Tim Burton's films are widely acclaimed by fans for their bizarre and magical thrillers, and his royal protagonists Johnny Depp and Helena Bergham Carter have performed extremely well in every Tim Burton film, just as well as in the thriller "Todd the Barber."<
The barber Todd, known as Sphinny Todd, is said to have been a real perverted murderer in history. Mrs. Rafter in the movie is also a person, she is Todd's lover and runs a meat pie shop. Mrs. Rafter and The Barber Todd conspired to murder many of the hairdressers and facelift customers, and then sold the bodies as meat pies. After the incident, the whole country was shocked, Todd was hanged, and Mrs. Raft was poisoned in prison.
In the movie Todd the Barber, the dark tone is full of revenge, love, blood and betrayal. Several of these focus points impressed me.
This unrequited love is an important factor in sublimating Mrs. Rafter's image. From the moment Mrs. Rafter recognized Todd's true identity, Benjamin Barker, Mrs. Rafter's fate was entangled with Todd.'
Driven by fate, Todd had to ally with Mrs. Rafter. In Todd's mind, under the objective conditions that his wife has "died", if he remarries, it is not necessary for a woman like Mrs. Rafter. But we can see from today's past life how affectionate he was for his wife Ruth, and what kind of a woman he liked. When Todd and Ruth were together, there was a smile full of warm sunshine on their faces.
But when Mrs. Rafter fantasizes about her good life with Todd, Todd is numb even in the apparitions. From Mrs. Rafter's expression, she had long been deeply in love with this man, and even though Todd had always had a cold face, she was satisfied. Mrs. Rafter's wishes are nothing more than to take an elementary school apprentice (she treats him as her own child), walk with Todd with a small parasol, bask in the sun by the sea, make food and entertain guests in her own home...
That's it, that's all.
Mrs. Rafter, a crazy woman who looks terrible and makes a meat pie, is deep down, but she longs for the family happiness of a little woman.
There is also a small detail in this, which is Mrs. Rafter's fantasy of her own wedding to Todd. In the fantasy, Mrs. Delavette is full of anticipation and longing, and her eyes are full of love when she looks at Todd. And Todd's expression was like attending a funeral. When the priest asked if they would like to join each other, Mrs. Lovet happily said yes, while Todd was silent for a few seconds before nodding.
It was already very obvious that Todd did not love Mrs. Rafter. Doesn't Mrs. Rafter know? Of course she knew, but didn't want to believe it. In her humble fantasies of love, she counted on Todd to have a little warmth and love for herself after marriage, as shown in the picture below, with Todd putting his hand on Mrs. Rafter's lap.
Mrs. Rafter is immersed in fantasies and refuses to wake up until toby, an elementary school apprentice, reminds her that Todd is not a good person.
Little Toby thought That Mrs. Rafter didn't know that Todd was a bad person, but he didn't understand that Mrs. Rafter knew this better than anyone else in the world.
The elementary school apprentice held Mrs. Rafter's hand in his hand, and the words he spoke were like the confessions of a teenager who was in love. Little Toby may be a symbol of some kind of fresh, unknown call to love.
Little Toby's confession contrasts sharply with Todd's indifference, and Mrs. Rafter is clearly touched. But if these words had been spoken by Todd, how happy Mrs. Rafter would have been. But little Toby is only little Toby after all, and Mrs. Raft's sweetheart is still the cold and ruthless Todd.
Mrs. Rafter only loved Todd, and even though Todd didn't love her at all, she was willing to love her even if she ended up covered in bruises and blood. At this time, it is not difficult to think of another role played by Helena - Bellatrix Lestrange.
In the face of the painful love that they love without hesitation, but the other party is indifferent, and even does not treat her as a person, Bellatrix and Mrs. Raft love very painfully. But they didn't want to look back, and whoever made them love was this man's demonic design.
The clinical manifestations of severe masochism are nothing more than that.
When Todd burned Mrs. Rafter to death, he faced a heart-rending scream with no pity in his eyes. Todd didn't care how Mrs. Rafter loved him, and had tricked him into hiding from him that Ruth was still alive in order to get him. He just wanted her to die, because it was because of her that he had killed Ruth by mistake.
Will Mrs. Rafter in the Fire be upset? Will she regret her love? Would she think she had misread Todd as a person?
Looking at the look on Mrs. Rafter's face once snuggled up next to Todd, I guess she wouldn't regret it, and even if it were all over again, she would still fall in love with the demon barber without hesitation.
There was no Barber Todd, only Benjamin Barker. He was originally just a happy barber, but he lost his wife and daughter because of judge Teping's intervention. The fury of revenge caused Benjamin to lose his mind, and his sharp razor began to reach out to innocent people.
Todd killed many male guests who came alone to get a haircut, but once the male guest who brought his wife and children to get a haircut was spared by Todd's men. This shows that Todd's heart is not completely invaded by demons, and he can't bear to see other people's wives and daughters lose their husbands.
Todd pays for everything he does.
Todd accidentally killed his wife Ruth, ostensibly at the fault of Judge Teping and Mrs. Raft. But Todd, whose soul was eroded by demons, was the real culprit, and he thought that he was killing only innocent people, but he did not expect to be his own unrecognized wife.
At the end of the story, Todd, who killed many innocent people, killed Judge Teping and Mrs. Raft, and died with the same knife technique holding his wife's body. At this moment, the blood of the demon barber flowed all over the ground, and his lifelong love and hate ended.
The story of Todd the barber is a tragedy, a victim himself, and anger at fate distorts his soul. Even if the audience sympathizes with Todd's suffering, they can only sigh and send him to the gallows.
The arch-villain, Teping himself, is a morally corrupt judge, which tells the audience that the civilian Benjamin Barker does not want to use formal legal means to get justice for himself. Small people like him have no ability to resist in the face of villains.
Todd's tragedy is that he has no way to get justice except for his own lynching with a razor. Except for a mad Mrs. Rafter, no one supported his plans for revenge.
In today's society, such tragedies are repeatedly staged. Ordinary people who have no way to seek justice for their dead relatives have been forced to become perverts and lunatics.
Literature, film and television public number: Fangfeiwenxue