Female concierge: The previous tenant just jumped off the building and committed suicide, and another strange tenant came before he died. I really don't understand why people always come to live in this broken building. Seriously, I don't feel sorry for the woman who jumped off the building, it just adds a little fun to my boring life. Although this newcomer looks a bit weird, it's still a bit polite, and I think words like stupid are more suitable for him. What kind of person he is has nothing to do with me, and he doesn't get me into any trouble, nor my dog.
Simon Chow: If I had the strength to get up, I would go upstairs and jump down, I would never endure the pain of dying like I do now. You would never have thought that I would kill myself because I never showed you my true self. I'm what you think of me, and as a lesbian I've had enough of other people's eyes. Stella, I've been with you all the time, and today, when I was dying, you brought a strange man to see me, which is worse than death! I curse this strange looking man next to Stella and curse you to be in as much pain as I am now!
Stella: I'm not a slutty woman, I'm just too heartbroken over Simon Chow's suicide and need some comfort. Tarkovsky is a good guy, although he doesn't look like the others. Sometimes I think he's a little too reserved, or a little neurotic, but I still prefer him. Maybe I was so sad at first that I lost my mind, I shouldn't be so proactive in a movie theater, that might upset Tarkovsky. If I aroused his uneasy emotions and made him unable to calm down, then I should try to let him know that I am a reliable person in the future.
Beggar: As an experienced beggar, do you know what kind of person is the most likely to succeed, that is, a stunned young man with his girlfriend. This time, he almost let him run away. He said that he had no change, but seeing him like that and not bullying him, I felt sorry for himself. Guess how I did it? I stole the money from him directly, then said a few words like don't lose face in front of my girlfriend and left. I didn't wait for him to react and I slipped away without even saying thank you.
Restaurateur: All I can say is that the tenant is weird. We didn't provoke him very much, who knows what happened to him in my shop that day, we didn't make him into Simon Chow, and I didn't have any conspiracy. My restaurant is not big, and there are not many kinds of food that can be made. In fact, most people only order those kinds of food. I am an insignificant businessman. In fact, I have never had Gallic cigarettes in my shop, only Marlboros. I can't buy a batch of Gallic cigarettes just for him, and I will lose money.
Male neighbor: I knew it was that stinky boy. He was tossing around in the house in the middle of the night not long after he arrived. I have to scare him this time, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well in the future. So what if there are too many of them, the truth is with me. Fortunately, this tenant still knows something. I have to let him know there can never be a second time.
Male colleague: I was very unhappy that night. In fact, everyone was also very unhappy. Tarkovsky let everyone go because of a neighbor he didn’t know. I know that he is an honest man, although he is not on the same channel as we chat, but we have been very accommodating to him. I couldn't help but take revenge on him. I invited him to my house at night and deliberately put the music to the max. I wanted him to see how I treated the guests and the annoying neighbor. I'm usually not so unreasonable, who made him such a disappointment that night. It is enough to frighten the neighbors who come to complain. I can guarantee that the neighbors will definitely not dare to complain after I say that I know the director of the police station.
Mrs. Gadrian: I know that a widow with a disabled daughter must be looked down upon, and in fact someone is already bullying us. But what can I do, I can only ask kind people for help, but fortunately, this new tenant is a kind and upright person. However, I told my daughter not to be too kind, as she would be often bullied by others. But what I didn't expect was that this tenant would offend Ms. Theoz for us, and now he seems to be a common hater, which makes me happy. Don't scold me, the reality is so cruel, I have to seize this opportunity, otherwise my daughter and I will suffer. Since everyone hates this tenant, then I will add another fire to make everyone hate him to the end!
Simon Zhou's friend Badal: I am a cowardly man, and I have never dared to confess to the woman I like. Being cowardly by nature is a painful thing, and I don't admit I'm a failure, but Simon Chow's death broke me anyway. I don't understand why people always bully me, do I have the words "good to bully" written on my face? Tarkovsky is the purest and kindest person I've ever met. Really, he's too pure and kind even for me. He helped me this time, and I hope I can make him realize his strengths. I believe that as long as you maintain your own advantages, you will definitely be liked by everyone.
Ms. Theoz: I really hate Mrs. Gadrian's pathetic look like everyone owes her. The most important thing is that she is too unsocial, and she always makes a variety of noises at night that make me unable to sleep well. This time I asked the new tenant to sign so that everyone could jointly complain about the old woman, but what I didn't expect was that he refused to sign. What annoyed me even more was that he dared to refute me, as if I were making trouble without reason. Only through him did I know that Mrs. Gadrian has a disabled daughter. Of course, I don't care about this at all. She doesn't have anything to do with me. Well now, Mrs. Gadrian is no longer important to me, this strange tenant is the person I hate the most now, let's see how I treat him.
Female driver husband: I have to admit that my wife is actually responsible for hitting this man. I keep telling her to drive slowly, but she just doesn't listen. But we are all too old to suffer in the police station. Everyone can understand if I evade a few words. The man woke up looking a little out of the way, which made everyone believe what I said even more, now I just want to help the poor man.
Landlord: You must think that the main reason for the suicide of this strange tenant was me, after all, he lives in my house. But then again, who let him live in my house, the last visitor who committed suicide wasn't even dead when he came. At first, I was worried that no one would come to rent my house after the superior tenant committed suicide. Since he knew that someone committed suicide and is still renting my house, why didn’t I increase the rent a little bit? Understand this. I'm not too young, and now I can only rely on this to make money. Anyway I have a crush on this tenant, but I have to let him know how important my house is to him, so I have to give him some pressure from time to time, even after his house is stolen I have to hold on he. I can't let him report the crime, so no one will rent my house. I believe he has no idea to report the crime after I finish "getting to know the director of the police station". I admit that he may be responsible for his suicide, but my actions are not wrong. If it is you, can you promise to do better than me?
Blogger: "The Strange Tenant" is a black psychological thriller written, directed and starred by Roman Polanski. The protagonist moved into this house and became a new tenant after the previous tenant committed suicide. Became the last tenant to complete a cycle of suicide. The oppressive environment, indifferent and suspicious neighbors are so impressively portrayed by Roman Polanski, and we have to admit that in most cases the individual person is always changed by the environment and cannot change the environment. But it's time we focused on the movie's title - "Blame the Tenants," rather than Blame the Neighbors.
How do we understand the role played by Roman Polanski, perhaps we can see the weirdness of this tenant from a scene. During the funeral for Simon Chow, everyone, including Roman Polanski's character Tarkovsky, was listening to the priest's prayer. The priest's words did not have any direction to the people present, but Tarkovsky took every word of the priest as a rebuke to himself, so that he had to flee in the end. From another point of view, his fault is that his appearance is too idealistic, gentle, kind and upright, even beggars can bully him. It is because of the idealization of external performance that the alienation of his own psychology has led him to turn the unintentional actions and words of others into a bayonet that stabs himself into his heart.
Perhaps from a psychological point of view, we can better understand whether "Roman Polanski" was forced to death by everyone or by himself. In Plato's "Republic", it is advocated that sages rule the country, warriors defend the country, and farmers are responsible for production. Plato divided people into three grades, and gave three grades of people different jobs, education levels, and ideological levels. This may have inspired Freud's id, ego and superego theories of personality. Freud's personality theory corresponds to Plato's theory, and we can see that the peasants express the id and pursue more of the desire of the flesh. The samurai is ego, loyal to the monarch and has control over desires. The superego, on the other hand, is an idealized appeal to the ruler, who is at the highest level of personality and acts according to the principle of perfection. In the film, Tarkovsky has always been in the performance of the superego to the outside world, and others are more id or ego. However, in real life, the superego is probably rarely seen and difficult to achieve, probably because of limited material conditions or a less than ideal human environment. Imagine that there is an alien warrior among the peasants, I am afraid that this warrior cannot survive among the peasants if he does not change his thoughts and behaviors, let alone the existence of an alien sage among the peasants.
So if we condemn the indifferent neighbors in the movie, we are condemning ourselves. The death of "Roman Polanski" was more due to the alienation of the id personality due to the oppression of the stubborn external superego personality. In the end, he finally became the last tenant who committed suicide, Simon Zhou. Through this film we don't seem to attribute the death of "Roman Polanski" to himself in the first place, and that is because we all have the potential to be the protagonists in the film, which is also the danger of Roman Polanski's film noir place. The superego is good, but we must recognize the rationality of the id. Of course, this is definitely not to let us give up the pursuit of ideal personality, it is just our beneficial protection for it on the road of pursuit of perfection and purity.
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