no incest

Fred 2022-04-20 09:01:30

At the beginning of the movie, I always thought, this man is called sex addiction? If so, wouldn't all single urban white-collar workers in their thirties have sex addiction? Because in the impression, everyone lives like this.

In the real capitalist machine, everyone is like a tight cog, more or less neurotic. The coworker sitting next to you in the company may be a voyeur, the stranger passing by on the subway may be violent, and the plain girl in the corner of the coffee shop may also enjoy making pornographic movies.

The scenery in the movie is so pale, midnight New York feels chaotic and depressing. The film is full of unpleasant sex scenes. Although this film is classified as erotic, it is better to say that this one strips all eroticism and just shows the distorted needs of the male protagonist to the audience naked.

What impressed me the most was the soundtrack of the film and the long, long, long shots. When Bach's Goldberg Variation rings, it's suddenly in play. I feel the indescribable loneliness through music. Those long subway pit stops, awkward conversations in restaurants, low-level conversations in bars...as real, boring, and stupid as life. Yet many people live in such tedious and stupid ways. Who is not like him, who, while living so lonely, still desperately wants to seek warmth? At least Brandon still has shame, so he suffers. If he is like his boss David, he can maintain a normal state of mind.

Maybe the male lead and his sister do have an incestuous past, and that would perfectly explain why their personalities are so fragmented. But that's not the point, at least I don't think that's what the director wants to interpret. Movies are like a mirror, and what the audience ultimately sees is our almost morbid way of life today.

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  • Earline 2022-03-24 09:01:33

    It's best to watch it in a movie theater, or on a large-screen dvd TV. If it's not good enough, you should watch the next high-definition version on your laptop and you should wear headphones. The story has no advantages, but it is not easy to make a very ordinary story so "good-looking", and it is visually very good.

  • Elenora 2021-11-24 08:01:19

    Uncle Fa's expression when making love is really disgusting. (The version is not good, I can't see Uncle Fa's bird). . . Once a person is completely occupied by one thing in his life and cannot get rid of it, he will have a huge sense of loneliness at the same time. He can no longer love, only do, and only to strangers. (I like the detail of a black woman suddenly suppressing her sexual desire and sitting at the window in pain...

Shame quotes

  • Sissy Sullivan: I'm trying, I'm trying to help you.

    Brandon Sullivan: How are you helping me, huh? How are you helping me? How are you helping me? Huh? Look at me. You come in here and you're a weight on me. Do you understand me? You're a burden. You're just dragging me down. How are you helping me? You can't even clean up after yourself. Stop playing the victim.

    Sissy Sullivan: I'm not playing the victim. If I left, I would never hear from you again. Don't you think that's sad? Don't you think that's sad? You're my brother.

  • Brandon Sullivan: I'll fucking kill you!

    Sissy Sullivan: What the... What the fuck?

    Brandon Sullivan: Jesus Christ Sissy.

    Sissy Sullivan: Brandon. Don't you fucking knock?

    Brandon Sullivan: What the fuck. Why would I knock? I live here.