No one can make a knee stroking act like kissing and foreplay anymore. For the first time, I feel that Rohmer knows what he wants to shoot. This film is no longer a model, but an emotional one. Possible reactions and by-products of natural state after the intervention of unknown factor x.
Rohmer is constantly changing perspectives, even though it seems that we have been following the male protagonist and the claire in the title only appears in the middle of the movie. Before that, the male protagonist has always been in the dominant position, and there is not much inner drama and discussion. After the appearance of Claire, the male protagonist seems to have become an outsider, which is the most insignificant factor in the romance of young men and women. Laura is actually a typical heroine that Rohmer likes. She is a little hesitant, a little childish, philosophical, and a little light. But claire inherits the character of the heroine Rohmer, she is fluid and cannot be grasped by the hero. Even though she was always absent in the first half, she flashed in shadowy shadows, only to see later that Laura's childish dependence corresponds to her seemingly independent, stubborn and unapproachable, and Laura's careful exploration corresponds to her ease of retraction. Claire is a little American sunshine girl, and laura is a little shadowy elf.
The existence of the male protagonist's confidante, her tone, her posture, her desire to refuse, and her welcome are all filled with the coyness and ambiguous discomfort unique to adults, she seems to be controlling the context but can't do anything, she seems to know everything but it is difficult to treat herself Make predictions with others. Her existence is the last fig leaf for the male protagonist. It's a place to show off when you are successful among young girls, and you can use this place to force yourself to persuade when you are disheartened. In the final analysis, it is the reaction of women that affects the context. Can it be said that without women, the moral dilemma of men does not exist?
If the bechdel test is reversed, Rohmer may not pass, considering that every two male dialogue in his films is about women.
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