Ugly

Oma 2022-01-11 08:03:04

When the trial meets the hijacking, when the moral meets the hypocritical sophistry, who is left who is righteous, when a decent gentleman is suddenly accused of a rapist, facing the trial of ultimate death, can he remain innocent? It is worth thinking about The director of this film is also facing the same choice as the protagonist in the film. The big director is accused of raping an underage girl and is suspected of pedophilia. Perhaps we can also glimpse Roman Polanski’s attitude towards the crime of rape from this film. What a two-faced monster, looking directly at the world with the most ideal side, with the most dirty and nasty side, voyeuristic desires occasionally glance at this incredibly real but unable to look directly at myself, when everything goes into disorder and no moral bondage, the law has long expired, violence station There is no evidence at the top of the right, no chance to argue, there is only one fascist doomsday trial after another, that day's hypocritical face has turned away, and the hideous side finally sees the day, the honest, the moral is corrupt, the holy, the inferior is unbearable in everyone's heart. It’s all so crazy, it’s out of control, maybe it’s going to be destroyed, but only out of control is the most fascinating. This is true. Of course the human world doesn’t need to be true. It needs human disguise, put away a mask, this is a civilized society. This is a civilized man

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  • Haylie 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Polanski turned the moral-political drama into a melodrama of intricate twists and climaxes. In order to create a tense dramatic effect, he compresses the original stage play from one day to one night to create a tense and real time rhythm. The space design as abstract as a symbol gives the story a sense of The moral of the universal, suggesting that such a story could take place in any dictatorship. There are only three main characters in the whole film, and the scene is also limited to a claustrophobic and narrow space, basically retaining the style of the stage, but Polanski uses excellent film techniques to build a bridge between the audience and the characters, making the audience The heartstrings are tensely concerned with the dangerous moment of tension in front of me, as if I was there, so that I have a full understanding of the mental imbalance and psychological trauma of women after being persecuted. This abstraction of time and space like symbols makes the whole story more representative and symbolic.

  • Jayne 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    The ending is a little weird. Until the end, I always thought that the film was saying "those who are insulted will become insulters, and those who are dictator will become dictators". Of course, the film is still full of tension before the ending, and Polanski is too good at making such closed-space scenes.

Death and the Maiden quotes

  • Paulina Escobar: [to Roberto] Let's listen to it for old times' sake...

  • Dr. Roberto Miranda: She is a woman -- so, why am i so surprised?