[Background]
The goodwill for Bunuel comes from "The Prudent Charm of the Middle Class" and "The Obscure Desire". Therefore, when the hand-painted Catherine Deneuve on the cover of the CC version used a pair of slightly exhausted but full of endless hints When looking at him provocatively, he put the disc into the DVD machine without much brain filtering. The first collision between the old Spanish man and his muse, what kind of sparks can be generated, is worthy of this 100-minute light and shadow test.
[Film] It
must be admitted that the first whipping whipped my appetite firmly, and it also made the whole physical and mental state unexpectedly kept extremely optimal. People tend to lose concentration after thirty, but when this night falls, "Beauty of the Day" easily guides me to break this horrible rumor. Since it's your favorite dish, eat it with great flavour. There is no reason, I speak for myself.
At first, I also suspected that Severine's husband in a white coat was impotent, so he slept in separate beds. But it was soon discovered that Pierre had a strong desire, but was rejected again and again by the ice beauty. Then naturally wonder whether Severine is indifferent. But our darling went to the brothel, and after abandoning the initial shyness and reservedness, he became like a fish in water. Instead, he got a real sexual pleasure in front of all kinds of prostitutes. I am afraid that the psychological state of most viewers is experiencing such ups and downs, and at the same time may be accompanied by some doubts and difficulties.
In fact, from Severin’s “horribly unimaginable” sexual fantasies, she has clearly given the answer: she is a complete Shake M (about what is SM and what is Shake M, I will not explain it. If you understand it, you will understand. No It's useless to understand the explanation). Look, she was beaten and raped by two vulgar carriage drivers, turned into a corpse lying in an icy coffin, and was "exploded" by Asian wretched prostitutes. She was at the table with her husband's friends in front of her husband and his wife. Underneath OOXX...A series of real and illusion alternately emerged, one after another. She is a beautiful and elegant woman (the old bustard in the brothel does not stop using the term to describe her), but she is willing to be tortured and conquered in a vulgar way. This is not the fucking M.
Therefore, Severine's husband Pierre, in the two "worlds" is no match for her client and lover Marcel. This is a desperado who once killed people, and also a little boy who is incomparably innocent in the world of emotions. He should be true love to Severin, but this kind of love is almost paranoid and crazy, and this cruel and suffocating desire for control makes Severin willing to accept it to fear, and finally leave without hesitation. She understood that she could no longer use her two identities to deal with the brothel world and the normal world, and at this time she was faced with a choice between two identities. Of course she is a middle-class elegant lady above all, so she must say goodbye to her "beauty of day".
But Marcel is just a vigorous child. His impulse not only caused himself to kill himself, but also completely relieved our "Beauty of the Day". He shot three bullets at Pierre, and finally let himself be shot by the police while escaping. Pierre spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair, and the noble Severin seemed to be living the life he really wanted.
[Facts] The
CC version of the DVD contains a lot of interesting tidbits, such as an interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrell and starring Catherine Deneuve. Speaking of Jean-Claude Carrell, the Queen's gold medal screenwriter of Buñuel, he became familiar with his book "The Age of Utopia". This book is based on the real experience of him and a famous Czech director Milos Forman, and faithfully restores what they saw and heard in Paris, Prague, and New York from 1968 to 1969, including the Prague Spring, May storm, hippie movement, etc. To be a digression, this book is very lively and interesting, and it is worth reading and collecting.
In the interview, Jean-Claude Carrell talked about his and Buñuel’s experience of meeting and befriending Buñuel in the filming of "The Maid's Diary". In his eyes, Bunuel is like an omnipotent god with a great personality charm that makes people convincing. You don't have to think about anything when you work with him, because he can basically take care of everything, even every meal you eat and every hotel you stay in.
Regarding the reverie ending of "Beauty of the Day", Jean-Claude Carell explained that this was the most painstaking process for him and Bunuel. Neither of them liked the ending in the original book, so how to adapt an ending that was unconventional and had the finishing touch, really killed a lot of their brain cells. One night, Carell was resting at home, and suddenly received a call from Buñuel at about ten o'clock, saying that there was a very important matter to be discussed. Carrell rushed to Bunuel’s residence immediately, and the director excitedly told him that he had a plan for the ending. Well, yes, we saw the ending in the movie. This is indeed a magical stroke. Reality and dreams, existence and illusion, it seems that everything has become no longer important.
【1967】The
film was produced in 1967. The last three years of the sixties, from 1967 to 1969, can be said to be the most quintessential three years of the vigorous sixties. Needless to say the great years of 1968 and 1969, just take 1967 as an example. China's Cultural Revolution was in full swing, the Vietnam War was still fought fiercely, and the third Middle East war broke out. In the United States on the other side of the ocean, hundreds of thousands of hippies gathered in San Francisco. It was a "Summer of love" full of flowers. Also in this year, Che Guevara was captured in the jungles of South America and gave generously. In terms of film art, the new wave and other film movements continued to flourish in 1967. The Czech Republic produced the greatest movie in film history, "Heroes of Troubles". Fortunately, it was born in 1967. Just a year later, Soviet tanks drove into Prague Square rumblingly, and Czech artists fled on a large scale (including Went to Milos Foreman in New York with Jean-Claude Carell). The Americans made a film called "Bonnie and Clyde", setting the precedent for the "Highway Knight" movie. Godard contributed "Chinese Girl", Eric Rohmer produced "The Female Collector", my favorite director Melville's "Lone Killer" was released, and Alandron took the world by storm. In the East, Japanese national treasure director Masaki Kobayashi's "Death Sword" let Toshiro Mifune on the screen kill Tatsuya Nakadai. Shaw Brothers launched "One-Armed Knife", 18-year-old girl Pan Yingzi first came out of the arena...
Of course, there is also this film directed by Louis Bunuel, written by Jean-Claude Carrell and starring Catherine Deneuve The movie-"Beauty of the Day".
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