Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy, Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant, a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results. Written by garykmcd
11/17/2022 - 11/18/2022, @ The Criterion Channel. 摄影与Rock Hudson令人印象最深。两场party scene太长了。Atmosphere of menace. 挥之不去的迷惘。Identity陷入巨大的裂痕,无法找回亦无法抵达,在虚无中失丧。You’d have to carry yourself wherever you go, how unfortunate. 今天来看,仍然现代,恰好很当代。
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#新好莱坞# 喜欢去年[逃出绝命镇]的小伙伴,千万不能错过此片。与种族无关,[第二生命] 描述了资本时代之下人类对于永生赤裸裸的渴望,Live TV Show出身的导演约翰·弗兰克海默赋予了影片别样的镜头意义,大胆地主观视角和别出心裁的镜头角度,将片中人类扭曲的欲念和反复的情感展现地淋漓尽致。
超我伴随着自我的消失永远是可望不可及的幻梦。美国人相信,或者说表面上相信“The Second Chance”,与此同时1960s的嬉皮士们似乎同样追求着极致的,去秩序化的享乐,而《第二生命》则以一种冷峻的方式,将他们想象中的希腊—马克思式乌托邦展现出来,并暗示着,如果我们真的实现了这些愿望,如果我们真的不再匮乏,事情将变得多么令人恐惧,它可以是一种道德寓言,也可以是一次拉康式的噩梦,我们究竟多么犬儒?又是谁在逼迫着我们享乐?
黄宗霑采用的鱼眼镜头构造了一种真正意义上的表现主义,它将Art Deco的线条感扭曲,“理想”生活的狰狞一面,及其幕后的循环工业体制。