The man in the film does not show any tenderness, but is always in a kind of anger. To the ex-wife, to the girl of your heart, to the girl who married this girl later, to the child, to the brother... no friends, only anger. That inexplicable anger is at the heart of the film. The director designed his entire story in this way, and only showed that.
I still don't understand what he needs. love girl? He got it, still angry. beat your opponent? He got it, angry. Qualified for a boxing challenge? He got it, angry. Win a boxing title? He got it, angry. Defending the title? He got it, angry. Lose the boxing champion? It seems that he chose to calm his anger... but in fact he just abused himself in another way, spiritually.
I used to think that it was the profession of boxing that made him like this, and he needed to keep his anger motivated to fight. But after he chose to quit, he still hated life. Or maybe he has transformed himself into an anger machine for the movement.
This film is very strange, it doesn't talk about his origin, his living environment... but only vaguely know that his father is also a boxer. Obviously the director didn't want those backgrounds to affect such a character. Telling the background may imply a certain identity or class, so it has ideological significance.
The whole message is: Italian, can't get along with gangsters, no friends, said at the time of falling out with his brother: he doesn't believe anyone! Including his own brother.
He was born alone, angry, hostile, and desolate to live his life.
As for homosexuality...I'm skeptical. It's far-fetched to speculate just from bar jokes.
Masochistic tendencies may be a little bit, but it should be different from SM masochism in sex... more likely to be a little bit of guilt on the human level... masochism will feel less sinful. The scene where he was flirting in the room with his later wife, asking to kiss his wound...not quite like SM sex. Wounds may be a kind of male ostentation. To let a woman kiss her wound is like kissing his glory. He won that game after all.
There are too many analytical articles on photography, sound effects, editing. The sound effects inside are really exciting, and not only the effects, but also the combination of many sounds and pictures, which is very beautiful.
In the last loss, the shot of pushing the rails and pulling them far and wide suddenly reminded Hitchcock.
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