I happened to watch two marriage thrillers one after another recently: "Gone Girl" is Hollywood-style, combining elements of suspense, violence, sex, handsome guys and beautiful girls, and seriously explores the nature of marriage; and "45th Anniversary" is British A thriller that combines the elegance of Downton Abbey with the depth of Hitchcock. "45th Anniversary" tells the story of Kate and Geoff's 45-year marriage, which slowly fell apart within days after the husband suddenly received a letter about finding the body of his ex-girlfriend. The development of the story is so peaceful, like an ice pick slowly piercing the body, the colder it gets colder, the more pain it gets, and it makes me shudder to see it. The scariest part of the film is when Kate goes to the attic and discovers all of Geoff's treasured possessions about ex-girlfriend Katya, playing slideshow photos of Katya one by one. It started with Kate occupying the main position of the frame, looking at the photo in defocus on the right side of the frame, like a phantom. After the photo of Katya's pregnancy (Kate and Geoff have no children) appeared, Kate's face was blurred, replaced by a close-up of Katya, and finally a close-up of Kate's horrified profile face. Viewers can imagine that Geoff has spent some of his 45 years in this dark attic, sitting there, like Kate, playing pictures of Katya. This clip suggests that Geoff gradually distanced himself from Kate and returned to his warm feelings for Katya, while Kate's heart has collapsed. "Attic" is an image that directors like to use. Physically, it is a space that is closest to people but not easy to reach. Psychologically, it is the most mysterious place in the whole house. "The Attic" is so close to real life that the people or things inside can be released at any time, thereby subverting the life of the protagonist in the film. In "The Master Key", the heroine opens the door of the attic, and it is lost forever; in "The Cobweb House", the boy finds his mother's diary in the attic, and finally knows that his mother has gone to a mental hospital. The attic of "45th Anniversary" is not so scary in form, but Kate realized a terrible fact in the attic: everything about Katya is wider than what Geoff said, and even their entire 45 years of marriage may be All based on a false nostalgia. The film is about not just the fragility of marriage, but the unreliability of intimacy more broadly. Imagine if you've been married to someone for 45 years and suddenly discover that the source of all the details of your life is that person's ex-lover - all the decisions you make, where to go on vacation, what books to read, what dogs to keep, what songs to listen to are all related to She is related, even the name is related (Katya and Kate are both short for Catherine) - what other options do you have other than collapse? This kind of horror can penetrate the bone marrow. The husband suddenly fell into memory because of a letter, and he made no secret of it. What's more, he finally chose to restore his life to its original state overnight, as if nothing had happened. He confessed to his wife and cried bitterly at the 45th wedding anniversary as usual, and even hugged his wife and immersed himself in getting married 45 years ago. in dance music. When the past life is an illusion, the future life will be acting, and the scariest marriage is like this.
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