In order to get the true heart of man, the love of the ghost that has waited for a thousand years...
Probably remember the story of the movie. There are two places that are impressive: one is the only scene where Xiaowei has shed human skin. Even the appearance of a vicious skeleton is more comfortable than that disgusting squirming thing.
In the second place, near the end, Brother Wang mistakenly thought that his wife Pei Rong was a demon, so after stabbing her to death, he found that Xiao Wei was the real demon, so he committed suicide. When he was about to die, he said a word to Xiao Wei, who was kneeling beside him, "I love you, but I already have a wife." (It seems to be like this Ha, I don't remember it very well.) ）
In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether Xiaowei is a human or a demon. All she stands for is temptation. Brother Wang, who is deeply loved by two women, who does he love? This is where I am interested.
Love is small, right? The figure that invaded the dream made himself frightened. Involuntarily seduced, is this love?
Love is Pei Rong, right? Even if the heart is full of horses, he is absolutely loyal to his wife. This loyalty is not because of morality, but because of real feelings for Pei Rong. "There is only one Madame Wang." Is this love?
It can be said that it is all love. A fluttering heart string is love, whether there is a confession or not, whether there is action or not; "only take a scoop" is love, whether or not you have coveted other waters.
According to the traditional ideal model, Brother Wang should not be moved by xiaowei's beauty and tenderness at all, and his body and mind should belong only to his wife. However, the so-called "temptation" must have the capital of temptation. The human heart is not made of wood and stone, in the face of the waves of projection, in the face of the deception of fate's arrangement, throbbing, laissez-faire or restrained?
Not being moved is either that the feeling has a firm home, or the "temptation" is not attractive enough.
Pei Rong is clear about this. She took the poisonous wine handed over by Xiao Wei, not just so that she would not kill anymore. More importantly, she clearly felt that her brother Wang's heart had wandered away, although he did not admit it. She loved him too much to let him suffer between loyalty and seduction... Abandonment is another manifestation of loyalty.
Temptation is not necessarily evil, it is not necessarily ugly. It is only a general term for emotions that are not within the traditional moral orbit. Xiao Wei just loves a man, does not consider whether he is a man or a demon, and does not care that he is married and unmarried. Sincerely, that's enough. As for unscrupulous means for love, that is another question.
Loyalty does not have to be accompanied by a lifetime, it is not necessarily a slight can not afford, grasp their own heart, in order to talk about loyalty. Brother Wang's loyalty lies in the restraint of desire, and Pei Rong's loyalty lies in fulfillment.
In two more sentences, the whole movie cannot highlight the artistic conception of "painting the skin". For those of us Chinese who are familiar with the story of Liaozhai itself, we are always looking forward to depicting a scene of human skin in the lonely light of the night. Drawing eyebrows, wiping grease and powder, the so-called "female for self-pleasing", waiting for the love of ghosts for a thousand years, can be delicately conveyed in this elaborate dress.
I prefer the theme song "Painting the Heart" to this movie.
Not being able to see through is your lost soul
Guess the color of your pupils
A gust of wind and a dream
Love is as unpredictable as life
What the hell is going on in your heart?
Your silhouette drowns in the darkness
See what kind of results the peach blossoms produce
Watching you hold me looks like a moonlit lonely
Just make you happy in the arms of others
Loving you like a heartbeat is hard to touch
Drawing you can't draw your bones
Remember your face
It is my persistence waiting for you
You are a song that I can't finish singing