At first, the man's left foot, carved from Greek marble, surprised me with Camille, who used the talent of a woman and the strength of a man to complete this work that changed her relationship with Rodin.
As for Rodin, who first met Camille, she may have discovered her unique talent at a glance, so she watched the evolution of this piece of jade with half outward laissez-faire and half inner concern. And two artists who are equally matched in talent and love are naturally easy to touch and wipe out the spark of love.
"Legends are thus bound by legends", Rodin defended his status as a professional famous sculptor in this vigorous love. Love allows creative bursts, but excludes the challenge of male dominance.
Rodin praised Camille for being smart, thoughtful and brave, but he himself lost the most basic of courage due to his long-standing popularity.
In the film, you can always find him panicking and fearing people's attention. When Camille asked him to make a choice between the two women and ran out of the door without an answer, he did not bravely chase after him to express his innermost desire, but closed the door alone under the incomprehensible gazes of his colleagues and employees. , what is he afraid of? Scared of cynicism or gossip? When he couldn't bear the pain in his heart and knocked on Camille's door, he was frightened by the clear eyes of the boy staring at him. After a few more shouts, he will go downstairs and hug each other. What is he afraid of? Stuck with his "legendary" reputation.
In contrast, Camille's unrepentant attitude towards love. The man is afraid of taking on it, saying, "I don't want to be troubled by feelings anymore", the woman can only be in so much pain that she can't extricate herself, and she sighs "Why! Why...". The creation with all her heart and affection is her proof of herself, but neither the world nor even her lover can give her understanding and recognition.
With Rodin's decisive departure, "The Road of Life" seems to have a more unique meaning for Camille, her talent sailing thousands of miles on the paranoid waterway.
"The old woman who passed away is me, the girl who lost her youth is also me, and the man is also me, not you..." The original triangular relationship in "The Road of Life" is perfectly integrated into the life of a woman full of spirituality .
When a man decides, it makes people mad in despair. Camille eventually turned into a frantic cat, roaring at his door with fiery emotion and anger at the betrayal.
Why the world doesn't understand the backing and support that Rodin gave Camille. For her, it's just superfluous charity. All she needs is her recognition and Rodin's complete heart.
Living in art, she forgot what the real world was and how to communicate with people. When she was desperate, she only transplanted her feelings as a living person. And when these static sculptures could not return the slightest human warmth to her, she shattered these unrecognized symbols of self-innate talent one by one.
At the end of the story, she was paranoid going crazy.
I have seen the BBC's documentary about Rodin, and the changes Camille brought to Rodin's creation are more macroscopic in it. This film vividly depicts the mutual influence between the two sides, and also restores the entangled love-hate relationship between the artists in a more dramatic form.
"The old woman who passed away is me,
the girl who lost her youth is also me,
and the man is also me, not you..."
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