The world is full of turmoil. Yes, we are all born alone and die alone. And life is just between the beginning and the end, the vast expanse.
So the quality of life seems irrelevant, after all, there is only one end of life, death.
This is a very beautiful film.
In the chaotic 1960s, the so-called Cuban nuclear attack and the Soviet missile threat were nothing but dispensable in George's mind. His life is elegant, meticulous, and there is no material deficiency. After losing his lover, he realized that his life was no longer complete, and gradually lost the meaning of living.
His explanation for all this is fear.
In fact, everyone is just greedy for a trace of warmth.
Having walked together in 16 years not only shows that they are in harmony in lust, but also shows that the two people's spirit fits together. George is a long-lasting man, he can't let go of the 16 years of skin-to-skin dating, and can't let go of the warmth of 16 years. In fact, the film has nothing to do with sexuality. If his lover is replaced by a woman, the story can still be staged. It’s just a same-sex story, which explains his fear. It’s not easy to find the perfect love in a heterosexual world, so why not talk about same-sex relationships. He was actually just worried that he would be lonely and die.
The real world kept throwing temptations to him, bombarding this dying heart in turns. Every bombardment brought about a change in color and a delay in time. The happy games of the neighbor’s children, the bright eyes and red lips of the office secretary, the beautiful body of the young tennis player, the delicate face of the young student, the active seduction of the Spanish model, the sincere expectation of the close friend Charlotte.....Every moment of heartbeat and lust His body is filled with willfulness, rendering saturated and rich colors, and the beauty is breathtaking. And time also slowed down, and every second seemed to be counted. And when everything returned to calm, the picture returned to a very low degree of color. And the most subtle thing is that the sound of the heartbeat speeds up a little bit, and is gradually released in front of the lust, just like the heartbeat of the audience, as if it is impossible to discern whether it is his own heartbeat or George's for a while. This kind of lustful depiction of lust is freely retractable, but beautiful.
In fact, I have always been a pessimist, so I prefer another ending. For a man like him, everything is there, but people who are over middle-aged and want to find another passionate love and stay with him for a long time, just thinking about it should make him exhausted. So life in front of him is actually nothing but an empty shell.
When I found that the young student Kenny was still holding a gun in his sleep, even I felt my heart trembled slightly. He has always known it, and has always loved George with a faint, pure feeling.
I actually look forward to George ending his life. Such loyalty and loneliness seems to be the vigor and excitement I have always wanted. And when he suddenly discovered that the bloody moonlight came into the window lattice, and the dead wood of life sprouted new buds, everything came so suddenly and yet so peacefully.
Jim's death kiss, so soft, it seemed that everything was empty and everything was anxious, and it returned to zero in an instant.
And it all started because of greed for a trace of warmth.
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Recall the beautiful details in the film:
1: The opening shot of George in the water flashes again when Kenny and him swim in the water, as if the loneliness and loneliness in George's mind , Has been lingering.
2: The speculation of the car accident is very stunning, the vast snow scene, the spread of blood, and the understatement but inexplicable kiss.
3: His exquisite life can't hide the hagginess in the mirror.
4: Frozen bread in the refrigerator, hugs with the maid, and the maid's look of incomprehension, confusion, and worry. Echoing the money that Geroge left behind for the maid quietly in the bread.
5: Think of Jim's heartache and even the foreshadowing of angina.
6: Jim's cousin called. George's eyes gradually filled with tears and his voice choked.
7: Two pet dogs, one was killed at the scene of the car accident, and the other was missing. There is a hint that George's widowhood can only be relieved by suicide.
8: The neighbor’s child killed the butterfly and turned it into ashes. He liked all kinds of ambushes. The little girl raised scorpions and fed them with various animals.
9: The female secretary's perfume smell and suddenly red lip color.
10: When talking about the air-raid shelter, George only paid attention to the muscles of tennis players, and the strange scene of a family and captive livestock huddled in a small space suddenly appeared. George's imagination on this topic is only this moment.
11: Close-ups of Kenny and his girlfriend's eyes, interspersed with George's lecture.
12: When talking about minority groups, the male student on George's left hand lowered his head subconsciously. Later, he remembered that the actor appeared in a same-sex movie, "Holding Yourself", Holding Trevor. At this time, it should allude to the gay group.
13: The red pencil sharpener symbolizes rage and lust, rage and lust. George did not choose the blue symbolizing spiritual, but yellow, which means choosing physical attraction, and also means showing Kenny's identity.
14: Kenny tail spotted the gun at any time, and said u seem that u need a friend, the observation is really meticulous.
15: The girl next door appears again, full of pure beauty. His father's contempt and hatred of homosexuality were conveyed to George in the mouth of the little girl.
16: A pair of eyes on the billboard that perceive the soul.
17: The familiar breath of other people's puppies.
18: The Spanish man Carlos opened the door handle and deliberately waited for Geroge to let go of the details, George had long seen through. Close-ups of his eyes and mouth, as well as erotic hints when the two lighted cigarettes.
19: A very warm scene of Jim and George reading a book on the sofa.
20: Suicide tangled and finally attempted, choosing various postures, and slipping in the bathtub, a very real but ironic scene.
21: Use the puppy method to punish the fantasies of the neighbor's children. (Pee on him)
22: Charley's invincible joke, the mental harmony of the two.
23: George perseveres in persuading Charley to return to London.
24: The scene where George and Jim met was very beautiful. Jim declined
to say : I think I'm taken. 25: Kenny, who wanted to go to George's address from the office a long time ago, was waiting for an opportunity in the bushes.
26: Kenny's words are full of meaning.
27: Kenny discovers George's secret through nude photos and actively seduces George.
28: George appears in the water for the third time, and his thoughts struggle for the last time before his death.
29: Kenny penetrated George's thoughts and slept with a gun because of fear of suicide.
30: The terrifying owl, the scarlet moon, the fearless George.
31: The end of a sharp turn, a kiss from Jim helplessly. All the blooming blossoms eclipsed immediately, and just like that, it came.
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