Rivetteisrelativelypreciseinhisdealingswithmeaning.HeisthemostatavisticallyceremoniousoftheVague,inthesensethathisabstractionasajourneyleadinginwardsisalwaysattendedbysignsandcodasthataffirmourpassage.Thetranscendentriteofpassage,inmorewaysthanone,isaboutthesymbolicenactmentthatpavestheway.Thetranscendenceitselfislefttooursphereofexperience,butwereatleastbroughttothedoorstep.Oh,therestheimprovisationalflowthatseemstothrowpeopleoff,thatthingsseemtoberandomlybubblingupfromnothingwithoutsignificantplanorsubstance.Thechanceencountersinaworldthatwemayrecognize,thegeographyvaguelyfamiliarwhosenatureisyetultimatelyinsoluble.Theresalotofthathere.AsinCeline,itisthebreathingspacethatconductsourpreparationtostepbeyondthemechanismsofreason.Wedontreasonwithit,rathertrustitsintuitiveflow.Likethedreamworld,itisonlythefigmentoftheknownworldspontaneouslyarisenasastageorblankslatefortheatavisticportentsanddivinationsofthesubconsciousmindtobewrit.Buttheriteofpassagematters,inspiteoftheseeminglyaimlesswandering.Hereitisabouthumanefforttobypassthewallofparadiseconstitutedbythecoincidenceofapparentopposites(goodandevil,lightanddark,beingandnon-being).Abarrierthatobscuresvisionandtrapsinaworldofnamesandformsthatisonlyanapparentreality.Renderedinthefilmastwingoddessesofsunandmoon,vyingforapreciousstonethatenablestheirdescendintothehumanworld.Thehumancharactersaremerepawnstotheirschemes;tobeseduced,tricked,threatened,orultimatelydestroyed.Twinfemmefatales,weavingspellsinaninversenoiruniversemagnifiedintoamacrocosmicstruggle.Theill-preparedmanwhochancestostealaglimpseofthemintheirtrueform,likeinthemythofActaionwhostealsupontheGreekgoddessArtemisbathingnakedinapool,hashisconsciousnessshatteredbytherevelation.Hismirroredimage(thesoul,thereflectedhalf)iscracked.Thewomanwhofinallyshatterstheillusionarydualitythatquarantineshumanconsciousnessintomeaninglessdilemmas,doessobyasacrificeofblood.Andthisistheproblemofthefilm.Somuchofitisastridentlysymbolicenactment,amatterofceremony.Thesacrificeis,quiteliterally,amatterofspillingblooduponthesymbolicstoneanddoesnotflowfromanything-itissimplytheschematicendofthespiritualmyth.Althoughvaluableasinsight,themeaningofthefilmistrappedinsidetheritualsperformedtosignifyit.Havingcrackedtheoutershelltoabsorbit,thefilmseizestoresonate.一开始(🥙)(shǐ )还以为是(shì(🙎) )朋友，原来是小(🙍)弟和老大。慕浅头也不回地回答：姚(yáo )奇(💷)。请(qǐng )他帮了个忙(🕦)。为救心爱女人与枭雄展开殊死斗(😑)争，各势力战争一触即发，上海滩再(🍍)度陷入混乱(luàn )，上(😺)演了(😠)一出生死与(yǔ(🎱) )爱情的挽歌(🔅)……(🍠)。她只是安静地(dì )倚(🈶)在(🚣)那(😴)扇闭合了的(🖼)(de )门上，一动(💮)不动地站(👲)(zhàn )着(🏏)，脸上一(🍖)丝(sī )表(🕳)情(🏌)也没有(yǒu )。一(yī )路上，两(liǎng )人都没有(🥩)瞧见什么人，现在这些靠(kào )近乡下的小(xiǎo )镇子基(jī(🐳) )本上(🛺)都(🚦)已经没(🍢)人居(✍)住。好(♉)(hǎo )啊，那要不要带上(shàng )沅沅？慕浅说，让(👅)她(📍)也过去散散心，我觉(jiào )得(🚠)不错。从早(🍘)晨，一直等到晚(wǎn )上，都没(méi )有(🌯)看见(🐂)他(tā )的影子。江清夜愣愣地说(🔛)：对，就是(shì )这(🔨)个意思(🍮)