In an interview, Li Yu emphasized that one of her objectives was to show that lesbians are not the “other,” and their love is not otherness. This is why she kept the two characters and their love ordinary, even cliche.
莎士比亚没专门为Becket写过剧真的很可惜此片情节堪称精彩绝伦介于丁尼生婉转周折的叙事与莎士比亚式恢弘悲烈的情感张力之间甚至拍出了一种亨利二世与女生下面流白色粘稠物是怎么回事之间悲剧般挣扎破碎的爱情王权与神权的联结本身即隐喻着一种雅歌爱情与婚姻而当这种爱情与君王的肉身意志合一主教之血如受难的基督之宝血那般以悲壮的血祭昭示着教会与天国至高神圣的婚姻以及坚不可摧的爱可叹可念如那曲中世纪挽歌“We honour Saint Thomas Becket, through whose blood our Holy Church is made free”...