I see Harford

Jayda 2022-03-17 09:01:02

William Harford, a polite and hypocritical member of the middle class. He has always envied the rich clothes and jade food of high-ranking officials and nobles in the upper class, even though his bathroom is larger than the living room of ordinary people. Thanks to his career, he is fortunate to be a family doctor of upper class people, and is often invited by the host to attend family banquets. Gradually, he was fascinated by the magnificence and brilliance of his employer's home, and even imagined that all of this was his own. In the most recent banquet described in the film, he met his college classmates, and he ran around performing for money-making pianist Nick. The latter’s work was unstable—according to our country’s terms, he didn’t make a name for himself in society— Giving him great relief, he was sure that he was better than his classmates, and he had the confidence and mood to hug each other at the banquet afterwards. Later, when he saw his wife dancing with other men, he was jealous. The next night, his wife Alice confessed that he had had sexual fantasies under the influence of marijuana, which shocked him deeply. In his opinion, this was a great humiliation, which became the key psychological excuse for his later prostitutes' pleasure-seeking. Since he learned that his wife was unfaithful to him, in the next few days, the dirty scenes in his mind lingered. The daughter wants to be wrong. In addition, his hierarchical concept is also very clear, he is generous to the lower classes (prostitutes, prop shop owners, taxi drivers), the purpose is to show his superior social status. The more he did this, the more he looked like a naive urchin. In the luxurious brothels of the upper class, he was played around like a bereaved dog. Here, in contrast to his greed for life and fear of death, is the gratitude of the prostitute who had been rescued by him. Although he also tried to intercede with the big shots for her, he was ridiculed and reprimanded and had to escape and let the latter be slaughtered (although all of this was acting), which exposed his hypocritical sense of morality. After that, he was unwilling to try to solve the riddle, but to no avail. Back home, with a tired face, he saw the mask symbolizing his obsessive but unattainable power. When placed in his most private place, he finally realized that he was so small and humble, and he couldn't help hiding his face. Dae. He is a downright vulgar, a selfish and hypocritical villain.


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  • Maurine 2021-10-20 19:02:07

    Kubrick used this film to complete his exploration of the relationship between rational madness and human desire in various fields, using the marriage relationship as the ending point. What I find embarrassing is the performances of Tom Cruise and Kidman, both of whom use the clichés and emotions of methodological performances to drift away from the main theme. If this film is hired by French actors such as Amarek and Ajani, it will definitely be a five-star burst.

  • Stan 2022-03-23 09:01:18

    This time, I finally see clearly, understand, cool, and watch fly. Upgrade to one of the favorite Kubrick movies. It was so trembling.

Eyes Wide Shut quotes

  • Dr. Bill Harford: The woman lying dead in the morgue was the woman at the party. Well, Victor, maybe I'm missing something here. You call it fake, a charade... Do you mind telling me what kind of fuckin' charade ends up with somebody turning up dead?

    Victor Ziegler: [getting angry and defensive] Okay Bill... let's cut the bullshit, alright? You've been way out of your depth for the last 24 hours! You want to know what kind of charade? I'll tell you exactly what kind. That whole play-acted, "take me" phony sacrifice that you've been jerking off with had nothing to do with her real death. The truth is, nothing happened to her after you left that party that hadn't happened to her before. She got her brains fucked out. Period!

  • Victor Ziegler: Bill, I... I know what happened to you last night. And I know what's been going on since. And I think you just might have got the wrong idea about one or two things.

    Dr. Bill Harford: [feigning ignorance] I'm sorry Victor, but... what the hell are you talking about?

    Victor Ziegler: Please, Bill... no games. I was there. At the house. "The house". I saw you, Bill. I saw everything.