All in all, "one night in Europe for two young people".
Why is "Love Before Dawn" so much more moving?
"Roman Holiday" is, after all, a Hollywood story, even a Disney-esque story. A young and beautiful princess meets a handsome but underappreciated reporter. Almost every Disney story is just a change of background characters under this structure.
The identity gap between princesses and commoners makes many viewers lustful. First of all, the identity of the princess makes this movie very tasteful, and it seems that the princess is immediately noble. Secondly, the poor identity gives the audience a sense of substitution. Male audiences always fantasize that they are underappreciated and think they are handsome. Needless to say, female audiences feel that they are all fairy princesses who have fallen into the mortal world. In the end, due to the disparity of identities, it is doomed to a rare ending that does not end in marriage, and a faint sadness shrouded the audience.
Compared with "Love Before Dawn", two young civilians who don't know each other and strangers coming to a strange city, "Roman Holiday" from the beginning, the princess knows her identity, but the reporter does not know her identities, their understanding is unequal. Not only was this man unfamiliar to him, this city, this world of inferior people was also unfamiliar to her. The reporter is more like a tour guide who keeps a secret, a host who knows nothing. Due to the disparity in identities, there is also a disparity in their own knowledge. This kind of identity and background setting always makes people feel that love is not so pure. It's hard to say whether they love the other person or the strangeness, the self-compassion that is doomed to a tragic life.
And the love in "Love Before Dawn" is more pure. A girl and a boy fell in love at first sight. None of them broke it at first, but you could see the ambiguity flowing in the air around them. Two young people who love each other and know nothing about each other pressed their hearts to test each other cautiously. Pheromones stirred the air to thicken and thin. I have always believed in the "field" between people. Even if you don't watch it, you know that someone is looking at you and looking at you. You can feel that someone's pheromones are gushing out for you. Even if there are thousands of troops around, there is a transparent semi-circle enchantment covering the top of your head between the two of you, encircling a space that belongs to you.
Boys and girls are ordinary civilians, with completely different family environments, growth experiences, and emotional stories. Their encounter is not the sympathy of "Don't worry about the future without confidants", nor is it curiosity and snooping about the dissident class with "great status". , inexplicably and for no reason, the audience can only understand it as "love".
And this love is not purely physical attraction. When a girl gets off a car with a strange boy in a strange city, she is ready to sacrifice her body to hormones. The emotions before this were understood to be attracted by the fragrance of the young body, but after they wandered all night, they were deeply attracted not only by the other's body, but also by the other's soul. It can be said that they "fall in love" with each other. This makes the girl appear hesitant and cautious when agreeing to the field battle before dawn, because she is no longer facing a "friend", but a "lover". A story of one night's romance might excite a young man, but sex with a lover at first sight is more cautious, because they both know that once they reach love in the fullest sense, they will face the separation they all know they will face. It would be an intense torture.
Knowing that time is limited, they cherish the process of getting along more. It condenses lover understanding, temptation, kissing, quarrel, sex in one night. So the love expressed in "Love Before Dawn" is more complete and more real than that in "Roman Holiday". Knowing that time is limited, they love each other more unreservedly. Income, education, family background, etc. all the impurities in love do not need to be mixed, and betrayal, puzzlement, and deception will not join. This overnight love in Europe is of the highest purity.
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