Love on the Edge - A Commentary on the Theme of the Film "Lawrence of Two Sides"

Cameron 2022-04-19 09:02:42

In today's increasingly enlightened society, the emotions of people on the fringes are getting more and more attention. The transition from discrimination to equal treatment also represents the progress of a society and a country. Giving them help and encouragement is also the greatest respect of all people for love. The film tells the story of Lawrence facing himself calmly and looking for true love after following his inner will for many years to change, and presents the audience with a vivid, three-dimensional and highly individualized marginal character image. Xavier Dolan gave Lawrence an ordinary character from his unique perspective, and vividly portrayed the entanglement and contradiction in the character's heart. Director Dolan's films are accustomed to telling stories in slow speed, and every frame of footage has become an unbearable beauty under the editor's hands. The longer duration than ordinary movies can not only show more details, but also express the inner suffering of the protagonist. Lawrence's life has changed dramatically because of the revealing of his true character. The abandonment of the family and the company made Lawrence fall from a stable social position in an instant, but at first, the persistence of his girlfriend gave Lawrence great encouragement and support again. Deranged gender exists in the normal body to form a distorted emotion, but in fact this emotion is common to all people. People are always accustomed to looking for the extremes of marginal characters, but they ignore the same emotions and personalities as ordinary people. The director did not vindicate the marginal characters, but only expressed their real life through the artistic means of the film. Lawrence's feathered earrings in the film symbolize angel wings, highlighting both the feminine features of his character and the pure angelic love he seeks. The persistence of his girlfriend to the point of being shaken and eventually parting ways, brought up twists and turns to Lawrence, but in the end, the relationship between the two ended in the autumn. The wrong seeds are planted from the beginning, and one day they will sprout. The chaotic love isolates the two people from reality, making the audience sigh the twists and turns of the protagonist's love.

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  • Eunice 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    It takes 3 hours to lay out to show the genius of growth, it seems that it is not so genius. Dolan walked away from the surprise of killing his mother, all the way dull. The subject matter is always appalling, the aesthetic pursuit is always colorful, and the gender is always troubled. The first two hours are almost all old tricks used in "I Killed My Mom" ​​and "Fantasy Love", and the film slowly shows Dolan's deep thinking at the end, but he is sure that the audience sees that and not snoring?

  • Hans 2022-03-27 09:01:16

    Lawrence's irony as a teacher at the beginning: Proust spent 300 pages writing XX and YY. For Dolan, this sentence is also satirizing himself. The plot is simple---Ten years of transgender boyfriends and girlfriends sadomasochism. Magical fantasy and gorgeous photography began to become part of dolanism. The three works in the early 20s established the image style. As L said in the film, it is not confident but firm. Several fantasy fragments are especially beautiful. I like the ending.

Laurence Anyways quotes

  • Journaliste: What are you looking for Laurence Alia?

    Laurence Alia: I'm looking for a person, who understands my language and speaks it. A person who, without being a pariah, will question not only the rights and the value of the marginalized, but also those of the people who claim to be normal.

  • Laurence Alia: So... will you still love me?

    Julienne Alia: Are you becoming a woman or an idiot?