When it comes to France, I always think of the fashion and refinement of the French style, the lazy elegance of the French woman, the inherent pride of the French and the aristocratic atmosphere of literature and art. If nothing else, in terms of literature and art, France is indeed a well-deserved aristocrat. Many of the great literary heroes who are internationally renowned also come from France, but in modern times, the French literary circle has slowly fallen into a state of self-sufficiency because of arrogance, not to say that today's French literature is more flavorful of chewing wax, but at least compared with the golden age at that time, it is indeed eclipsed. Today I would like to share with you a film of the same name adapted from the novel "The Yellow Eyes of the Crocodile", which is a French man named Caitlin. Peng Ge's female writer completed the novel, the book is full of spicy satire on the high bourgeoisie, and the hostess is the kind we are familiar with, her appearance is not proud, but she has good qualities such as kindness and gentleness, full of talent and learning. Although it is not a multi-thought-provoking and inspiring work, there are also things worth thinking about.
This work may have a completely different focus on watching movies and watching novels, because I have seen the movie first, and then understand some of the novel content, so the movie may be more room for people to think, because the author's subjective consciousness in the novel is strong, and the language description is easy to bring into her thinking, but there is less objective interpretation.
The heroine Josephine is a researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research, a study of twelfth-century businesswomen, and when you listen to this long series of "studies", you can know that her general personality is dull and boring, and in the movie she is like an ugly duckling, who does not speak sweet words, is likable, does not dress up, likes to delve into esoteric papers, complex words, but at least the actor looks like a beautiful face, slim, and sometimes can see some cuteness. But in the novel, she is forty years old, well-dressed, sloppy, and lacks social skills, or a person who knows that her husband is having an affair after her daughter. We are also familiar with such values, and in novels such girls often get handsome and sincere lovers. So Josephine also met a man with a model-like appearance and a deep heart who fell in love with her.
The main content of the film revolves around Josephine's sister Alice. Duban unfolds with her, and Alice in the film is a blue-eyed blonde woman who is still delicate and beautiful despite being forty years old. In the author's pen, you can guess that it is a married rich husband, but vain and flashy, a mind to chase fame and fortune, and later in order to attract people's attention, begged her sister Josephine to ghostwrite for herself The author is her best-selling novel. Although in the novel, because the author's language implies that we immediately feel who is the bad guy and who is the victim. But in the film, perhaps it is the director's treatment, we will not be so clear to see who is right and who is wrong, but can judge people's hearts according to their own values.
Man is such a complex creature, but the author's character image is one-sided and subjective. Although Josephine was used to ghostwrite, when she agreed, it was for the sake of her sister's promise, but when she saw that her sister was famous for the books she wrote, she was very angry and unwilling. This puzzled me very much, and later my sister was exposed by her own daughter, and Josephine only cried with joy, not worrying about what would happen to her sister's life after being exposed. Although we will say that evil has evil retribution, Josephine is not the kind of person who is selfless and kind and loves his sister with all his heart. Her eldest daughter said at the time that Josephine should stop rushing to let others hurt herself, so she had always made others into perpetrators.
"The Yellow Eyes of the Crocodile" can be seen as a small novel, but the author's writing is sharp and smooth, and the book is full of sharp satires and wonderful mockery of rich people. It is just that the character description and ending arrangement of women who are beautiful in appearance and elegant in behavior are too one-sided and wishful thinking, while the description and ending arrangement of women and men who are ordinary on the outside but are still kind at heart are quite imaginative. Like the sister and sister in the book, they are complex people, and it is not so easy to determine who is right and who is wrong.
To love life is to have a pair of eyes that are good at finding beauty, collecting the beauty of life bit by bit, and waiting for your lost tears to drip into the soil of your heart, then it will blossom.
This article only represents the views of the author and does not represent the photographer Ao Ri Gele.