Or the repressed emotions after the Korean War, I always feel that the male characters in the two classic works are in a low and weak position, and their words and deeds are full of passive and powerless feelings. The male protagonists of both films are Jin Zhenkui. In the film "Mistake", he played a small clerk who was struggling in the lower class; in this film, he played a piano teacher belonging to the middle class, but this does not mean that he appears strong, on the contrary, his decadent characteristics appear to be getting worse and worse. strong.
"Mistress" refers to women who work from rural areas to cities. They were forced to join the society because of their family circumstances and their families could not afford the tuition fees. The textile factory scene in the early part of the film shows the rigid life of the "girls" - only the music class is the adjustment of their lives. In the first part of the film, the two female workers expressed their love to the piano teacher openly and secretly, but the teacher refused because of their family relationship. In the end, one committed suicide and the other left sadly. The female worker who "does the dark thing" introduces a maid to the piano teacher, which opens the beginning of the nightmare.
There is no doubt that the female characters in the film are dominant: whether it is a female worker who "does secret things" or a pianist's wife who seems to be virtuous but scheming, they are the "pillars" of the film, and the most important thing is of course She is the "slave" of a maid. She seduces and restrains the male protagonist with sex, gradually invades his family life, and even gradually imposes distorted values on everyone, and finally sets off a death storm in this family. The conflict between the two classes is fully expressed in this film, and the presentation of people who set themselves on fire due to lust is even more shocking. Many conflicts in this film take place on the stairs, and the tension formed by the black and white light and shadow makes the audience unforgettable. Moreover, the window frames of the whole film play an important role, and all the love-hate entanglement is caused by looking into the interior from the window, and the ghostly characteristics of the "girl" are even more apparent through it. This is a set of works made with neat and classical shooting methods, but it opens the door to different colors for later directors.
For the director, this is a very important work, because many of his subsequent works are variations of this film. There are outstanding directors such as Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho in South Korea today, but it seems that there is still a certain distance from the previous masterpieces. This is a work worthy of the attention of fans, especially fans of Korean films.
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