Damage

Rey 2022-01-13 08:02:13

It may be that I have limited experience and I can accept love that has no roots, but I don't know why Stephen has such a crazy and indispensable love for Anna. According to what the film shows, Stephen is responsible for the family, but he does not show affection for his wife, but he probably didn't realize it himself. At the beginning of the movie, the prime minister asked him whether he liked power or not. He could say that he valued family more without hesitation. Later, when faced with this problem again, he hesitated because he was already stuck in Anna at that time and couldn’t see it. His family’s love for him, or the love for Anna, made him realize that he did not love his family deeply. He also admitted that he was indifferent and lacking passion for his son and family. Stephen's love is very intriguing. The film does not show too much about the process of the male and female protagonists talking about love. It only shows the result of "deep love" and a lot of erotic side, which makes me very confused about their feelings. There is a sentence at the end of the film: "We give in love because it gives us some sense of what is unknowable." . I don’t think it’s totally lust-driven feelings, "unknowable" Refers to the "unknown", it can be said that, different from ordinary family life and tedious work, the appearance of Anna brings to Stephen, breaking the convention, brand-new experience and inexplicable passion, unknown person, unknown desire And feelings fascinated him, so he regarded it as true love. Think hard. Considering that the male lead is a middle-aged man with a successful career, a happy family, and a good life, we can also say that this is "full of warmth and lust" (the "kinky" here is based on what I have learned in high Chinese. , Interpreted as "excessive, excessive") As for whether this is "true love" at all? It's hard to say, it doesn't matter anymore. In short, Stephen is deeply involved in this experience, crazy about it, worrying about it, and unforgettable. It is not a mistake to seek spiritual life, Stephen is wrong to only regard this as life, as real life. To be honest, at the end of the movie, I was still wondering if the heroine had a conspiracy, because this relationship is really boring, and Stephen is also highly powerful. But until the end, there was nothing, nothing, it was true. However, after the incident was revealed, Stephen's wife asked him: "Everyone has their favorite. In me, it is Martin (son); to you, it is Anna; what about Anna?" In the end we learned that it was actually Peter. After every relationship fails, Anna will go back to Peter, and this time is no exception. Ironically, after Stephen lost his family, wandered alone, and lived in isolation, he met Anna once, "She was with Peter, holding a child in her hands, no different from other women"-he was dreaming of "unknowable" , He paid a heavy price for "sense of what is unknowable" , And finally became plain! ——Great irony! But he still hung a photo of Martin, Anna, and himself on the wall, and couldn't let go of this unknowable experience. From now on, he would live in remembrance-pitiful and pathetic. The movie is called "Damage", which refers to the heroine saying that "wounded people are dangerous and they know how to keep themselves alive" (because of the special experience when she was a child, Anna was emotionally sick, which explains why she would condone Stephen, who brought him into this dangerous and crazy relationship because she enjoys it) also refers to Stephen's unwillingness to lead a routine life and pursue the destruction caused by excitement. Translated into "flame lover", it is more than fragrant but lacks deep meaning. Besides, what I want to say is about Martin's death-too abrupt, too sloppy! Martin ran into his girlfriend Anna and father Stephen having a relationship. In shock, he accidentally fell down the stairs and fell to his death... which resulted in a sad ending. It can be seen that although Stephen has also been troubled by this forbidden emotional entanglement, and knows that ending this relationship is good for everyone, but in the end he chose to pursue true love; even though he knew that Anna actually fell in love with Martin to get close to him As a cold-hearted and indifferent person to family, he doesn't care much about his son being deceived emotionally. He originally wanted to just hide from the sky and make a living, but in the end this taboo didn't bother him. That is to say, the cause of the tragedy does not come from the social or the inner conflicts of the characters, but only from pure "accidental factors", through death forcibly creating conflicts, sublimating the theme, or using such a far-fetched method of death. Personally think this is the biggest failure. Obviously, if Martin does not die, he will end up disastrously, but there will not be such a huge grief; if Martin does not discover the adultery, then there is nothing to tell the story. (Well, it seems that no matter how you imagine it, the story is very plain, and there is no other space to enrich the character level and plot, only one is dead) The film’s portrayal of the psychology of the male and female protagonist is really delicate and moving, the characters are thin and the plot is plain. The powerlessness to conflict with is also obvious. This is not the kind of erotic film that carries a heavy theme. Although the erotic scenes are beautiful, but there is no more profound meaning, it is fine to think about it and remove it. Or do you choose to use erotica to add luster because of the plain plot? One thing is worth noting. Except for the scene where Martin finally smashed through, other erotic scenes were restrained and didn't show up. Legitimate audience When Martin's heart was pulled up at the moment when Martin broke through the adultery, Anna's chest suddenly broke into the audience's field of vision, because in the previous scenes, the shots were taken covertly, this scene is undisguised, The impact of natural manifestation is particularly strong. On the one hand, this sudden surprise to see the nudity deepens the audience's feelings. On the other hand, it narrowed the distance between the audience and Martin: For the previous scene, the audience looked at and watched from the sidelines, and this shot can also be said to be viewed from Martin’s perspective. At this moment, we all follow Together, Martin inevitably saw the whole picture, and we felt similar shock and embarrassment. After Martin fell, Stephen flew downstairs, the camera exposed his whole body; and facing his wife's questioning, Stephen faced his wife's nudity awkwardly and indifferently, and he could see the same intention without saying a word. In terms of revealing and not revealing, the film is finally somewhat ingenious. (Hmm...maybe the movie will have such a design, it is not uncommon, but this one is obvious, and I noticed it, probably not an over-interpretation) Finally, Uncle Tie and Juliet Binoche are really good-looking. Why didn't I notice it before!

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Extended Reading
  • Kurtis 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    This man is hypocritical and his eyes are dishonest, and he attracts bees and butterflies everywhere, making me want to vomit. Note 1: Old men in suspenders who want to have sex are the most disgusting people in the world. =.="; Note 2: This film has nothing to do with love, but purely animal sexuality.

  • Elbert 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Revisit revisit. Set fire again. Jeremy Irons (although it looks a bit like Simba's Bad Uncle Scar now) is the fire of the desire for life, the sin of the soul, and returned to the throne of the male god from the dream of the girlhood. The cold, green and thin Bi Nuo promises that the black silk thigh socks are so beautiful that they have not yet fully grown. She walks into the warm home like a shadow of winter, blends into the surrounding hot, and you become a colder, harder being. The fireworks of the three people burned to the clothes, and flowers bloomed on him. Frozen photos, time, black and white like the stockings that fell off her legs, eating caviar and toast on a secret date, and you slicing dim cheese like family afternoon cheese, becoming a phantom in the corner of the world.

Damage quotes

  • Anna Barton: Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

  • Anna Barton: What would you win by leaving Ingrid?

    Dr. Stephen Fleming: You. I'd win you.

    Anna Barton: Then you'd win something you already have.