To appreciate this movie, first of all, you can't hold the expectation of watching a general feature film. You can't expect to see a cause-development-climax-end route that you are used to. What you want to appreciate is the scenery along the way and the process of the development of things. In fact, this is also the advantage of this movie. Many feature films make you only want to know the ending. When you know the ending, there is actually no need to watch it again and taste it carefully. Watching this kind of movie, the pleasure you can get is that the stone falls to the ground and relieved when the ending music sounds, but this kind of happiness is instantaneous and has no aftertaste. When you remember, you can't experience this kind of happiness again. This film is different.
This movie has a huge and magnificent form, enough for you to enjoy it over and over again. I was shocked when I saw the first shot. The green grass is not frivolous because it is in the rain. The calm shot stretches. The beauty is so refreshing. The actor is an all-star lineup. Almost every supporting role can withstand your careful observation. The most memorable role is Richard E. Grant, the spitting butler wiping the tableware. He has a face with a personality that is unforgettable. There are so many clues, and there is no major or subordinate, so they develop together, but they are methodical and not chaotic. It is really good.
But I don’t know if the form is greater than the content. I have seen some film reviews, starting with the British master-servant relationship, but maybe because the form is too attractive and it obscures the original intention of the content, I never did I feel that the old Robert wants to talk about the master-servant relationship, because in addition to the master-servant relationship, there are also rich-poor relationships, parasitic relationships, and affair relationships. I really can't see that the master-servant relationship is the center. In my eyes, this film is just a delicate and complicated realistic painting. As for which detail the viewer should pay special attention to, it is a matter of opinion.
There is also a very interesting person, Bob Balaban, the American director wearing glasses in the film. This characterless-looking person made me unable to remember after seeing it 5 times. In fact, he played Phoeby's biological father in Friends and Thora Birch's father in Ghost World. Such an inconspicuous person is actually the producer of the film, and the idea of the film also came from him. It's really strange.
In addition, the soundtrack of this movie is also great, full of bourgeois atmosphere.
In short, it is a movie worth watching repeatedly.
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