Although it was stated from the beginning that it was an adaptation of Dostoevsky's story, the theme of the film is different from the original. In this movie, Jesse Eisenberg plays two roles, Simon James-a nonexistent civil servant, a voyeuristic Pinocchio, and James Simon-a person who loves flowers and flowers, sister Meet the playboy with his legs spread out. However, these two people with completely different personalities have the same body, so that Simon finally collapsed after being played by James countless times (forced to exchange identities) and issued "he stole my face" like this heart-piercing. Shouts. From unbelievable, to slowly accepting, to completely resisting, Simon's mental journey towards James this clone is inseparable from his pursuit of Hannah. The director said that he didn't want to render too many accusations of bureaucracy in the original book in this movie. So, is this distorted, voyeuristic love triggering Simon's division and destruction? It is also a romantic inference. Movies and televisions with split personality have always appeared in endlessly and are mostly crime thrillers, but this time we saw the love and contradiction of a small person. Even if he didn't intend to bring the movie into a deeper discussion, Richard couldn't help but remind us in many details-Simon is not a person, he is just a microcosm of thousands of people in society, they can't digest their split personality, So take it or leave it.
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