There is no doubt that Anthony is the main character, but the past and present timelines should be interspersed

Stevie 2022-09-25 07:19:16

First of all, let me talk about my interpretation of the movie. There is no doubt that Anthony is the main character. Let’s take a look at a few points: Anthony used to be an actor, but he has always been busy. He has a beautiful apartment. He is married. As for how long he has been married, he may have I got married after having a child. My wife is pregnant for 6 months. Anthony has not been to the film company for 6 months. As for whether I have returned home in the past 6 months, I have returned several times. It is concluded that at least 6 months have not been to the film company. Anthony's split Adam personality spent the six months as a history professor at the university and lived in an old apartment. At least in the movie, the night time is almost in the old apartment, and the day time is in the new apartment. There is only one place where he is with his wife at night, and that place happens to be when Anthony's character appears. Anthony's mother also said, "You now have a nice job and a nice apartment," apparently referring to a new apartment and a teaching job.

Adam's personality has a girlfriend, which is Anthony's affair. This can be explained by Anthony's wife or his mother's sentence "you have enough trouble sticking with one woman, don't you?" Anthony's wife goes to school In that paragraph, I didn't know from the details whether it was the first time to go to school. I only knew that her wife had checked Adam's name and the address of the note. Personally, I thought it was the first time I went, and I was surprised to find Adam's personality. Appear.

The blueberry part also shows that the main character is Anthony, because Adam's character doesn't like blueberries, and his mother says it's not.

Question about rings: Fingers that wear rings for a long time will indeed leave ring marks, so I speculate that during these 6 months, Adam's personality should not wear rings, and the partner of the affair does not know the fact that he is married, only that Adam is a college student professor.

At the end, Adam put on Anthony's clothes and a ring, and the disappearing personality was not the so-called Anthony of the car accident, but Adam became Anthony.

Key point: At the beginning of the story, the phone call from Anthony's mother: "Thank you for showing me your new apartment, I'm so worried about you, how can you live like that", here Anthony is sitting in the car, which is the car of Adam's personality , Anthony only has a motorcycle in the movie. The new apartment here is not the one of his and his wife, but the old one. I speculate that his mother discovered the affair at this time, otherwise she would not have said "how can you live like that", in this conversation He didn't even mention his wife. So the first half should be about 6 months before his wife was pregnant, and Anthony's appearance is the present tense.

As for the spider, many people have analyzed this, and I also think it is the embodiment of desire, but I think the Adam personality is Anthony's umbrella. When a person wants to do bad things, he always has to find a bunch of excuses for himself, or even excuse himself. Adam's personality is the umbrella that justifies the behavior.

Summary: I remember when I took a psychology class in my freshman year, the professor taught a chapter on human instinct. Anthony is human instinct, Adam's personality is like rationality, and the two have always existed at the same time, but one is dominant and the other is hidden in the dark. Adam's personality has a stable and good identity and job, and his life is monotonous. The conversations with colleagues and girlfriends are very dull, and even sex is like handing in homework. Because of this, I discovered Anthony, and I became curious, and the desire is always eager to wait for the opportunity to appear. Anthony became Adam and Adam became Anthony, but it was just a repeating pattern of history.

There are many details in this film, pay attention to the first sentence of Adam's lecture "Control, it's all about control", taste it!

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Enemy quotes

  • Teacher at School: Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Anthony: It's true.

    Teacher at School: No, it's a movie, I saw it a little while ago but um... I remember it was... I liked it.

    Anthony: Hmm. Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Teacher at School: Yeah, that's it. Local film, if you...

    Anthony: I'll keep it in mind.

  • Anthony: The fuck is this place? You live here?