The Servant Comments

  • Xzavier 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    [2021 British Film Masters Exhibition] The most wonderful thing is the spatial composition and shot scheduling. Whether it's the shadow behind the curtains during hide-and-seek, Barrett's naked body on the stairwell, the dislocated portrait in the mirror, or the swaying legs behind the sofa, all are beautiful and meaningful. Light and shadow at hand, with water droplets, gramophone and Vera's provocative laughter, create an ambiguous and oppressive atmosphere. Disintegrating power with...

  • Ayden 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    The photography is so advanced, the composition of the mirror reflection, and the scheduling of the long shots on the stairs are so delicate! The soundtrack and art setting are both captivating. The stereotype of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat was solidified in the first half hour, but it was instantly broken in the second half hour. In fact, the imbalance of power and status has been foreshadowed long ago, but after playing the ball throwing dodging game on the stairs, when Barrett stood...

  • Merl 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    very exciting. Multiple, well-designed and referential character relationships, plots, dialogues, and audio-visual work, as the story progresses, it shows the transformation and blending of interpersonal classes and desires, and never tells the audience everything in one go. Patrick Magee in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" and "Barry Lyndon" will play the priest. Wendy Craig looks like Sally Hawkins. I don't know if there are any viewers who have seen this film and think "Parasite" is very good,...

  • Clifton 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    While watching, I was amazed, my God, isn't this an upgraded version of "Parasite"? This should be renamed "Hermit Crab"! Compared with Parasite, this film is simply several grades...

  • Nicholas 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! Tragedy....

  • Erick 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    This movie is totally GAY !! (Foucault: Homosexuality is "a way of life" not "a way of having sex.") In the third act, the master-slave trains the sexy to the point of exploding, thinking that he is watching a G-movie, thinking with his lower body Blonde guys are too submissive. Playing dodgeball and hide-and-seek is full of sexual overtones and tension: "bend over" and "inferior position" suggest a master-slave...

  • Alberto 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    Rewatch. The detached scheduling of interior scenes equals Polanski's best work of his life. The screenwriter's skills are very strong. From a single point of view, it is an absolutely brain-burning movie. Based on this, in addition to the deprivation and splitting of the implied elements of drama in ordinary movies (the ambiguity of the interior space and the appearance of an unpredictable symbolic female character), there are also bold ideas for the development of surreal events. (The mental...

  • Emerson 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    It means what is the upper and lower layers, and I saw two cute things with...

  • Ward 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    That wicked smirk that Dirk Bogard sneaks with his back turned away pretty much represents the entire charm of this movie. Of course, there are also those amazing shots, either swaying or full of blank space. Only such beautiful shots can express desire, and the use and surrender of sexual charm. You can compare this film with Lin Changshu's version of "Lady", the fate of the two classes is opposite to each...

  • Ollie 2022-03-25 09:01:19

    Maugham's short story adaptation, the movie script is again written by Lord Pinter!!! The first work of the classic Joseph Loser + Pinter trilogy! It's a dizzying piece! Undoubtedly, Pinter completely changed the original work Mastermind. Dirk Bogarde! Love you to...

Extended Reading

The Servant quotes

  • Hugo Barrett: I'll tell you what I am. I'm a gentleman's gentleman, and you're no bloody GENTLEMAN!

  • Hugo Barrett: [to one of the prostitutes blocking his way in the phone booth] Get out of my way, you fucking bitch!

The Servant

Director: Joseph Losey

Language: English Release date: March 16, 1964

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