Scarlet Street Comments

  • Rylan 2022-10-14 17:59:16

    It's been a day and a half since I read it, and I still shudder with the ecstasy of John Bennett's ecstasy johnny. Yesterday, I thought why the ending wasn't all bad, wouldn't it be better? I just realized today that this is the most pitiful place for us ordinary people. There is no vicious heart like the viper and the big villain, and he is afraid to even vent his anger for himself. A beautiful girl, the freedom to engage in art, or in other words, a happy life, everything is a...

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  • Thelma 2022-10-14 23:18:11

    escaped guilt, lost self

    More like a crime melodrama with noir elements. Influenced by Freudian theory, each character in the film is looking for a self, this self is disciplined, just like Johnny is extremely angry because others say he is "crazy", self-proof needs social recognition. And the identity of the male and...

  • Kaelyn 2022-10-14 17:45:56

    His life is doomed, and his soul cannot be liberated.

    Christopher Cross is married to a woman he doesn't love, (the woman doesn't love him either), and in life, apart from bickering with each other, he just ignores each other. Family life is like purgatory on earth. But he feels that life is still full of happiness. As a social person, his work is...

Scarlet Street quotes

  • Kitty March: I thought you were modeling girdles for the catalog.

    Millie Ray: I have been. Oh, I ache like a dog. If corsets ever come back, I swear I'll quit modeling.

  • Millie Ray: Honey, what's happened to you?

    Kitty March: Don't you wish it could happen to you? I'm in love - crazy in love!

    Millie Ray: With a man that pushes you around the way I wouldn't push a cat around.

    Kitty March: You leave Johnny out of this!

    Millie Ray: With your looks and figure you could get any man you want!

    Kitty March: Sure! But there's only one I want.

    Millie Ray: Yeah, and he's making a tramp out of you.