Because of this song, I started to want to watch this video. I checked the Internet and found out his special status. Lao Kui referred to him as "The Three Knifes That Strikes My Memory" along with "Evil and West Toxic" and "Leaving Las Vegas". Because I didn't have a DVD, and I was watching the cut US version, it felt incomplete, the narrative was a bit rough, the plot was abrupt and lacked details. For example, at the end of the story, Leon said to Mathilda that you made me feel the joy of life. It felt very far-fetched and it was not reflected in the film. After watching the 24-minute introduction of the supplemented by Ma Luxiu's film review, everything is connected and becomes complete.
The milk that Leon drank in the film was like a thin red string strung together with many gleaming details like silver flakes.
It is the introduction to the story. Mathilda helped Leon buy milk and saw the tragic death of a family member. Then he knocked on Leon's door. After a few stifling seconds of hesitation, Leon opened the door. Together.
Leon is a calm and good killer, but twice in the whole film he spilled milk because of Mathilda's words. The first time Mathilda asked his name, he replied: Leon, Mathilda said: Cute name. The second time Mathilda said: Leon? I think I'm falling in love with you. Leon spilled the milk on the floor, then wiped his clothes silently, without answering. Luc Besson wrote in the original script: Leon's milk goes the wrong way. She calmly said it, laying on the bed, spread arms. Like a simple truth. Leon got milk everywhere.
At the end of the story, it was also that Mathilda went out to buy milk. Drove a large number of police officers and ended in Leon's death.
And the joint of this red rope is the dialogue between the two playing Russian roulette.
"If I win, You keep me with you ... for life. "
"... And if you lose?"
"Go shopping alone, like before."
Everything is paved the way for this purpose from, it has been shown that Mathilda Becoming a part of Leon’s life is also the first time Leon has contacted the world without being a killer after leaving his hometown. "kill or get killed" have become not just words. At the end, Leon said that you made me feel life. His joy became natural from this, and his death also made sense.
I can't help but relive the scenes that have touched me at this point.
First of all, Mathilda said, Leon, I think I am in love with you, you are the first person I have fallen in love with. Leon asked how you knew, since you haven't loved. Mathilda said I can feel it. Leon asked: where? Mathilda put her hand on her belly and said, here, in my stomach, it is hot. It used to be like a knot here, but not anymore. Leon said, congratulations on your stomach problem, but that doesn't mean anything.
There is also the two people playing roles in old movies for each other to guess. Here Mathilda, a terrifyingly mature 13-year-old girl, rarely shows innocence and childishness, while Leon raised a finger, and the cute expression that he can't guess when he speaks to his lips is also a long time. Unforgettable.
There are also scenes of the two playing Russian roulette that I haven't seen so far. According to the description of the film review of Malu Show in Taiwan, this section should be the core of this film.
Lao Kui said: I often think, in my next life, I will also be a killer, as Leslie Cheung said: In fact, killing a person is very simple. Maybe because of the version, I think he misunderstood the original intention of the film. In the film, Mathilda found out that the enemy's whereabouts and wanted to hire Leon to kill him. Leon said: Mathilda, nothing is the same, after you kill someone. Your life changes forever. You'll can never cancel it, neither from your memory, nor from your criminal record... You'll never sleep again like before, Mathilda. It's just a helpless choice because of the lack of interest. He made me even more convinced that there are too many things in this world that just look beautiful.
I have seen Luc Besson's original script, which has more wonderful dialogue and powerful details than the video I have seen. The ending is also different. Mathilda watched Leon fall in front of Stansfield’s gun. She walked out, wearing Leon’s jacket, leaned on the dead Leon and kissed him, put the gun on the ground, and stood up. He stared at Stansfield and smiled, detonating explosives all over his body.
The cruelty of life does not lie in the accustomed suffering, which is easy to adapt and endure, but often let you taste the sweetness of the sweetness first, and then irretrievably when your long-numbed heart is just beginning to wake up and full of joy. Deprived of everything, despair is born from this.
"Is life always this hard, or just when you're a kid?"
"...Always like this."
Mark
2002.11.5
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