The harshest punishment in the world should be being gay. Being gay, there is no choice, it seems like a group of creatures exiled by fate manipulators. As a gay, you must endure the loneliness that ordinary people cannot experience. The most terrifying thing is not the traditional unacceptability or the suppression of the state, but the people themselves, who are often unable to escape the fate of the curse when it comes to issues of passion and desire. Most of the gay groups live in big cities, where they are hard to find in the wilderness, the circles are very small, and they all gather together in secret and underground. The movie chose an inaccessible lake, which is a good example of how the gay community can only get together in secret, which is also a metaphor for exile. The four most-appeared characters in the film are probably Frank, who at the beginning should be looking for love and finally fell into lust, Michael, the sexy and fierce killer, Henry who raised love to the spirit, and the wretched man who likes to peep at others. These four different types of people can be the four different stages of development of a person in the gay circle, or they can be divided into two types, one is a person with good appearance like Frank Michael, who are in a dominant position in the gay circle, and they represent Passion itself is the object of other people's pursuit. Henry and the wretched men belong to the category with poor appearance. They are often in a passive position in the gay circle. Most people in this circle are judged by their appearance. Even if you have a profound spiritual pursuit, it is difficult to get attention. And the wretched man is the most pitiful. He has neither a good-looking appearance nor spiritual support. Frank represents most of the people in the circle, who at first also wanted a true love, but in the end he got lost, caught in the darkness of desire and unable to extricate himself. On the way of Frank's pursuit of love, there are two types of people to choose from, Henry and Michael. Henry pays attention to spirit, but his appearance is ugly, while Michael is a very attractive and sexy handsome guy. He represents lust, The first time Frank meets him is the scene of his passion with his ex-boyfriend. People like beautiful things, especially men, men are visual creatures, so Michael quickly entered Frank's sight, they were passionate by the lake, and Frank couldn't extricate himself into it, even if Michael couldn't give him a lot. After the murder appeared, Frank also chose to hide it. After witnessing the scene of Michael killing himself, he could ignore the possibility of being killed and call the murderer. Michael should be at the top of the gay circle. This circle is not as rich in resources as the heterosexual circle, so when a sexy stunner appears, there will always be a large group of admirers. They are in the initiative, not afraid that no one dislikes them, and he can manipulate a large group of admirers. In the film, the motive of Michael's murder is unknown, the director is so safe Pai should be trying to show that the role of Michael is a display of desire itself, attractive, but it will destroy a person, like a poisonous mushroom, gorgeous in appearance, but its essence can kill people. Henry is like some comrades in the gay circle who are ugly in appearance but strong in spirit. They have a very strong heart, they value feelings, and they think that love can transcend the body, but is it really possible? In gay circles, such people are destined to be lonely, and no one likes this type. The body is destined to be the cage of the spirit. At the end of the film, he failed in the struggle between the spirit and the body. When he planned to have sex with Michael in the grass, he finally died under the knife of the other party. The wretched man in the film is a person who makes people want to laugh as soon as he appears, but this character is designed quite ingeniously, and the director's magic touch. In fact, he represents many ordinary people in this circle. He is not very good-looking, and no one likes him. He can't even find his friends with guns. He can only watch the computer monitor to make a plane.
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