This film has many shortcomings, but the director still puts his own expression on the theme of "self" in the film. After I watched the movie intermittently in the boring fragmented time, I calmed down to recall the structure and theme of the movie. Instead, I felt that the movie was not as bad as I had experienced when watching the movie.
The theme of the film is closely related to the narrative structure. The main line of the movie is Maureen's pursuit of his late twin brother Louis. The twin siblings are a setting worth discussing, and this setting is also crucial to understanding the theme of the movie. In various media reports and folklore renderings, there is often a surreal connection between the twins, not to mention whether this is true or not, this setting is already a subconscious cognition for the public. Maureen's pursuit of Louis is actually a loss of self-positioning. The professional setting of the protagonist Maureen's personal shopper is also intriguing. This is also a setting that mirrors itself on others, and the director emphasizes the employer's restriction on Maureen, which prohibits her from trying on her own collocation. This actually deepened Maureen's gap with himself, and Maureen was tempted by anonymous text messages and broke this taboo, but after a brief indulge, he felt resistance. This is actually an experience that everyone will have. We are often faced with the perfect image of self in the mirror image, but when we realize ourselves as the self in the mirror image, we try to feel a sense of discomfort. Lacan made a detailed analysis of this mental state in the theory of mirror images. I really learned very little, and the words did not express the meaning.
In addition, there are two small plot designs in the film that are very interesting. One is that Maureen refused to communicate with anonymous text messages due to the horror of her employer being murdered. When she talked about the flight mode of her mobile phone, the text messages conveyed a dangerous approaching message step by step. At the same time, due to the delay of the text messages caused by turning on the flight mode. Timeliness, a little closer to sending time creates tension and despair, which is a unique and innovative form of expression. Another is the design of the elevator and sensor door opening and closing in the hotel. In fact, this is a point deliberately created by the director to trigger the discussion of the plot. Compared with the previous plot, I think this is a bit clumsy. This technique is not the director’s original creation. Johnnie To also used the same technique in the ending of "The Detective", which is hidden. The changes in the plot and the psychological state of the characters are extremely rich, and the usage in this film pales in comparison.
Kristin Sturt is one of my favorite young Hollywood stars. It shows an unruly self-confident beauty in various channels, which is very attractive. But it is only a star. In recent years, K has started to try some in-depth and thoughtful roles. He also showed remarkable performances in "Billy Lynn's Intermission". I believe that one day there will be a suitable one. She performed good works.
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