The complexity of "Red" is first manifested in its narrative structure. Those images that are constantly being repeated are indeed a bit confusing during the process of watching the movie. It is not until the end of the film that everything suddenly becomes clear. The retired old judge and the young law student, two seemingly unrelated lives, gradually overlapped and merged into one as the plot evolved. We can understand them as the same person of different ages because of their professions. In the same way, the emotional damage is also similar. With the help of Valenti's appearance, the director gave us a hope of reincarnation. Therefore, the old judge chased his loved ones all the way to the English Channel; the young judge who survived the shipwreck met Valenti in the English Channel.
Kieslowski said: The emotion this film tells is the story of one-half apple. A man and a woman are two apples that have been divided into two. When they come into the world, they must find their own half before their lives can be fulfilled. A complete apple is like perfect love. It is formed by apples that have been cut in half and joined together. If you miss it, you will never be able to complete a complete apple. When the divided apple comes to the world, it will always There are so many, missed space and missed time. So who will fix it? Where did we go wrong?
The three-way intersection, the two open windows, and Valenti and law students who always pass by in the movie are all arranged by the director. It shows our life: every day, We all have the opportunity to pass by countless people. Some people may become your friends or confidantes, while others are lovers. This is very similar to Jimmy's comic "Go Left, Go Right", two half apples, just wandering the three-way intersection of life so casually, waiting for the opportunity to merge into one.
"Red" uses a calm lens to slowly tell the apples that have missed space and time. Valenti loves her boyfriend deeply, but he is always jealous; a young law student sees his girlfriend thrown into the arms of others; the neighbor’s husband is carrying his wife and talking on the phone with his same-sex lover, and his daughter overhears his father’s phone call. The wife was kept in the dark. What went wrong there? Tell them the truth, will the problem be solved? These are thought-provoking topics in the movie. Two apples looking for each other, even if they are combined, may not be as complete as they seem on the surface.
In the process of searching for the other half, we never know whether to go to the left or to the right. If you want to get the complete apple, you need to wait, quietly waiting for the chance to meet again, can you wait?
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