Let me talk about my understanding of this film... Some problems are not understood while watching, but only at the end. From this point of view, the setting of the film's suspense is extremely successful. .
The film's trotter, Robert, holds a job as an aviation designer. The film synopsis says that this character is timid and cowardly, but I don't think so. As far as he dares to speak out about his feelings in front of his superiors, he is already braver than many timid Chinese people. But it is undeniable that Robert is a marginal person outside the mainstream society. He is very self-determined and unwilling to follow the crowd. At the same time, he is prone to fall into loneliness. None of his relatives, not even his parents, are mentioned in the film. Maybe all his relatives have passed away, so this poor lonely person loves someone very deeply and cannot easily empathize, but unfortunately, the willful ex-wife can only let him in the marriage Tired. His ex-wife was an alcoholic, and he fell into a mild depression because he was always overwhelmed with love. The wayward ex-wife stimulated him with words all day long, making him almost collapse. Finally one day, the willful wife proposed to him for a divorce. Maybe her original intention was to attract his attention and make him oppose the divorce, but he was also tired and tired, so let's leave. (The above content, the film only gives a few clips to show, and does not have a lot of explanations, it is up to the viewer to comprehend it by himself, of course, you can also comprehend it differently).
Lonely marginal character Robert lost his home, where to put his loneliness? After get off work one day, he had no intention of driving around his home and found a girl in a nearby house doing housework leisurely in the kitchen to welcome her boyfriend. He envied the free happiness, so he developed a perverted habit, always involuntarily going to the peeping girl when he got off work.
Finally one day, he was discovered by the girl. He told her about his loneliness, and he didn't want to. From then on, he embarked on a thrilling journey in his life that he did not expect. In fact, this girl named Jenny is also a person with a broken heart. The death of her younger brother in her early years gave her a lot of stimulation, making her extremely world-weary and forming a sad and negative fatalism. Previously, she had been numbly alive and had never shown her scars to anyone. After meeting Robert, Robert's lonely temperament made her think she had met a soulmate, and she wanted to take care of Robert and save him (in fact, she wanted to make up for the huge scars of her childhood). I don't want Robert to be overwhelmed. He has always loved his ex-wife so much that he cannot accept the love of others in a short period of time. He firmly rejects her, and tries to explain to Jenny that when he peeked at Jenny, he just wanted to find some reference to live - I just like watching you happy when you are with other people. In this sense, Robert is very normal, and he dares to state his position without being sloppy.
It's a pity that Jenny, who has a morbid mentality, is deeply involved in it. She keeps harassing Robert, and even hears that he is going to Philadelphia and wants to go with him. After being rejected, she even offered to stay overnight... At
this time, Jenny's ex-boyfriend started his revenge plan. This impulsive boy always sees Jenny as weak and wants to protect her with his blood. He couldn't face up to the fact that Jenny had lost her love and her love had left. He always thought that Robert, the fussy old man, had kidnapped his sweet little girlfriend. And the ex-wife, who has always had a love-hate relationship with Robert, came forward for inexplicable reasons to fan the flames, causing the situation to finally get out of control. Several people lost their lives... In this
film, Robert, the central character, seems to be a morbid loner, but against the background of Jenny, Jenny's ex-boyfriend, and Robert's ex-wife, he is actually quite normal. man. Although he loves his ex-wife very much, he knows the proportions, and when the other party wants to leave, he also knows how to accept it in time and not keep it. On the contrary, Jenny, Robert's ex-wife, and Jenny's ex-boyfriend all have more morbid love. Robert was drawn into the whirlpool by these people and could hardly protect himself...
There is an ironic meaning: Jenny's friend At one point, they thought Robert was the dangerous man who would make Jennie miserable. This is not the case, Jenny is the curse of the entire network of relationships, the negative factor that spreads the dark atmosphere. Without her involvement, Robert's tragedy would not have been so tragic. .
There is a clip in the film that actually shows that the seemingly abnormal Robert is at least more optimistic and more positive than the girl, because in any case, Robert, who was once depressed, never thought of dying, even if he slept with his eyes half-open, and was killed because of it. Others make jokes. After encountering Robert's rejection, Jenny repeatedly asked him if he thought about his favorite music and favorite food before he died... The pessimistic and negative mental imprint kept her with the god of death.
Robert's ex-wife described Robert in front of Jenny: "When you find out that someone is the poison in your life, you must distance yourself from him"... Who is the director trying to insinuate in this sentence? Although the phrase was referring to Robert, I thought it was someone else.
The ending is an open ending. Overnight, everyone associated with Robert died. What kind of trouble will Robert face? Can he live the rest of his life well? Will this person who collapsed in the past collapse again?
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