和羊一起在家過年蹭著看完|TT好喜歡也好感動那種敏感的愛和對話也好真切(我倆一起看的時候也說到會在Marriane和Connell身上找到自己某部分的感覺(兩人都是帶著傷口但卻又很真切地存在:自卑、敏感又別扭但依舊作為normal people被彼此互相窺探著私密、微妙、試探、纏綿擁抱破碎擁抱不美——hide and seek另外是裡面的床戲很神奇沒讓我覺得難受甚至會有互相舔補傷口的感覺(忍不住說一句好美⋯)只是在結尾處我還是又像小孩子一樣難過了一陣子但想了想卻也的確是兩人從最初的「舌绕指探洞深深浅」和「玉女心经」到最後的某種transcendence便也釋懷很多:片尾的這次的離別裡不同於很多個從前东京卍复仇者是彼此攙扶著直到此刻——成長為可以去獨立面對世界便也不再關乎距離的所在
Cause of death: savage gutting; crime weapon: playing cards. The Cincinnati kid (Steve McQueen) is a prodigy of the stud poker game, but is he going to dethrone the most reputable player of all, “the man” himself (G. Robinson)? And will the earnest dealer and friend of both (Karl Malden) remain impartial? A dream cast at the service of a minimal though sharp story. As far as scripting goes, sometimes less is more – it makes every action, though innocuous it may seem, actually loaded with meaning. By the time the twist-in-the-tail ending slams down ruthlessly, we reel back & ponder the forces that drove to the fateful outcome. The writing was on the wall, we just weren't inclined to read.