The 16th-century English poet John Dorne wrote that "no one can be like an island, living alone in the sea." Each person is like a piece of dirt, connected into an entire land. "Even though we are all lonely individuals in society, we can be hooked up with love.
Released in 1997, Perfect Perfection won two honors at the 70th Academy Awards, Best Actor and Best Actress, as well as a nomination for Best Picture.
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The film itself tells a simple and warm story, involving only six main scenes, only three main characters, and the film does not use gorgeous special effects, but it is particularly moving, because this movie is a story about love and growth.
There is no perfection in the world, but most of the moments of life are neither good nor beautiful, and the pressure of being in life is suffocating all the time, making people tired of coping.
Film is a good medium, carrying the beautiful moments of life, let people temporarily forget the illusion of the current into the film weaving, "Perfect" tells us that life is not perfect, but life can strive for perfection.
At the beginning of the movie, the wife who lives next door to Mr. Yudel wants to go out to buy flowers, and as soon as she opens the door, she sees a shocking scene, her expression changes, and she immediately turns around and closes the door and goes home. What shocked this lady so much? It turned out to be strange that Yuddell was doing something abnormal again.
The camera cuts to Mr. Yudel, who stands between the elevator doors in order to prevent the elevator from closing, and calls for the dog to take him downstairs, but the puppy does not obey and begins to urinate casually in the corridor, and Mr. Yudel is very angry and throws the puppy into the garbage aisle.
This is the painter Simon's puppy, he came out to find the dog, met Mr. Yudel in the corridor and asked him if he saw his dog, But Mr. Yudel led the topic to racial discrimination, openly expressing discrimination against his neighbors, Simon made his own judgment "You don't love anything, Yudel". A simple scene depicting Mr. Yodel has been able to give the audience a general understanding.
After entering the door, Mr. Yudel's door had two locks, two locks five times each, and then flicked the light switch five times, which seemed to be a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hand washing is an exaggerated sign, rinsed with hot water, and a piece of soap is needed for each wash of the hand. The actions of returning home made Mr. Yudder look more like a strange person.
The dog is found by a kind neighbor, Simon guesses that Mr. Yudel threw him in the trash can and knocked on the door to confront him, at this time Yudel is working, he hates this feeling of being disturbed, after failing to communicate, he is threatened by Simon's agent, Mr. Yudel is helpless to stand in the corridor with a helpless face.
Mr. Yodel's obsessive-compulsive disorder is extremely severe, and he must walk along cracks, eat only in a restaurant, sit in that "exclusive" position, bring his own plastic cutlery, and accept only Carlo's services, completely disregard the feelings of others in order to achieve his own ends, and be extremely mean to everyone, and only three words can make people angry.
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Mr. Yodel is an insecure person who completely wraps himself in the small world of the individual, closed, unwilling to connect with others, and trapped in the dilemma of interpersonal communication.
Carlo is a single mother with a child, dating is always ruined by family reasons, the son also suffers from asthma, Carlo can only work hard to earn money to treat the child, but the result of the effort is only to get the treatment of the intern doctor.
Simon is a talented painter, the assistant carefully selected the model in the studio for Simon to paint, after completing the work only to find that the model is a gang of robbers, the model to cover up for the other two to facilitate indoor theft, found by Simon directly after the murder of Simon, carrying the stolen things to escape.
Mr. Yudel found out all this and was called to the police, and was forced to take care of the neighbor's puppy, this strange writer's house has never been entered, he has never taken care of the puppy, originally thought that Mr. Yudel would treat the puppy violently, did not expect to directly give the puppy a plate full of meat, in order to let the puppy eat and play the piano for it.
After simon's ransacking, his face was destroyed, his account was on the verge of bankruptcy, his paintings could not be sold, and he was immediately swept out by his landlord, so many blows struck to make Simon's life unsustainable.
After a few weeks together, Mr. Yudel and the dog developed a deep affection, and when simon was worth taking the dog away the next day when he came home, he suddenly felt sad, at this time the director gave the camera to the puppy, and the puppy's eyes were full of tears.
After the puppy was taken home by Simon, his face faced the door, and he ignored Simon's teasing, Simon's original gray life was even more bleak, Mr. Yudel also played the piano at home with tears, seeing here we found that Mr. Yudel's strangeness was just his disguise, he was too sincere, but the world was so hypocritical, he had to protect himself, in fact, he was also a gentle person in his bones.
After separating from the dog, Mr. Yudel went to the private clinic of a psychiatrist, and it turned out that he suffered from obsessive-compulsive schizophrenia and needed to undergo psychotherapy from time to time. This is also the first time that the film shows Mr. Yudel's mental condition, and here there is a trace of sympathy for him.
After not getting counseling, Yudel went to dinner to find That Carlo was absent, so he made a big fuss in the restaurant, and then the manager blew him out of the restaurant, and when he got up and left, the whole restaurant cheered, and it turned out that everyone hated the strange and mean Mr. Yudel.
In order to ensure that he can eat smoothly, Mr. Yudel inquires about Carlo's address and goes directly to her, but is kicked out of the door by Carlo, who is angry, And Carlo cannot work in a restaurant so far from home for family reasons, in order to let Carlo continue to work in the restaurant, Yudel finds a good doctor to treat Carlo's son.
After the diagnosis and treatment of excellent doctors, Carlo's son's illness has been greatly alleviated, in order to express gratitude and stick to his bottom line Carlo visited Mr. Yudel to express his gratitude, but never sold his body.
Carlo's words made Mr. Yudder think, and he was disturbed until late at night and could not sleep, and he came up with a bowl of soup to send Simon, showing his warmth.
At this point, Simon was bankrupt and had to go home to ask his parents for help, assistant Frank had other things to do, so he commissioned Mr. Yudel to drive Simon home at the restaurant where Carlo worked, and after the compromise, Mr. Yudel took Carlo on the journey together.
The narrative of the whole film is composed of two parts, the first half of the construction of the character relationship, the description of the character characteristics, the performance of the dilemma they encountered, Mr. Yudel's weirdness was partially cured by the puppy, Mr. Caro's family problems Mr. Yudel helped to share a part, and now Simon's dilemma is not solved, and it is rightful to have this journey.
The core of the road movie is to grow up on the road, although this film only contains the attributes of the road movie, but it is no exception, this journey will be full of warmth and growth.
In the morning, the three pack their bags and prepare to go on the road, on the way Simon reveals his upbringing, the unfortunate childhood of a talented artistic child. Father's love was missing in his upbringing, and according to Freud's theory, this was also a key factor in his becoming gay, Simon confessed all this frankly, and honesty with himself was the first step to reconciliation with himself.
After arriving at the hotel, Carlo's son called his mother and proudly said that he could play football, and to his surprise, Carlo decided to take a male companion to dance, and the sound Mr. Yudel was selected, so the relationship between the two of them quickly warmed up, but because Mr. Yudel's frank and brainless words made Carlo angry, the relationship between the two dropped to a freezing point.
Carlo returned to the hotel to take a shower, and the beauty of that moment was captured by Simon, who had not picked up the paintbrush since he had been injured, and at this moment suddenly there was a sudden rush of inspiration, and he picked up the pen and quickly drew several sketches.
Simon was thrilled by the thrill of art all night, and after talking to his parents in the morning, he found that his parents were still not fully prepared to accept him, but the inspiration for painting came back to his body, and he believed that he could make a comeback by painting.
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After returning to Mr. Yudel's house, Carlo rejected Mr. Yudel's idea of sending her home, and took the bus back home, where Mr. Yudell returned home and generously let Simon live in his home.
Upon returning home, a phone call from Carlo to apologize distracted Mr. Yudel and, after being persuaded by Simon, rushed to Caro's home. Before leaving the door, he found himself forgetting to lock the door, which could be seen as an intention, symbolizing Mr. Yudel's long-term closed self, unwilling to have more contact with others, but after contacting puppy and Carlo, he also opened his heart and learned to get along with others.
After going to Caro's house, Carlo confessed to Mr. Yudel's boyfriend identity, and after the two exchanged heartfelt words, he went to a bakery to buy bread, and when he arrived at the door, someone inside was going to come out, Mr. Yudel said "borrowed", before he would only say "don't touch me".
This is also the beginning of Yudel can also live in peace with people in society, with Carlo, he also experienced the feeling of love, no longer easy to be mean to others sarcastic, began to understand politeness, know how to empathize.
Life is a process of constantly facing difficulties and then slowly growing up in these tribulations, and film is a medium to show the growth of characters, in which everyone sees their own shadow.
At the beginning of the story, everyone has their own problems, but in the end they all learn to reconcile with themselves, to reconcile with society, and try their best to achieve the way they expect themselves. After all, life is not perfect, but life can strive for perfection