this gang. As a result, the two women united in this situation, and the lesbian became a symbolic meaning, a sign of identity. Like the social status of the two women, whether they are lesbians, gangster mistresses, or troublemakers, these identities all represent vulnerable groups.
But obviously, Gao Qi is more sensitive to this weak position. When she discovers that Vera still has some kind of ambiguous relationship with other men, she suddenly feels that she is just an object played by Vera. This unique desire for sex made her have a great opinion of Vera, and the two people also had a quarrel.
When the film is played here, all the plot settings are very lesbian, including women's fortune (sex), as well as the single possession of erotic desires and other issues. But the following plot introduces the film into another genre.
When the bloody punishment occurred in the gang, Vera finally found Gao Qi again, and declared that she wanted to get rid of her current state. Of course, this must involve the issue of money, so the film turned from a standard lesbian to Crime. It is worth mentioning that what they are facing is a gang organization. The gangsters in movies generally have two meanings, one is that they represent evil, and the other is that they represent a kind of power. Obviously, this corresponds to the weak position of the two women mentioned above, so the film develops into a challenge from the weak to the strong.
At this time, you can also introduce some textual analysis such as feminism, that is, the status of a gangster has been challenged by two feminists, but in fact this analysis is based on lesbian sex. Consciously, but does feminism just mean sex? This can be clearly reflected in "The End of the Wild Flower". Generally speaking, it is a weak female group, and the first thing that feminist consciousness resists must be sex. "The End of the Wild Flower" is also a story triggered by the problem of resistance. The same is true for this film. It's not so much that Vera wants to leave the bloody gang life, it is better to say that she is to escape the fate of being treated as a sex slave.
But escaping is obviously not enough. Therefore, a symbol of conquest is created, that is, money. The person who possesses money is always strong. This has nothing to do with gender. Therefore, two people not only have to escape from the gang, but also seek the gang. Of money.
It is extremely dangerous to seek money from the gang, so the two women make a plan. The film did not actually describe an extremely perfect plan in the process of telling this thriller. On the contrary, this plan is easy to be seen through, and this has been proved afterwards. But the birth of this plan has an extreme irony, that is, the issue of mutual trust between men and women.
Obviously, the plan is entirely based on the hatred between men. Although the gang boss tried his best to maintain a kind of internal balance, in fact, the disadvantages of men appear in this plan. The first is a kind of jealousy. Ji, Vera’s man has extreme hatred towards the young master of the gang. This hatred arises from jealousy itself, and then distrust. Only in these barriers and problems between men can Gao Qi settle down. This strategy. On the contrary, when the incident happened unexpectedly, Gao Qi and Vera existed and died together because of mutual trust. In fact, we can understand this kind of comparison as a hint that has nothing to do with the gender of men and women, because we can hardly say that this kind of trust or distrust is the nature of women or men. The right strategy.
The main purpose of the film is revealed at this time with the most abnormal behavior, that is, from struggling with the desire of the same sex to the issue of trust and strategy in strong dialogue.
But the film did not succeed because of the cooperation between Gao Qi and Vera. On the contrary, they finally relied on the power of the gang to survive the danger. There is no doubt that although this kind of gang force in name, the old man became confused by Vera’s kiss and believed Vera’s explanation. From this point of view, the film has returned to the relationship between men and women. In this dialogue, the feminist consciousness once again returned. So we found one of the most important problems, that is, in terms of male and female eroticism, as women, although they are the objects of desire, they have the ability to manipulate the subject. In a dialogue between the strong and the weak, the weak may only be able to build trust. Only cooperation can win.
At the end of the film, two women kissed on the truck instead of buying a car when they got rich. The truck is a symbol of strength, more profound than the nobility and petty bourgeoisie of the car, so the two disadvantaged women don’t It's weak again, and this time the kiss shot was placed outside the car, indicating that this is not a sensual kiss.
If you have the same sex, love whoever you are! If you are weak, you should also love someone, then the result is not the weak itself!
Han Xi
2007-3-27 in Tongzhou
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